nice job! I just cleaned my carb on the same snowblower. Don't forget to clean the jet behind the large black plastic screw. Mine was surging after I did the initial carb clean. I took it back apart and realized that I had missed that jet behind the black plastic screw. This has some debris in it. Put back together and ran perfect.
These are great tractors. We have a "Herd" of them here. My Other Half has 5 from the 60s. I have 8 from the 70s. We share one 1986 that even has a backhoe. Thanks for posting!
I have a 1967 commando 8 , I use it to push snow, I also have the snow blower and a 36-inch aerator and a 36-inch Scotts drop spreader I have not done anything to it other than normal mant. I did replace the mower deck about twenty years ago
Awesome, these old tractors will last forever. I restored my 1968 raider 12 in 2018. It's been sitting a while now, someday I'll pull it out and make a video of it. Thanks for watching.
Kind of, you can lock the throttle at just above idle to just cruise smoothly in first. It will stay there if you touch the gas or brake unlike "cruise control". Very nice feature to have for off-roading, especially in a manual.
congratulations you've done a hell of a job! I have the same bike 117,000miles on her.these bikes have a surprising amount of personality and the fuel injected limited edition is a runner that loves to cruise all day at 90 miles an hour. Hats off to you
Volume level changes are getting me bitched at by my wife :) She doesn't find clutch rebuilds very interesting. Volume needs to be the same from beginning to end, please.
Thanks for posting , I just got c141 1978 , 2 mo ago today painted the last couple of pieces today frame up , motor mounts, switch, wiring, tighten steering, adjust valves, coil condenser points, fluids, ag tires , mostly all new bolts. I'm really enjoying restoring this amazing neat old tractor. Around 25-30 rattle cans to prime & paint it and snow plow. Bomgars farm supply feista red, around $200. DECENT running when I got it . Wheel horse are are built like old farmall's ❤💯
They are great old machines. They just don't build them like that any more. You can do a very nice paint job with rattle cans if you take the time to do it right! Thanks for watching.
I'm watching all the videos and I'm surprised by the calmness with which you face all the obstacles and it's very scary to see that entire motorcycle dismantled. It's a shame that most of the videos I saw don't have substitutes, although I also noticed that talking is not your taste, but it would be good if you explained some of what you decide to do or see on the tour.
I will look into adding subtitles. I am a man a few words but I've gotten better and more comfortable on camera 😁. This has been a huge project. Also, somebody else took it all apart so it's been a puzzle the whole way through. Cheers
and when you open it again to dry the desiccants, you can take advantage and place the last filter, the plate and the spring correctly, the order is incorrect, first the filter, then the plate and then the spring.
The air suspension is full of oil. The amount of moisture this little pump make is so miniscule that I personally don't even think it's necessary to have it in there. I almost just threw it away but decided to keep it in. Thanks for watching!
I just got a '92 YJ that has spent the last 20 years parked inside a garage in Arizona. It's disrespectful how unrusty it is. That's some work man! Gonna be sweet when it's done
I have an 877 and an 876. Working on a deal to get a c81. I just really got into Wheel Horse tractors and have fallen in love with them. Plan on slowly restoring them just to bring them back to glory and help them last longer.
Awesome. I trust my life to my c81. I restored my 68 raider 12, but I honestly like the patina of the c81 better. If you take the time to buff the old rusty paint and put oil or wax on it, the results are amazing. You can beat 40+ years of patina.
Hi Josh, good work! I'm from Venezuela and have a 1987 GL1200 parts bike with 12000 miles in the clock, much more destroyed by mice than yours, I think,i can, with much esffort, put in the road again; videos like yours, will help me in this complicated job. Thank you by sharing and documenting your work in videos, are a guide and reference for other projects around the world.
Sometimes it can seem overwhelming but once you get into it and start fixing things and checking items off that list things start coming together. Good luck!
Great job, there is one more jet that you may want to clean out, it's the idle jet..it stops it from surging, but it appeared to be idling ok, good job
hello man, nice video. i want to instal a car audio sistem in my goldwing 1984, but i dont want to make a mess with switches, wires, conectors, etc. at first my original panasonic stereo dosn´t works so i put a modern sony stereo but as i say, i dont want to make a mess with wires so i was wodering if you could tell me if there is some adapter on market for that honda conecctor model (minute 0:40) from an old input stereo to a new one modern stereo. and if it´s not posible how i could identify which are the pins for the frontal speakers and the wire for the antenna
Most likely going to have to build your own. You could do a Google search but being 40 years old at this point I doubt there is going to be much available for these old bikes. Good luck👍👍
Now that you've gotten this far why not overhaul the whole block. There are some bearings in that engine that would love to be replaced. Also, a visual check of all the gears and the crank shaft would be good. As well as the stator which was a common issue with these.
Thank you so much for this video I've got snow coming tomorrow and I was afraid to even touch a carburetor but you made it look so easy and step by step instructions help me get through and my snow blower now starts and I'll make sure I don't leave the gas and the snow blower next time Thank you have a happy New years God bless.
You seem fairly knowledgeable on what you’re doing I have a 2008 Honda Goldwing that is popping out of gear probably need shift forks dogs are probably worn looking for someone to do the job, I live in Connecticut
Hello Josh , I’m a French follower, and I will have the same bike as yours this weekend, a limited edition with injection. So I really wanted to thank you for all your videos, it will be a real pleasure to work on my GL thanks to them!!!!
The ethanol draws moisture (water) into todays fuel and as it sits it in a carb for months at a time without being ran it will start to degrade and cause that gunk to form. If it sits long enough it will start eating away at the metal, rubber and plastic parts. Nasty stuff.
Great video. While you have the carburetor off, don't forget to clean the low-speed jet. It is the jet under the black idle adjustment screw. It just pops up after the idle screw is removed. If you have done a complete carburetor clean and your engine still does not run correctly, then on the newer PowerMore engines used by MTD there is a hidden screen behind the fuel inlet elbow. Some other carburetors also use a screen behind the fuel inlet. The best way is to try and blow the clogged screen clean with compressed air or use carb spray to help dissolve the clog then blow until the carb clean spray can freely pass through. This video shows where the screen is located. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Pb4he2F4ZEw.html
I remember when I was a kid and riding the school bus past the Wheel Horse Dealer. I wanted one. In the summer they would have the new tractors lined up outside. At 12, I cut ours and other neighbors yards for some easy cash. Using the Sears Custom 6 wasn't the greatest for hilly terrain. I needed something with more power. Nice installment.
I’ve done 1 GL clutch replacement. Did it in the bike, removed the swingarm and wiggled up in there. After that I had to remove the front cover and replace the neutral light switch. That bike was there for a while.
Wheelhorse had two types of cast iron manual transmissions. 1967 - 1969 they were called 6 speeds. 1970 and newer there was a change in the build. For clarity they began calling them "8 speeds".
