Wheel Horse Charger/Electro Automatics 

Thanks for the video. 8:41 My 100 year old (WWII) neighbor passed away earlier this year. His son gave me his Electro 12 that was outside and hasn't run in years. His has the hydraulic lift. It's in pretty rough shape, but the engine is free. The "electro" means solid state ignition? It has a "modern" looking coil on it. I'm going to look into the engine oil (I didn't see a dipstick) and hydro ATF level before cleaning the carb, working on starting it. The 12v + starter leads to directly to the key switch, i'd like to install a solenoid.

Great video, I actually have the 69 wheel horse charger 12 with the wood grain. My dad got it when I was about 8 years old.

Great deal on those horses! I have a 1968 Charger 12 with the hydraulic lift I use for the snow plow. Mine was a wiring nightmare. Guy had a car battery strapped to the footboard and bare hot wires all over. Got all that fixed and really just have the hydraulic cylinder to rebuild or replace. Need a better throttle setup too. Anyhoo, nice video.

I have a 1968 Wheel Horse Charger 12 with hydraulic lift. I was surprised to see your post. Nice job.

I've got one of the wheel horse automatic charger 12s. The one you had a hard time getting to run, I love mine!!

Nice wheel horses

Thanks for the information! We have a ‘73 10hp that I’m trying to get going after sitting for a few years. Love these tractors!

I've got the same charger 12 with that same stator coil combo but the flywheel broke stayed attached to the engine years ago before I acquired the tractor and it chewed up that stator coil so I'm going to try to upgrade it and just swap to battery ignition and put a stator under the flywheel, the newer flywheel or if it fits I'm going to try to fit it with a starter generator that I have because I parted out another wheel horse a few years ago and took the starter generator set up off of it whatever I can make work. The charger 12 with the wood grain stickers is my favorite era.

I am amazed at the work output these lawn tractors have. It seems to me the right model Wheel Horse with the right attachments is easily the equal of modern compact tractors for a lot less money. Still on the learning curve at the moment, but I would like to find out more about these machines and in particular, which models will take the rotavator attachment.

A friend of mine had one he sold. That's a sunstrand rear end, same as what was used in sears suburban hydro-tracs. Nice tractors

Nice! I have a 1969 Electro 12.

I have the same stator on my Electro 12, 1968 model. From what I've read, the electric PTO clutch used all of 11 or so amps, and the circuit on the alternator was only 15. To make up for what was lost, they cut the electric ignition coil, leaving the last bit to charge the battery.. Thats what I've heard, it makes sense. My magneto too has died.. I just converted it to automotive coil.. Your just lucky it wasn't the 1969-70 Solid State (Fate) design! Spenser.

Great job getting them running. Haven't seen those,but very interesting and informative

Awsome

theres this guy selling me his 1965 wheel horse with sickle bar,landscape blade,tiller,mower,wheel weights and some extra blades for $1200. Is that a good dea?, they all work just need a little cleaning up

Beautiful machine

Cool tractors!!

nice wheel horses. i have a b80 and a 657.i like the narrow hood tractors much better.

Great deal! Nice tractors

Lucky that someone got rid off the electric pto and installed manual

Thanks for the video that was very interesting to really nice tractors to be proud of

I have a full 1969 charger 10 wheel horse that's full functional and it's hydrostatic I just mowed the grass with it 4-5-2020

those look pretty neat. once i free up 3-500 bucks im not using on something else ill have to get one

should get a heated ultrasonic parts cleaner pop the carb in those they come out like new.

I have 4 WH's. I love the old 60 machines. Super Cool machines, great price also. I'm looking for a hydro unit for my 875 automatic.

Hehe Great WH....Id try your hand at rewinding the stator yourself.....making sure you get the wire guage and the number of turns on each of the coil heads....Beats 400+ bucks......Ive got a WH charger 10 auto with the same wood grained decals......Ill be long gone and the dam thing will be helping another owner for sure.

How can you tell the Hydraulic lift parts and the differences? i think I have a charger 12 auto drive like these.

couldn't you take that stator to Armature shop and have the old one rebuilt?

Nooty nooty you said shit !

Hey man nice tractors iv got a 78 wheelhorse c-81 10hp i just got running sat in a field for 13 years but when i engage the pto it dies if you got any thoughts i would like to hear them

All the charger 12s had them

we have a wheel horse charger 8 with the tecumsh 8hp and it runs good problem where havin with it is that it loves eating belts to run the mower deck

nice

I would get the starter screen you're the one missing one goes on the flywheel you can do a lot of damage to your engine without that on there because it regulates the cool and hot to the engine

I have a electro 12 automatic, have you ever changed the drive belt? Thank you

i have two wheel horses

Fix it up and sell it for money