Wheel Horse C-125 First / Cold Start After Rebuild and Tractor Overview

Wheel Horse C-125 with Kohler K301 First / Cold Start After a Rebuild, a look at the recent work I've done to the tractor, and a look back at some memories and improvements over its 12 years of service

[@420lse]

I've always been partial to the black hoods myself. Nice vid!

[@HillbillyOffroading]

This is my favorite style of wheel horse.

[@HillbillyOffroading]

That thing is awesome! Full watch!

[@alliskidd2142]

Love it! Great video Carl, she sounds great!

[@carlhartman9358]

Thanks for commenting on the video. It's not like you inspired me to make this video or were mentioned in this video or anything like that lol.

[@alliskidd2142]

Hahaha, yeah. Well I figured I'd let ya know that I liked it a lot!

[@mtnhillsman]

Thanks for making this video. very niche thing that doesn't get a lot of views but i have a C-125 i just got running. parents bought it new in 1984, same year i was born, and i used to mow our lawn at like 10 years old on this thing. Some nostalgia goin on i guess. My question is since you just rebuilt the engine i wonder what the power is like while mowing 3" tall grass. Mine i just put a new carburetor on and got it running all but perfectly but it's bogging in 2nd mowing grass that's not THAT tall. has a new deck and all bearings are in good shape. I guess i wonder how much power i should expect out of this thing. the new zero turns get 20-40 HP engines so i just wonder if rebuilding the thing is even worth it and if this is normal. Thanks again.

[@carlhartman9358]

Mine wasn’t really down on power but was hard to start and backfired when I shut it off,turns out timing was a mile off, don’t set the points with a feeler guage, use an ohmmeter and verify with timing light

[@jdclay1547]

@@carlhartman9358 How does that work, I'm kinda confused.

[@carlhartman9358]

@@jdclay1547 There might be an isavetractors video on it, it's hard to explain, basically, there is a timing mark on the flywheel, at the moment this goes by the pointer, the points need to open, which you can check with an ohmmeter checking for continuity or with a timing light

[@josem.2909]

Great wheel horse!! I'm interested in replacing the front spindles, do you know what's the part number?

[@carlhartman9358]

I don't know the part numbers, but it's fairly straightforward to look up toro part numbers on partstree.com or check out wheelhorseforum.com

[@muddy_armadillo]

You are so lucky!
Oh BTW, I think I know who you are talking about at 5:30...might have heard that somewhere before....

[@carlhartman9358]

lol. You? no I was just speaking in generalities. haha

[@clivereeve9599]

I've just bort a wheelhorse c125