Wheel horse 800 Special Off-road build!

Hey everyone! I just picked up this 800 Special and I want to build a mud/off-road build! Anyone one have any suggestions or ideas?

That's awesome and ya I have a thought, turn off the cloaking device so we can see what it looks like! Lol.

That a geared or a hydro? If geared should look a lot like my Red Bandit. Check out my topic on that in my signature. Absolutely check out @Crazy_Carl ‘s topic on Red Stag and Ol’ Red in his signature. Maybe look up @Creepycrawler ‘s topic on Rusty.

According to Tractor Data the 800 is a hydro and the Special has a 3 speed Peerless but I see no mention of Hi/Lo so maybe it has a 1200? I'm not sure of what other 3 Speeds there are that were made back then (but I don't claim to know all)

Looks like that tractor was only made for one year in 1971 which is pretty cool! Definitely looks/sounds like a great platform to start with!

Peerless made some WH transmissions?  I know tractordata says it. Interesting info.

@Brianator This was when i got it!

@MightyRaze It's Geared, Heres a picture if how it sits now! Sorry for the Super delay lol. life got busy

We are all aware of life getting in the way.  Glad you made your way back!

Looks like you’ve got the 3 speed unidrive, same trans thats in my lawn ranger. I’ve had good luck with mine but i am running small tires and low hp. I do see that oppy sitting there lol.

@RichieRichOverdrive I have 2 800 Special's, one the transaxle is great and one has issues. Yes you do see an Opposed, unfortunately needs a rebuild... the first time i had it running it started knocking after i rev'd it.

What issues does your trans have? When i got my 3 speed it would get stuck in two gears at once and do all sorts of funky stuff. Turns out all it needed was a new roll pin on a shift fork. Everything else in them is just bearings and seals really.