OK - well, just so you get an idea how much abuse this tractor had taken and still keeps on running. The Generator wires were bare (insulation rotted and falling off) - all the other wiring nearly as bad - So it got rewired with new regulator and battery.
The detents and springs that keep it in only 1 gear were in the bottom of the transmission along with about a gallon of water
(2 of the springs were in pieces from gears chewing them up).
It needed new coil, points, & plugs.
It got new Gear oil and new Engine oil + oil filter.
New front tires and wheels - New rear tires (all the old studs on one side needed to be drilled out)
New bowl on gas tank and new Carb. It had no muffler, so it got one that goes back under the rear axle.
JR was SURE that I was wasting my time - I waited until I got the engine to run before I got the tires.
I did not need to get inside the engine or clutch.
When I changed the engine oil and filter - JR said he had never changed the filter (the filter and housing were packed with what looked like grease)
It runs and shifts now on new tires. :biggrin:
It was worth all the time, effort, & $ to see that old man GRIN :biggrin: !
He is about the same age my Dad would be if he was still with us.
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