Not to be operated by f**kwits

[Ozcub]

ok that

we've all meet more than a few of these no doubt. In fact I meet a one earlier today on the expressway. Going under the speed limit in the left lane mile after mile, backing traffic up as far as the eye could see . . . . .

That would not be a problem over here (Australia) , it is when they are in the right hand lane , theres your problem

 

[Todd727]

Unless he told the guy there was a problem if it rained, I'm not convinced on who the f'wit is in this story. Leaving a tractor outside is not an abnormal thing and that one looks like it's been left outside a lot to the average person. Not exactly a museum piece.

 

[Forest#2]

As mentioned in post #7.
I keep a heads up when I see shift levers that can probably leak due to a bad boot or some did not even have a boot. I install a umbrella on the shift lever close to the xmission. Can use a stout plastic pill body or eqiv and fill the underside with grease and slide it down over the shifter.
Some of the levers had a metal umbrella welded onto the shift lever close to the swivel joint and no rubber boot.
I've seen xmissions freeze in the winter due to water inside that got in through the shift lever.

A heads up is when you check the smission oil level and it's too full. Crack the drain plug and water will usually drain off first if the eq has been at rest for several days, the water separates From the oil and is on the bottom. Usually if the oil is white it has water mixed.

 

[Gord Baker]

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Thus is actually a collector's piece. Made in Hunter Ohio and very few made. I got this thing running for a guy and he takes to shows. He loaned it to an Fwit for his kid to drive in a parade. He left it out in a monsoon rain and water went down the shift lever and filled the trans with water and that took out some bearings and also the bearings in the starter generator. It never ends....

Never lend your tools, vehicles or wife. That must have been some rain!

 

[Honest Abe]

Never lend your tools, vehicles or wife. That must have been some rain!

wives should only be loaned out on a longgggg term basis . . . . .

 

[Forest#2]

Never lend your tools, vehicles or wife. That must have been some rain!

Only tool I lend is, I keep a Poulan chainsaw that I do not like as a loaner and for some reason it's always finds itself back home and running ok. Really wished it would not come back.
If I try to use it I end up having to do a repair of some sort.

 

[bentrim]

Actually that design was used by Wheel Horse, also on the early Sears riders, and early Roper mowers.

also Jacobsen

 

[Ozcub]

Unless he told the guy there was a problem if it rained, I'm not convinced on who the f'wit is in this story. Leaving a tractor outside is not an abnormal thing and that one looks like it's been left outside a lot to the average person. Not exactly a museum piece.

You should put all the "toys" away when it rains