My father-in-law had this tractor on his place in Alabama. My kids love to go for tractor rides and looked forward to riding with him. He told them once they got big enough he would teach them to drive it and they so looked forward to that day. Unfortunely he passed away on October 7, 2010.
I now have this tractor and we are in the process of refurbishing it. I want this to be a working tractor and am not getting bent out of shape over everything being exactly perfect. Someone has already converted it to 12 volts. Paw-Paw had let someone use it and they got it hot while bush hogging some weeds and tall grass. The radiator fins were plugged full of seeds, trash and dirt causing it to over heat. The person running it did not tell Paw-Paw about it until a few weeks after the fact. He noticed water in the oil after running it for a few hours one day and found out the person who used it that day added water while it was still hot.
Luckily the engine or head are not cracked. The head gasket failed due to warpage and should be just fine after some long deserved TLC. The head cleaned up fine after .005 was shaved off at the machine shop. The engine is now in the rebulding stage and the disassembly and preparation for paint on the remaining chassis is fully underway.
The kids are always excited to work on Paw-Paw's tractor and enjoy taking things apart and cleaning them up. My oldest son cleans many of the rusty parts using the "E Bath" method which he also used for his science fair project this spring at school.
We spend hours looking through your catalog to find the parts we need to make this a smooth running machine once again keeping Paw-Paw's memory and intention that they have it as the vehicle they learn to drive on.
Tony Troxel
Hephzibah, Georgia
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