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My first post here...although I'll admit to annoying a few nice folks in the chat room already.. It's a little rough around the edges...and needs some carb work.... but I'll get there eventually.. Come spring I'll start to spruce her up and clean up the mowing deck.... For now I'm just doing the basic maintenance and trying to get her running right to do some plowing...if it ever snows again...Thanks for looking...

Hope this is the place to share this. finally edited some video of the day I let My Grandkids take the Lawn Ranger for a ride on the north lot. Brought back the memories of my first solo. It made their summer.

Hi all. I pull in a small club in PA. A small town called Harrison Valley. We pull every other sunday. wood like to find other clubs not to far away to pull at too. So post your club info and web for me and all others thanks Jake our club hvpullingleague.com

Hello to all i just joined this group a few days ago i posted a picture of my 2 Rideaway SRs and my 46 Pond ive made all the missing pieces for the pond that not showed in the pic. Harry

here is the finished product with the bracket I made I made the bracket so it can slide on and then pin it through the frame

my brother had an old hood RJ ( I think) hood that he had made into a clock/weatherstation he gave it to my father who had moved into assisted living and could no longer use his WH's it came out great

That is one beatiful tractor but for 30K--- I could go to Vegas, gamble, drink, order up some fine women, pick up an old C series and then waste the rest of it. LOL

If no significant other - get woman Place woman behind tractor Tell woman to push when extra power is desired :lol:

There is a guy on ebay that sells the gaskets he makes every so often. I bought a set to copy but haven't got around to it. Keeping the original H55 motor, if possible, would be the way to go. They are getting harder to find. If you do need a replacement then a Tecumseh H60 is the closest thing and much more plentiful.

well after 20 years put my tractor back together, thanks to this site i was able to find needed parts for assembly, starts in half pull and runs smooth, hard to believe it runs so good, i used auto. engine paint on the engine and its off a shade so i think i'll pull engine out and recoat with the paint i used on the rest of the tractor (now that i know its running and adjusted) then i'll put the clinton decal on it. i'll be looking for a recoil eventually but right now the rope works fine. also i made up the stop switch with some things i had in my garage and may change that someday. pulled it out this morning for some photos. thanks for everyones help and the nice comments on my previous post maybe i'll see some of you at some old tractor event. bob.

wow, thanks for all the kind words, around 1975 i was at friends house hangin out when his mom walked outside and started tellin him to clean out the garage and all of it! i seen that rj sittin in the corner and said that too? she said you want it take it, not really knowing what it was (i just thought it was the coolest thing) i took it home got it runnin, my dad would hook a wagon behind it and ride the little kids around the yard , i do have some old photos but i'll have to dig them up, i guess maybe i should have left it original but anyway about 15 years ago i had this idea to repaint it, well i just got the hood, seat, and gas tank back 2 months (unfinished) and decided to try to finish it up and thats when i found this site and found out just what i had and there are other people like me out there that like these old tractors too. i was at a party and talked to my friend about a month ago he could not believe i still had it, he said his dad bought it new or close to it and used it up north at his cabin to haul trees out back for firewood that why he has no attachments, he said he was 6 years old (1963) and drove it around all the time and did remember it had a oil bath air filter but didn't know what happen to it and that was one thing i was missing, charlie pitcher hooked me up with a new one. from what i figure its a early 55 (fuel tank mounted on frame) early engine number 1200-152. this clinton has been sittin for a very long time and i had my doubts, but i have to say this engine has never been rebuilt and run like a top w/no smoke. i'm happy its back in 1 piece again and hangin around here i just hope i don't get this wheelhorse bug like some of you guys or this is going to get expensive! lol bob.

Steve, good to see you are doing better! One of my patients did the same and landed and broke some ribs. He told me, he woke up with his field of vision filled...then he realized he was eye to eye with a good old PA "Iron Stone" ...just missed it by a hair! needless to say, no more tree cutting for him. I seem to remember LTG Hugh Shelton coming off a ladder and he had to have spine surgery! stay safe!

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nice repair especially the wiring, the factory solders those wires with a transformer set up that is more of a spot welder than solder iron. an old time rebuilder should have the tools but your fix looks good, and if you have trouble with it you can always use silver solder edit you might want to use either brakekleen or electric kleener instead of kerosene after you used compressed air to clean the parts, I was taught while working on welders, motos and generators that the oily residue would act as an attractant for fine dirt particles. we used to clean cement dust and carbon black out of the welders with a hammer and chisel and compressed air then pressurewash/steamclean the residue, then we would build a low temp oven with a 100 watt lightbulb and plastic wrap to make a tent and bake the parts for a day or two before recoating the insulating paint with fresh. I know that that old man taught me more about salvaging sows ears into silk purses than I thought was possible from welders on a barge on the bottom of the detroit river to totaled cars to repurposed trucks to salvaged building material.