My nicest haul yet!

[MikesRJ 552]

Very nice. Congrats

[JC 1965 1,530]

WOW  !!!!     That is a great looking tractor.           congrats  !

[Theroundhousernr 589]

Great find!!! I wouldnt have turned it down either! 
  Kyle

[Wheel-N-It 2,968]

Thats just like the one I hope will fall into my lap one day! Good score!

[608KEB 795]

Looks like it's in nice condition. The 520's are comfortable to drive.

[bmsgaffer 2,043]

Got a chance to dig into it a little today despite the CRAZY heat and humidity.

Needed some major motion control adjustments. It was completely missing the friction washer on the cam plate. Its still not perfect, but I am probably putting Matt's kit on it so I will worry about it then.

It was making a little rattling noise and I came to find out the spring was completely missing from the drive belt tensioner. Luckily I had a good used one from a parts tractor, went ahead and replaced that bushing while I was in there even though the one in there seemed perfectly fine.

The two different front tires are going to drive me crazy. The annoying part is that I hate turf savers, but that's the one that is brand new... Trying to decide if I am putting on the V61's on this tractor or not.

[kthack657 279]

The 520's are great tractors, we have one that is used for mowing, the biggest thing I can say if you are going to mow with it, make sure if you see any grass on the shroud, stop and remove it to keep it as cool as possible.

[bmsgaffer 2,043]

Started the first fluids change tonight. Got the engine oil filter off and it had a date inscribed on it: 04-28-01. The oil hasn't been changed in 14 years!

Also broke the factory paint off the transmission drain plug, drained the oil out and found out the funnel I have is too big for the transmission tube. Have to stop and pick up a good funnel tomorrow before I can fill 'er back up and test it out tomorrow.

 

[Aldon 4,826]

About 15 years ago I talked to a fella who had a Toyota pickup with over 150k miles on it. During the discourse he mentioned he had never changed oil. He just added oil when it was low. The oil stick looked like rear end grease. It's baffling that folks disregard basic routine maintenance. I always wondered if that old coot had decided to change oil after that abuse if the engine would just crap out. 

[cdsl810 181]

That's a pristine looking 520-H. Congrats. Great haul! I had to put on my sunglasses when I looked at those hubcaps.

[DennisThornton 4,769]

Really nice!

[Kelsey 91]

That's a beautiful thing.