ZXT 2,401 #2176 Posted April 24, 2019 Finally was able to mow with the C120 auto for the first time since I bought it in November! Wanted to wait until the wild flowers went to seed before I mowed it. Probably should've done it a few weeks ago, but oh well. Overall, I'm plenty pleased with the Tecumseh that's on it. I've always been a Kohler or Briggs guy but this one runs really good other than the carb being finicky when starting cold. I have to back the screw in the float bowl out a few turns to get it started, but after that it's fine. I sharpened the blades but they have a bunch of chunks out of them. I'll order new ones before the next time i need to mow. It appears to have used less than 1/2 gallon of gas in the hour that I mowed with it. Here's a quick picture i took of it.. Started pouring rain about 3 minutes after I parked it. I need to get those darn Husqvarna wheels off of the front of it! 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 88vic #2177 Posted April 24, 2019 5 hours ago, RetroMower said: Tried to replace the head gasket on my c100 and didnt 2 bolts snap off. No suprise its the two straddling the exhaust. Suckers are heat treated and hardened and wont drill out. Anyone looking for two great parts tractors? If the tractor still somewhat ran, run it until it got hot, then try to extract the head bolts. Cant do much with them already snapped though ☹ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,721 #2178 Posted April 24, 2019 14 hours ago, RetroMower said: Tried to replace the head gasket on my c100 and didnt 2 bolts snap off. No suprise its the two straddling the exhaust. Suckers are heat treated and hardened and wont drill out. Anyone looking for two great parts tractors? Are you any good with a welder, or do you know anybody who is? You might try welding a nut directly over the snapped bolt. Along with having something to grip, the heat should help penetrate the stuck threads too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
82Caddy 851 #2179 Posted April 24, 2019 2 hours ago, pullstart said: Are you any good with a welder, or do you know anybody who is? You might try welding a nut directly over the snapped bolt. Along with having something to grip, the heat should help penetrate the stuck threads too. Bingo, I just did this with exhaust manifold bolts on a 300k mile 7.3. Worked like magic with a crappy 120v flux core harbor freight welder because my friend didn't have 220 power to run anything bigger and insisted we do this in his dirt floor shed instead of at my shop. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SALTYWRIGHT 859 #2180 Posted April 24, 2019 LAST NIGHT I REMOVED THE DIESEL FROM MY 1054. TIME TO PLAT WITH ANOTHER MOTOR IN THIS TRACTOR. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,721 #2181 Posted April 24, 2019 Freed up a frozen hitch pin today... on Jada’s Barney Fife. I used the MAP gas, then the oxy/acetylene torches to warm the hitch, then quenched it with WD-40. After doing this a few times, I started trying to twist the pin with a big pipe wrench, as to not mushroom the driven side of the pin. After some success working back and forth, driving it with a plastic dead blow hammer, out as far as I could, then more twist, drive it back in, twist, etc it freed up. I used another pin and the dead blow to finish driving it out and it appears that it’ll clean up nice in the lathe for future use. 3 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 17,629 #2182 Posted April 24, 2019 3 hours ago, SALTYWRIGHT said: LAST NIGHT I REMOVED THE DIESEL FROM MY 1054. TIME TO PLAT WITH ANOTHER MOTOR IN THIS TRACTOR. Did the diesel not work out to your expectations??? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SALTYWRIGHT 859 #2183 Posted April 24, 2019 THE DIESEL HAS BEEN VERY GOOD, JUST TIME FOR SOME THING NEW., I WANT TO TRY STEAM ,BUT I WILL HAVE TO SEE. 1 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,151 #2184 Posted April 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, SALTYWRIGHT said: THE DIESEL HAS BEEN VERY GOOD, JUST TIME FOR SOME THING NEW., I WANT TO TRY STEAM ,BUT I WILL HAVE TO SEE. Old hit and miss on a garden tractor looks pretty awesome I can't recall ever seeing a GT with steam power. Keep us posted Russ. This could get interesting. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BPEisenhower 535 #2185 Posted April 25, 2019 Hello there Horse fans!! I found something interesting to share this evening and I'm hoping it's what I believe it is. As you know, I finally was reunited with my great grandfathers C195. I been looking for a rear PTO just to have and believe this might be one. And once again, this was found in the back of a roll off box and as soon as I get the tailgate opened, this almost fell on my feet. I do know the mule drive is too new and is new, plus the 2 pulley system isn't C195.The PTO and the pulleys and shields are still new and no paint missing, possibly NOS.... Please tell me that this is for a C195 and I'm not dreaming..... Sad to see parts tossed to the landfill 😖 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,022 #2186 Posted April 25, 2019 Garry 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BPEisenhower 535 #2187 Posted April 25, 2019 6 hours ago, gwest_ca said: Garry Thank you! I'm hoping this will fit. Don't have to work but just to have it is a plus 🎉😆🎉 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wendell Watson 5 #2188 Posted April 25, 2019 I am currently ton my D-200, need to find a place to get brake pads & a clutch pad. Thanks in advance for the help!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractor boy 239 #2189 Posted April 26, 2019 (edited) Well I know this is not red but.........I did have to use my wheel horse. Anyway as I have mentioned before i work at lawn equipment place and take home the occasional broken box store tractor to fix and sell for some extra cash for tools and wheel horses and such. Well I got the orange one home last night and was giving it a test drive. It slid into a small rut but as it was filled in with mud it was not going anywhere. So back to the shed to grab my only other working tractor, my new to me 1056. One tug with a strap and the orange piece of junk is out of the mud. Edited April 26, 2019 by Tractor boy 1 2 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,336 #2190 Posted April 26, 2019 (edited) It’s alive!! Grabbed some seat time and mowed a little with her today ! Needs a little more fine tuning! 5B32D1F2-8BF4-4E02-B3DD-D90CE356EC03.MOV Edited April 27, 2019 by The Tool Crib 2 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MIGHTYMO 50 #2191 Posted April 28, 2019 (edited) Went over to my brothers and helped him put a new deck belt on then helped him mow the yard. Vet vs rookie Edited April 28, 2019 by MIGHTYMO 1 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ralph S 342 #2192 Posted April 28, 2019 I stretched the Legs on the 520 today. This was at plow days in Renfrew today. We had a small turnout on a count of all the rain this week. We still managed to get the job done. 20190427_102746.mp4 4 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,151 #2193 Posted April 28, 2019 Spent some time working on both Patriot horse and Cinnamon Horse yesterday. Cinnamon broke down last weekend due to a carburetor that was more like a garden hose. Just poured fuel... Got the "new" one from @A-Z Tractor Lincoln in the mail Friday. Disassembled and soaked it overnight. Put it back together and swapped it out Saturday afternoon. Wouldn't start because there was no fuel in the bowl and the battery died before it would crank enough to fill it. We'll try again this morning. Patriot horse has had a noisy starter for quite a while. A week or two ago I popped the bendix off, cleaned it up and it did start easier but the noise actually got worse. Did a little poking around and @Stepney suggested it needed a cleaning or bushing replacement. So I acquired another skill. I rebuilt a starter for the first time.... Mostly. Turns out it was right full of debris and powder and rust and dirt. I got a brush and bushing kit online and installed the new brushes following a video made by @stevasaurus a few years back. The kit I ordered didn't have the right bushing for one end (my fault) but the bushings in the starter were in good shape so I finished a thorough cleaning and put her back together. In order to make a new surface for the brushes to ride on I read where someone had chucked the whole shaft in a lathe and sanded it while it turning. I don't have a lathe but I do have a drill. I put the (armature?) In the drill and gave it a nice new clean surface. Starts like a Thoroughbred now... 8 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,336 #2194 Posted April 28, 2019 Nice job on that starter Eric 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shynon 7,459 #2195 Posted April 28, 2019 Since the loader is in limbo while i order new cylinders. Decide to take apart the RJ and replace bushings. 8 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,151 #2196 Posted April 28, 2019 I got the carb adjusted on the cinnamon horse and used it for a little pulling leverage. Reminder: when attempting to start your engine... Gas valve shall be open. Trina and her mom moved a bit of firewood and stacked it while I was tinkering around with pulling stumps and rocks from the portable garage area. The horsies stopped for a moment to pose for a pic. 4 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,336 #2197 Posted April 28, 2019 Took Junior out for a ride today and brought it back and gave it a bath. 5 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adsm08 1,995 #2198 Posted April 28, 2019 I put a new carb base gasket on the 855 and reset the carb. It starts and runs much easier, but the weather was pretty bi-polar here today, so it stayed in the shed. Tomorrow should be nicer, so hopefully I'll get to mow some. Yesterday the grass was too short, today it's just about right, tomorrow it will be plenty long. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,719 #2199 Posted April 29, 2019 What's the brand on them rears Cribs? Look nice! Had the 857 in for what I thought was a quick brake band change out . Turns out 857 had a walking hub due to a bad seal due a bad outboard bearing. This is like the third tractor I had to bring in for work on that left side axle. I'm thinkin it's from mowing and lots of left turns mowing with the short side of the deck???? Right side stuff is always good. Keyway bad too but got the fix for that. Oh well ....transferred the mid mount blade to a 1077 and worked the snot out of it and got the job done! 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,336 #2200 Posted April 29, 2019 (edited) T 9 hours ago, WHX22 said: What's the brand on them rears Cribs? Look nice! Had the 857 in for what I thought was a quick brake band change out . Turns out 857 had a walking hub due to a bad seal due a bad outboard bearing. This is like the third tractor I had to bring in for work on that left side axle. I'm thinkin it's from mowing and lots of left turns mowing with the short side of the deck???? Right side stuff is always good. Keyway bad too but got the fix for that. Oh well ....transferred the mid mount blade to a 1077 and worked the snot out of it and got the job done! Those would be 8.50 destones on 7.00 wheels. It was a great marriage ! BTW do you mow on a hillside like me ? Maybe its causing your problems, Edited April 29, 2019 by The Tool Crib Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
