130 update, up and running

I'll get up to Exeter before Christmas, pick up my new parts and check out the hospitality at 159 Thomas St. Don't worry, about two ounces, about all the old carcass can take. For you folks elsewhere, 159 Thomas St. is not CaseIH.

Before I owned my own combine, had an old guy do custom combining for me every fall. One year he was having a bout with hemorrhoids, I don't think I ever saw a man in such pain without wounds or broken bones. I'll tell you he didn't climb those steps up into combine often, when he got there that is where he stayed. He didn't skip down often to check the tailings often. He asked when he started if I could do that. He said, " I made 72 years without anything coming close on pain, if this is it, I'd just as soon die."

The distributor drive will actually turn out for the better. I'll put those new gears in the Super A, my keeper tractor. This 130 has seen a lot of hard hours in the past 48 years. This is the 3rd time I've been going to part it out, however deep down I know that isn't going to happen. It blows smoke, leaks oil at front seal, fouls up number 2 plug from time to time, yet it will still lug with 140 and Super A. It's got new front tires and rims, new water pump, complete new clutch assembly, I completely refurbished all pins and pin holes in fast hitch and rebuilt the steering box, he!!, I cant quit now.

I've never really wanted to put the snow blade on Super A or 140. I'll bet that 140 has yet to see 500 hours use since new, Super A maybe 1,500 hours. Just nicely broke in. Snow plowing is mean work, not kind to a tractor, especially when you go at it as hard as I do. So I guess 130 remains the beater. I plowed snow too many years with articulated Deere and a Champion 250 road grader, and expect the 130 to push that big pile as well. It doesn't always work, but I'll tell you considering size of 130, the others don't look great.

When the tractor stopped on Fri. I had a good idea what was wrong, thought I'd ask the YT guys just in case I was missing something. But you know these old 4 cylinder gas Farmalls will go, if they are getting gas, have fire, and the fire happens when piston and valves are in the right position. Never seen it fail, they may not start on starter or crank, but you tow start them and in 20' they are usually going. If that doesn't happen, they are not going to start.