I grew up operating tractors but Dad handled all the repairs, and being a bone-head kid I never learned anything about fixing them---or anything else mechanical. Consequently, my little victories are going to sound like small stuff to all the gurus here.
I inherited Dad's 52 8N. Lift got to where it wouldn't work, so consulting the repair manual I removed the lift pump, cleaned about two gallons of goo out of the sump (I think that was the pump's main problem), kitted the pump and re-installed it. Worked great.
Victory No. 2: sludge from the gas tank kept clogging the filters. I removed the tank and took it to a shop to be boiled out and coated. Decided that while I had it apart I'd sand and repaint the hood. Did so, and it looked so good I did the wheels and fenders. Sanded everything to bare metal, primed and painted. Cleaned and re-painted all the red stuff.
Victory No. 3: Transmission oil was leaking from the lower lift arm lug. I removed the axle trumpet and tightened the lug, replaced trumpet.
As I said, most of you guys could have done this upside down with your left hand. To me it was big stuff.
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