Posted by 1939farmall on November 03, 2021 at 19:57:12 from (172.58.60.69):
Weve been able to run the auction M around enough now, and other than a couple of minor things that still need to be done, I feel that we have a tractor that is back in good working order ready to go back to work. This has been a fun project, and luckily a fairly easy one. This was a good one to get son involved with. Son has told me several times now that he thinks it needs to be painted, he wants it to look nice, and frankly I agree, so hes not going to have to twist my arm too hard to get me to dig out my painting stuff! I would like to thank all of you, being able to come here and get help, or just share our progress with you had meant more to me than you know. If youll indulge me Id like to explain why. We lost sons grandfather back in December. He wasnt just my father, he was my friend. I cant begin to tell you about all the projects we worked on together. You could give him a screwdriver, pliers, adjustable wrench, and a hammer, and I dont care what pile of junk you brought him it would be operating in short order. Son me and dad were close so the loss was pretty hard on us. I tried so hard to learn everything I could from him, but in someways I failed. Theres so much I still dont know, I guess there is just never enough time. After he passed I really wasnt interested taking something like this on for awhile. There were a couple of tractors that I had a chance to get involved with but when I saw this M something just told me I should try for it. Some of you may remember the original idea was to buy it for the parts I wanted and sell it on. Once son wanted to get involved that plan changed quickly, and now it has a home with us! This was also at times an emotional project for me. There were times I would swear to you Dad was in the shop with us. When we got the first start son ran down to the house to get his mother yelling all the way. Come on mom its running! I stayed in the shop and shed a tear. Luckily I was able to compose myself just as he was coming up the hill with my wife in tow. Not because i didnt want him to see me cry but because I didnt want him to be upset since he would know immediately why my eyes were wet. I sure wish dad was still here to see how well son did on this one! I usually dont talk much about these kind of things so thank you for letting me be long winded. Thank you for taking a look at our posts. Thank you for your comments and thoughts. I really appreciate this site. This is a great community and all of you make it that way. Unless something new happens I think this will close our updates on this project. Im sure it wont take long before I have questions on whatever we work on next so Ill thank you in advance for the help!
First time I saw the tractor on the auction lot.
After finally giving her a little light work last week.
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