Re: Restoration model advice

Posted by redforlife on July 14, 2022 at 07:12:22 from (174.210.133.102):

In Reply to: Restoration model advice posted by JSchultzEMS on July 13, 2022 at 09:43:16:

My advice would not be in the make or
model, but in picking one that isn't going
to be a project that is over your heads,
being in the new-be/beginner category.

What I mean is, if you want to replace rod
bearings, replace rod bearings and get as
extensive as you want to get. But start out
with a tractor that is all there, and
atleast runs already (even if runs poorly).

Diagnostics is MUCH MUCH easier to do on a
tractor that runs already.
A tractor that is froze up, is going to be
a very time consuming project, and may take
years to complete. Don't get into a project
that is going to take longer than this
neighbor kid is going to be around. Get
into a project that can be completed by the
time this kid graduates as a senior. Not
one over your heads, that ends up taking
longer than you planned, and it sits in
your garage as an un-completed project on
the day you go to his high school
graduation.

And not dogging the kid that is going to
mechanic school and learning engine repair,
and maybe learning to do stuff beyond your
capabilities, but don't pick a project that
is going to be over your head, in case you
end up being the one completing it on your
own. High school boy, 16?? He might have a
new girlfriend next week, and not have time
for tractors no more, about the time you
get a tractor all torn down. If he helps
you with it to the end, GREAT. But don't
pick a project that is going to end up
being project over your own head. Nothing
against the boy, but you don't want to be
sitting on a milk crate, holding the
crankshaft in your hands, watching him get
into his car with his senior prome date,
and asking yourself (I thought you were
going to help me put this back together??).

If he helps you start to finish, GREAT. But
don't pick a project over your own head, in
case he don't. He is a teenager after all.

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