Posted by Lanse on March 07, 2009 at 16:59:04 from (65.89.42.224):
we got her going today!! R aiken came down and we played with her for while.
Carb was a problem. it was off the C, the tractor from hell so of corse its a problem.
We tore that down and cleaned her all up (ok he did and i watched) and got her back on. We went to adjust the valves and found the rocker arms were shot. The first time i put them on, DickL's nice rebuilt set diddnt want to go on, so we threw the orignals back on the tractor. Clearence was supposed to be 10 to 12 thousanths, turned out to be 1/4 inch on two of the valves. New rocker amrs fixed all that.
We took the harvester mag off and put the wico on which diddnt work (snapped 60 degrees too late) so we had to use an old one that rich brought. Started off down the driveway and got a cough and a pop, then she ran for a few seconds, then she took her first real breath of life about 1/2 way up the road just before we got to the driveway. We pulled her up to the garage and worked on the timing and the carb some and then i went for my first B ride. Then she ran out of gas.
The impulse on richs mag doesnt work right, so we hooked her up to the kubota and she started after pulling her about a foot. Drove into the garage, adjusted the valves again and called it a day.
Tomorrow im going to try to get that wico on there. rich or dick said to move the govenor 3 or 4 teeth and try it, so i guess thats what im going to do. I'll get it on there.
Today was a dream come true for me!!!! I can never thank all those who helped with this enough!!! It was incrediable. An old tractor with a brush job and no sheetmetal has never looked better :-D
So now, all i have to do is stick the other mag on there, figure out what the clutch noise is, get the gas tank cleaned and sealed, and take it apart and paint everything right this time. Any day now :-D
Thanks everyone!!!
Ive got a video uploading, but at 277 mb in size, this is going to take a while. I'll post it as soon as its up
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