Posted by Christos on June 28, 2010 at 10:08:02 from (199.67.7.151):
In Reply to: Re: Massey 135 posted by JD Seller on June 27, 2010 at 22:28:40:
You misunderstood me. The tractor is fixed mechanically - I had it rebuilt five years ago. I've been dealing with electrical issues since it came home.
Basically the story with that tractor is the following. THe barn burned before I was born (1983) and dad bought the 135. At somepoint shortly before he died (179.9 hrs on the tach) in '93 the block cracked and the Massey Dealer/sub contractor botched up the repair and the welds distorted the cylinders and we never used the tractor again until I got interested in tractors back in '04.
Why that block cracked back then I dont know. I remember dad having to have the radiator repaired and I suspect this all happened when he was bushhogging one day and damaged the radiator. (It's also the reason why I have a brush guard on the front of the tractor now.)
Back in 2005 I sent the tractor to be rebuilt - mechanically it's fine now. Electrically there is a kink in the wirning harness and a few timing issues with the distributor.
While I can't physically prove it anymore , that tach had 179.9 hours on it (I wish I had taken pictures of the whole rebuild process)- at any rate it's irrelevant, it's got 14 hours on the new tach.
The question I had asked was if I should go ahead and repaint it since I know I can get it to run by jumping the starter or if I should finish solving the electricals and then repainting it since I have to remove the harness to repaint the tractor.
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