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This was a long over due project I got started on last Sunday. I built this 12'x8' shed back in '96 or so with materials from a POS addition on the house that got torn off when I built a proper addition. Very little $$ into it and it has served me well over the years but since I no longer have or run bear dogs no need for the three holer dog huts so out they came. Ever since the affliction come upon me this shed was the just shove it in parts shed. Got to be so bad you couldn't even open the door and made @Achto 's garage look like a picnic area! What's worse is I had no idea what was in there. Guy was asking me if I had a S/G belt guard for a K241...yah somewhere in there... I think! Only course of action was to pull everything out and build some shelves. Took two hours to clean it out and two more hours to rip out the dog huts and clean up after the mice. It was infested with mice and they made a wreck of the insulation in the huts. No tractor storage in here but left it open for the barn cats to get in awhile back and strangely the mice disappeared! Should have enough room to winter two tractors in it now plus three more parts tractor to mafia and store. Found parts I never knew I had and a bunch of who knows what this is for! More on that later. Milk crates and buckets helped all the sorting and cataloging. I got the market cornered on pullies and belt guards. Tom @Shynon calls with the Sunday morning check in so we were discussing about guys stopping in off the street and seeing if we ran a lawn mower repair shop and wanting their mowers fixed! No wait @stevasaurus I ain't close to being done! Tom's right much as I hate to say it some of it just has to go to scrap! Just how many belt guards does a guy need!?!?

Update: Mrs. M came through the cardiac catheterization with flying colors. Turns out that the stress test was a false positive. Nothing major was found that would prevent her surgery on the 24th. Thanks for all the good juju, mojo's, thoughts, prayers and everything else. Now on to the big surgery on the 24th.

Told Dan I knew I had one of these .... finally found it! Got the market cornered on these too! Lots of this stuff is going in classifieds free for shipping if you can use it.

I piggybacked on another drill press thread in the tools section, but here it is:

Hi all, i bought this 1961 701 in fall of 2018 and restored it. I completed it in fall of 2019 and I wanted to show some pictures of before during and after I got it done. I did my research and tried to make this tractor as close to original as possible. The few exceptions are tires, wiring and the steering support. Not a perfect tractor but sure is nice enough for me. all stainless hardware Rustolium stops rust Primer Rustolium Regal Red enamel paint powder coated wheels and seat Glenn Pettit Reproduction dash

Took a trip down to South Wales to take SWMBO to meet her long lost sister and family. While there exploring their farm and buildings, I stumbled on a trials motorcycle covered in 20yrs of dust and grime. After a pressure wash it looked a little better. 1982 SWM 125 TL. Italian built with Bombadier 2 stroke Rotax engine made in Austria. Very popular in their day and ridden by some of the top riders. Before we left, minus front wheel and handlebars, it fitted nicely in the back of my car. It's now at it's new home. Engine turns over but no spark. Think it's a wiring problem but could be ignition. CDI set up. I'll investigate that later when I've done some research. Started the strip down this morning, so some photo's of progress.

At Carol's Welsh relatives are farmers. Father and sons have quite a collection of various vintage tractors. I did manage to get some photo's, but not very good ones. The tractors are spread about in several buildings. Some complete and some in bits. Lots of bits. The runners are in the building with the blue door. Under covers and I couldn't get photo's. Four of them. Two Massey Fergusons, Fordson Major with steel wheels and another IH.

Happy birthday ya ole coot. Had a bloody at 8:00am in your honer. BTW. For got to tell you. I checked out your cabin for storm damage. Real nice place, crapper is plugged though.

If you wanna things should last, grease ‘em! That Say of my Grandpa hits today my Mind when i came home after Work and see my Horse. Yap, two hearts beats in my chest actually, one tell’s me keep the Horse with it‘s Patina as it is, the other tell’s me - do a complete rework. technically i do a rework step by Step that‘s for sure, but be i‘m willing to destroy that nice Patina? I don‘t know, this is maybe one of my hardest Decisions i have to take. So i begin today to opening the Covers and grease the Spindles and checking the gears. Than i exchange the rear Fender with a better one @pullstart crate in and mount it with 2 Rubberinlay‘s on the Screw’s that it don‘t rattle in idle or on full throttle, at least i shift the Seat to find my best position and drill a new hole in it and mounted the Seat. Some of the missing Deck gear cover screws i was able to exchange with spares ( inch screws) i found in my collections. After that, i resharpening the Blades and do a testmow on the large Area. It works like a champ, even with 1/3 throttle and 2. Gear it cuts nice and smooth. Raising the throttle Wasn‘t needed, but sounds great. I only thinkering on a other Throttle bowden, because the chokebowden is not stiff enough and the throttle drops after few Seconds. The Accoustic is fantastic, reminds me on a Bobber, just as a Single Cylindre. I try to do a short Vid but it‘s impossible to capture that fantastic Sound, It’s not loud but extreme Powerful. After Mowing i decide to keep for the Moment the optics with it‘s Patina. To save that Status and keep upcomeing rust away, i decide to grease it completely with Mike Sanders. Boy, that looks so sharp, i like it. Mart‘l comes by and take a look on it while i mowing arround. He give me a thumb up and meant, whow, a real adult Sound for such a small tracta. That Sound’s much better than all your others, it appears more power than it really have. At least i do a „Friday frontend“ Pic

I still have my work cut out for me as this is going to be an ongoing project for months to come. The exterior of the shed has a nice patina but starting to rot. Plans are to put MAINTENANCE FREE steel on it to match the shop & warehouse. One side has got steel on it already. Just gotta figurer a way to steel the doors. Can't grow a garden but sure got a nice crop of moss!

Well, no question about it, it's definitely red now!

The loft .... this would be the place to stick the MN boys Steve! Its the home for the hood, rims and fender pan collection tho. Watcha laughin about Willis @pullstart ?!?!? It's in my will the hoods go to you should I perish in a fiery GT accident!

Now that it's organized, you'll never find anything.

I had the same issue with my shed without the stink bugs and mice. Piles of parts with no idea of what I had. I filled 7 of those large plastic Wally World tables and took pics so I would know what I had. Then sold enough of what I didn't need to pay for gas,food and lodging for the show we didn't have. Got all of my tires in 1 loft and all the parts organized on the other loft and shelves. Room for 2 tractors to snuggle up in the winter.

Question here fellas were those dashes just plain like that or have decals? Dan and I both have 701 restos in our future so starting to research on correctness. Not sure about @Achto but I'm thinking about this being my first "as built" resto. Or as close as one can get. Mine is going to get built with parts that Dan and hopefully Kev @pullstart has. BTW thanks for the tip on those signs Chompin & real nice folks to deal with. One on order for the wife's 702!

Happy Birthday Uncle Jim!

I just Marvel mystery oil wipe it down let it set for a while wipe of excess. DONE. Brings back the color. I just did this a month ago.

We’ve almost forgot you have active tractor projects!

Did a few more things to the 418 and the 420 today. On the 418 removed the engine tins and used compressed air to clean the cylinder heads and surrounding areas. Removed many fasteners and never-siezed the threads to make future maintenance easier. Also painted the engine chaff screen and reinstalled. I was hoping to use this seat that I bought about 6 years ago at a JD Dealer for $ 40.00 for the 418 that they ordered for someone and they never picked it up but the bolt pattern will only fit my 312 and C-120 but not the 418 or 417. On the 420 primed the tunnel and will paint that black and then reinstall all the motion control linkages and lever. Getting closer to finishing up everything for the Meet & Greet next month.

Another baby step closer today.

Find a bigger dog to take a leak on the moss Jim, that’ll take care of it!

It looks close to my $15 auction buy.

@WHX24 BTW, do you still have my lawn chair?? BTW, I am 15 minutes into a martini...Happy Birthday Jim.

You know Jim, you could have turned that into a bunk house for the Minnesota guys to spend the night in on plow dayz.

This might help. Making "fingers to support the belt loop so it /clutches around the engine pulley will allow more tolerance for building a belt guard. Is that a raw rubber belt? You wand to use a cloth covered belt so it will allow the belt to slip/clutch in the pulley groove.

My 656 project is coming along. Slowly to be sure, but progress is being made. RustOleum has been sprayed and a 212cc Predator engine mounted.... And then I decided to complicate things. Crammed a golf cart starter generator under the hood so I can have a charging system with enough power to run a 12v sprayer. The starter generator is about 1/2 the size of the Predator! Fingers crossed that I can make this work. Now it's time to make a belt guard. I know the drive belt has to contact the guard right after it leaves the pulley kwhen the clutch pedal is down). Does it touch anywhere else?

Trying to keep the patina on my tractor but I'm also looking to keep rust to a minimum. What could l do to make that happen ?'

@PeacemakerJack @ebinmaine @WHX24 @Greentored @elcamino/wheelhorse @pullstart plowed potatoes in semi dry/wet clay mix this evening had to have the kids "sink" the plow and those OTRs never missed a beat pulling through the soil, potato vines and weeds... Ended up with approximately 6 bushel from 3 rows this evening, gonna York rake it in the morning before the next round of daily rain for a week hope to pull another 1/2 bushel or better up. BTW the wife decided to photograph the first row plowing enjoy.

Pop the seal off and clean the steel balls and housing

I’ve got some signage and advertising memorabilia.

Bigger kitty!

While the cats away the mice will play....

Half the tarmac has been laid, workers and trucks all over the place and the air is thick with the oily smell of roadworks 😊

I just remembered that I took a picture if the tool I made to remove hubs. The whole idea is to keep even pressure on the part during the process. The plate looks pretty heavy duty (the wife tells me that I tend to "over build. I just call it "Hell for Stout) but that's what I had in the scrap bin. The all thread and nuts are from Tractor Supply.

True ... the millions of ladybug & stink bug carcases & mice feces would have made a nice carpet for them. What you laughin about Mike @prondzy this was Steve's idea!

As @peter lena says, “feed the paint” Michigander! Your tractor looks pretty awesome the way it is, it doesn’t look like it needs too much work to keep it awesome! I have used soapy water for a 600-1000-1500 grit wet sand, or WD-40 and the same papers for the same treatment with great results. If you use sand paper, stay away from the sharp edges and bends of the body and frame just focus on the flat, smooth stuff.

Your 857 will look showroom ready with just a little degreasing, automotive polishing compound and waxing. For the deck I would suggest some steel wool scrubbing with WD-40 and then a good waxing.

Your very observant for a Yorkshireman, Mick. Motorcycles are in my blood. From riding pillion with my father from the age of eight, up to nine years ago, there's always been one around.

Two things Norm... One, its not red! And B, it appears to be deficient in the sum of two wheels. In short, and not to put too fine a point on it, That ain't no tractor!

I acquired a worker 414-8 from my brother nearly a decade ago, and he had it for 5-6 years. For all that time every few times you turned the key the starter would fail to engage, or would click as if it were stuck. Clearly this problem predated my family's ownership since the starter shroud had a dent in it from being knocked with a wrench.. and this was our preferred solution to the problem. A couple of knocks usually did trick.... So this past week it was acting up again, and my son and I decided to clean all the electrical contacts in the starter circuit. The contacts were quite clean already, but as I did this I discovered that there are two nuts on the starter's stud; the outer one for the cable from the solenoid, and an inner one which holds the stud in place. The inner one was loose and there was some play in the stud. Assuming that this was a bad idea, I tried to tighten it. It requires a great deal of dexterity and can only be done with a box wrench. the upshot is that since we did that, we have not had the problem, even with pretty intensive use of the tractor cleaning up from the storm. While it is possible that it is a fluke and the problem will resurface, I am willing to bet that the loose stud was the cause of years of starting issues.. and that no one ever tightened that nut properly because it was so awkward, or they did not have the right sized wrench handy. Just thought I would point this out in case anyone else is having intermittent starting issues.

Craig, you need shades on to look at the carb.

What do you think...so far, 33 years of the military life. Spit shine and me go way back Madge, almost as far as you soaking your hands in the old Palmolive.

I've done that. Organized chaos. Then organized the chaos. No find stuff.

After the paint on my newly restored C-121 blistered, I personally asked Cecil Pond about this and he said basically it was not the best design. Here’s the shield that I made for it.

B.T.W. They were trying to talk me into having one of the Internationals in the first and last photo's. This was in the evening with everyone present. SWMBO's face was a picture. Spoke volumes. Like, "You dare!"

Had my doctors appointment today. I was getting my results from the 2 CT scans I had done last week. Last year I was diagnosed with Pancreatic and Throat Cancer. Had my surgeries and treatments. One year has passed now and time to see how I am doing. The CT scans I had last week were on my abdomen and chest. I still need to go for ones to my throat and head area. Todays results were good. Abdomen is showing no signs of the cancer and my chest and lungs are showing improvements. My lungs were damaged from Pulmonary Embolisms I developed while I was in the hospital. They want a PET scan in 6 more months. I have to meet with my radiologist and my throat surgeon and make the appointments to check on my throat. No one was seeing patients during the Corona shut down but are now. So I will take this good news and keep my fingers crossed for the next step. My throat still bothers me daily. I would rather go through what they did to my stomach 100 times over then one more time of what was done to my throat. Stay Healthy Everyone !!! Dont take good health for granted !!

And don't count out not running them at higher RPM. Got to figure your cooling fan is the same size as a 12 or 14. More HP adds heat. Keep the revs up and move the air.

Drove back from south Wales today from meeting the new found section of SWMBO's family. Brought a new project home. Just fitted in the back of the car. 38yrs old and the last 20 buried in the back of a farm shed.