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Today I became a grandpa for the second time! My granddaughter is four and my grandson was born at 2:03 today. 10lbs 6oz ! Praise god everyone is doing great ❤️ We are going to meet him in the morning ❤️

August 13, 1967, The movie Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, was released in the United States premiering in New York City before gaining widespread acclaim and becoming a cultural phenomenon.

I wasn't at their high level meeting either... too busy keeping track of Pullstart doling out ice cream. Word on the street is it's a free for all and run what ya brung. Really ?? Does it matter? Long as it's a ...

So the feature is “non-running Teccy tractors”?

No 9n,2N,or 8N tractor ever came with any sort of fuel pump. Gravity feed is always enough if everything is clean. You fuel system starts at the gas tank. Is it clean or has it accumulated loose rust or dirt? On top of your glass bowl/shut off valve there is a standpipe with a fine screen covering it maybe an inch tall. I have had that plug up on various tractors. If I am feeling lazy or in a hurry, I might close off the fuel and remove the glass cup, gasket and screen. Remove the gas cap. Then aim my compressed air nozzle up the hole leading into the tank, blowing air as I open the valve. This reverse flushes the screen on the standpipe. It is a temporary fix cuz the debris is still floating around. Turn the valve off, clean the screen and glass bowl and reassemble. Remove the fuel line and blow it out. Remove the elbow fitting on the carburetor. It has a screen reaching into the carburetor. Blow it out. If there is no screen, replace the elbow. The carb is pretty simple, but unless you really want to rebuild it, you can probably get by just by blowing through the passages and cleaning the float bowl. Keep in mind that the float and needle and seat were designed to work with the low pressure of gravity feed. You may cause new issues with any pump. The real solution for the gas tank is take it out and clean it. I've just sloshed gas around in some then poured in a bucket along with the loose rust or dirt. I cleaned one with Simple Green. Lately I have read about using white vinegar to remove the rust. I will probably try that next time I have a problem. I hope this helps, Kent

Grandkids has to be the best chapter in our life book. Enjoy every moment Don.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!! Being a grandparent has got to be the best thing ever! I bought a 2 family house with my daughter and her husband so seeing the grand kids everyday from the time they were born and being a huge part of their life is a wonderful thing. No responsibilities as far as parenting goes, they act up, send'em home. My wife got to babysit everyday which she loved doing. If my daughter gave me any lip, I just threaten her "I'll just buy them dart guns and drum sets. Maybe even a clarinet to really punish you!" LOL Well, what seems like such a VERY short time they're all grown up.( I still see them as little kids sometimes ). My Granddaughter is now working on her masters degree (24) and the Grandson is going to start his 3rd of college soon (20). My threats have come back to haunt me as now I'm getting older. So if I give my daughter any lip, she threatens me that she just won't wipe my a$$ ! LOL Touche' to her as she has learned well. Enjoy the time with them kids Don, it goes by too quickly

I took two wires out of the 9 pin when I got my 520-H. The power wire and the start wire soldered each together. I also replaced all the safety switches as they were all rusted. My 520 had set in a car port or open sided shed as the right side wheels had some surface rust and none on the left. I bought some new connectors but haven't installed them. The two PTO safety switches were badly rusted they also have isolation plates below them that were coated in rust. After getting all that sorted out the biggest improvement I made was an electric fuel pump.

Mine still runs. It is my primary mower & snow removal tractor.

Do you smell what the @Pullstart is scooping?

Sounds like you have been very busy for almost 20 Years now. Keep them running Bud.

Even if I got it out, fitting a new bearing over the gear shaft would likely be problematic. It's already on a stand, degreased, and fluid drained. Might as will go ahead and take it apart and clean the filter and check the other bearings. Once I'm done, I'll swap it out with either my C-120 or 16 Auto - as both of them drip from the transaxle gasket. I've had both of them apart for repairs but did both of them on the tractor and didn't get the surfaces clean enough when reassembling. I have all the time in the world to do this one proper. Besides, you never know what you'll find when you take them apart!

Thanks for exhuming that old topic. Posted long before I ever stumbled across this place, it’s really marvelous reading. With bonus pics, too! Great stuff.

We have always heard the phrase attributed to Henry Ford that “you can buy a Model T in any color as long as its BLACK” well not at the beginning. In the first years of production from 1908 to 1913, the Model T was not available in black, but rather only in gray, green, blue, and red. Green was available for the touring cars, town cars, coupes, and Landaulets. Gray was available for the town cars only and red only for the touring cars. By 1912, all cars were being painted midnight blue with black fenders. In 1914 the "any color so long as it is black" policy was implemented. Also, Henry Ford was an early environmentalist (or tightwad). To save space and lower shipping costs—especially for international destinations like Australia and New Zealand—Ford shipped Model T cars disassembled inside large wooden packing cases. According to historical lore, Henry Ford instructed his component suppliers to build these shipping crates using exact dimensions, specific wood types, and pre-spaced measurements so the boards could double as Model T floorboards once unpacked.

@Wild Bill in VA, can you answer this for us.

At least VW provided a fire wall. Model T (1908–1925), the fuel tank sat directly under the front seat inside the passenger compartment, meaning no firewall separated it from the occupants. For the final 1926–1927 model years, Ford moved the tank into the cowl dash directly ahead of the driver, but it remained unseparated by firewall.

I have a Choremaster Post Hole Digger, believe it to be early 50s.

It would be like a day without sunshine; or something else but I can't remember what the other thing is.

My experience shows me that rebuilding a carb is no longer a trouble shooting exercise. It is a scheduled maintenance item.

Another note about the 5xi tractors and the electric PTO.......if your battery/charging system is weak, the PTO is the first thing to not work correctly. For instance, I picked up my 522xi with a 2-stage snow blower on it. Everything worked fine until I actually tried to use it. Every time I would try and plow snow with it, the PTO would shut off and the auger would stop. Cycle it OFF/ON, work fine, pull forward into snow and it would shut off again. Turns out it was a weak battery. Simple fix, but was a head scratcher for awhile as everything seemed fine. Not saying its your same issue, but something to keep in mind if it helps

I "kinda" went through some of the wiring on one of my 520H's a little while back and corrosion at some of the connections was all I really found that was in bad shape. the 9 pin connector still appeared to be in pretty decent shape on mine, but someone had already taken the charging circuit out of the 9 pin and ran it like the earlier 520's where wired, which may be why 9 pin was still in good shape. I got lucky and everything electrical works as it should but did have to replace voltage regulator because it wasn't charging. I did have to change the vacuum gauge on mine but that has nothing to do with the electrics. I really like that big Onan humm and the 520's have become one of my favorites. I believe you will like the tractor after working out a few of the bugs. Pic of mine for inspiration

Sorry, I was a 19yo when the club was formed in 1963.

Finished up this shed today. Still need to get a ramp setup for it but no rush on that. Yes it’s plastic and yes it was a kit (one million pieces!!) But it all fit together well and I already had the pressure treated base built and leveled, so that’s how the size was determined. It’s 10’9” x 7’xx” with a door plenty wide enough to get a tractor in if need be.

Made the 4 hour trip back to my birthplace to attend a family reunion. Back in one of the hollers surrounded by the Appalachian Mts.