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Thank you to all that replied.  I have renewed excitement to get this beast operational.   Really glad I pulled it out of the "to be scrapped" pile.

They said I needed a hobby after retirement, guess this is it !!

@Mike'sHorseBarn, holy smokes is that a great job on yours !  If I am lucky my wife will have a smile similar to your niece's someday.   :)  Chances are we will be thrilled with running and clean, not as clean as yours.

 

Was disheartening talking to folks I know and as soon as they heard "Tecumseh" they said "no thanks."  

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RED-Z06
14 minutes ago, PaulM77 said:

Thank you to all that replied.  I have renewed excitement to get this beast operational.   Really glad I pulled it out of the "to be scrapped" pile.

They said I needed a hobby after retirement, guess this is it !!

@Mike'sHorseBarn, holy smokes is that a great job on yours !  If I am lucky my wife will have a smile similar to your niece's someday.   :)  Chances are we will be thrilled with running and clean, not as clean as yours.

 

Was disheartening talking to folks I know and as soon as they heard "Tecumseh" they said "no thanks."  

Some people like Tecumseh, some do not.  Im not a big fan of them on something that needs to work and be reliable because historically their carburetors, and the ignition being located under the flywheel didnt lend themselves to ease of operation, their later "solid state" ignition on the larger engines was prone to failure and they stopped making coils 30+ years ago.  But mechanically they will run.

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Ed Kennell

Given a choice, I would take a Kohler over a Tecumseh or Briggs.   But my first tractor was a C-120 with a Tecumseh and it was one of best running, easy starting, trouble free tactors I owned.

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