geting more horses mobile & mowing

[jay in nc 210]

so last april i bought a 72 bronco 14 off e-bay, turns out the seller was member kj4kicks , eldon a super nice guy & one of our vendors on the square. well he delivered it to the big show in june & i picked it up there so i had a horse to ride there. i brought it home & didnt have time to mess with it much. so with the meet & greet comming up in 2 weeks april 28 i want to get more horses going. well it needed a front tire so i dismounted it wire wheeled all the rust & paint off the wheel then primed & painted it. next i mounted a used tire & tube & put it back on the bronco. next was an oil change & a new battery, full tank of gas with seafoam in it. BOY DOES IT RUN GREAT ! well i put it on the lawn, made a lap & the deck fell off , so i get it back on & put a pin in the tatch a matic so it won't hapen again. well it dosn't cut at all, so back to the shop ,jack it up & look at the blades there on upside down so they were trying to cut with the back side, fliped them & went back on the lawn & i cut for 15 min. it's better but not great , yery littile coming out the side discharge. so back to the shop, take the blades off again & i figgured out that they were for a left hand discharge deck like my A.C. B10. well i had a deck that was totaly rusted out but had good blades on it so i sharpened them up & installed them and mowed 2 tanks of gas through it ! it mowed great but the small rusr hole in the r. r. corner will need repaired soon. when i put it away i checked the oil & it didnt use a drop. thanks eldon for selling me a good tractor. Jay

[jay in nc 210]

sorry heres a picture of the bronco. B.T.W. i love not having to go to photo bucket! Jay

[AMC RULES 37,211]

Ummm, hello Jay?

Nice save. Must've heard me lookin' for that emoticon...LOL.

:text-coolphotos:

Edited April 16, 2012 by amcrules00

[Sparky-(Admin) 23,284]

Yep, Eldons a great guy. I have one of his tractors in my garage.

Mike...........

[kpinnc 14,711]

I've seen that tractor before... Eldon was thinning the herd a bit, and sold quite a few of them. I wish the budget would have allowed me to buy a few of them myself!

I'm a big fan of Broncos Jay, glad to see another one put back in service. See you on the 28th!

[Kingwood990 16]

Looks like a keeper to me Jay. Can I test drive this one on the 28th?

[jay in nc 210]

matt you sure can drive any of my running tractors & i'll pull you around on the non runners. wait till you see the commando 800 now with big boy shoes!

[bowtiebutler956 650]

I like it.

Matt :flags-texas:

[Wheel-N-It 2,976]

Looking forward to seeing you and your Horses on the 28th Jay! Hey did you get the nos motor put on the WheelHorse I sold you???

[jay in nc 210]

van, i just got the engine & drive pully installed tonight , fuel filter & hooking up the throtle & choke cables + about 10 min. work to do on the belt guard & ill wrap the rope give a pull & take her for a ride! working 12 hours this week so it may or may not happen, but i got the fever! 1077 now 1277 tecky will ride again! Jay

[Terry M-(Moderator) 2,251]

Looks nice! I always liked that style WH :text-coolphotos:

[Wheel-N-It 2,976]

Thats great news Jay. Boy am I excited to see that one. Appx what year was that Techy manufactured?

[jay in nc 210]

i dont know when it was made , it's a nos hh 120, got it to fire on carb cleaner tonight but the float bowl gasket come off in 20 pieces, and the pull rope was so dryrottedit broke twice. i will try again tomorow. i see a starter-generator set up in it's future. did W.H. ever offer one for a tecky? Jay

[Wheel-N-It 2,976]

I don't know bout the starter/generator for a Horse, but I do have one of those in a 1960's Simplicity 728 Broadmoor. It has a vertical shaft 8hp Briggs engine in it.

You should have that tecky running in no time.