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Re: Locking a Farmall
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Posted by Bob M on May 14, 2007 at 11:25:29 from (151.190.254.108):
In Reply to: Locking a Farmall posted by SDP on May 14, 2007 at 08:33:28:
Quickest/cheapest is to stick the distributor rotor (or coil wire) in your pocket before you leave. Just don’t forget to bring it back when you return! I’ve seen a couple owners use a “Kryptonite” (the big, U-style) bike locks and applying them thru the steering wheel and around the light bar. Also by cutting the steering hard to one side before attaching the lock, the risk of the tractor being towed off while unattended is pretty much eliminated. A method I’ve been tempted to try is to insert a quarter turn ball valve with the handle removed in the gas line. Locate it tight to the carburetor and orient it so the valve stem faces the block (so the valve is not evident) then remove the handle. To operate the valve use a small wrench. Now when you leave the tractor unattended shut off the ball valve. Then should someone decide to drive off with your machine, it’ll start, travel maybe a couple hundred feet and then quit. And since old tractor guys seem unusually quick to rush to the aid of someone who's tractor has suddenly died where it shouldn't, it will draw a LOT of unwanted attention to any would-be thief. However as others observe below, it seems the old tractor community is unusually honest and respectful of others’ stuff. Also seems at the shows I attend/participate in, most of the exhibitors pretty much know who belongs to what. So a miscreant trying to make off with a tractor not their own – even in the dead of night – would be a risky endeavor indeed.
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