Posted by cadet trooper on December 08, 2007 at 16:37:42 from (68.79.180.34):
In Reply to: SMDTA posted by mostly green on December 08, 2007 at 12:11:48:
I'm sorry mostly green but we had one in the early sixties and it was not an overwhelming powerhouse and I think it was because of all the live power crap plus power steering it struggled with 3X14's but was good on fuel but was not an issue with .20cent diesel fuel our 51M ate it up especially after I did an ovehaul in Voag and of course had to refuel the M twice a day whereas the SMTAD ran all day. The Bugger was hard to start in cold weather but could have been because you had to leave the power button pulled out to charge the battery which in turn probably burned up the points on the gas side otherwise a sweet tractor for its time. It was my brothers tractor and he's gone now but if he were here he'd say the same thing we called it the gutless wonder.
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