Re: OT- It never fails

Posted by rustyj14 on April 25, 2005 at 18:31:17 from (209.195.138.22):

In Reply to: Re: OT- It never fails posted by Davis In SC on April 23, 2005 at 21:27:16:

Tell me about it---I had a tractor here, stored outside, for a friend. it was well covered, battery taken inside, etc.! Friend called yesterday, said he had a tractor buyer ready to get it! Said: get it started, running, show it for me tomorrow!
So, this morning, out i went to uncover the tractor! Installed battery, added a little oil to full mark, got on the seat, pushed in the brake/ clutch, turned key to start! No Go. So a bit of ether got it going! Not much, just one little squirt! Ran a little while, so i put it in reverse to back off the boards it sat on. thats when the tranny slipped a cog inside! RATS!! I shut it off, then went to start it after some new gasoline was added, and the engine went POOF, and out came a BIG cloud of white smoke, and it wouldn't start again! My wife thought i had disappeared, in the smoke!
now, this tractor wasn't a late model, it was a gimmie last year, and i sold it to the man.(Pete) He drove it home--only 4 miles-on the back paved roads! (Smart, eh?) Then, his tenant used it to mow large rocks, necessitating a complete rebuild of the mowing deck, which the tenant then switched to his brothers tractor, and put the other deck on Pete's tractor! There was no way to prove it, but the new deck spindles i had installed were gone, and some old ones were there instead! And the paint color was different on the deck! This was done while Pete was out of town on business!
This kind of stuff makes me wonder why i started repairing tractors! I think i'm going to stay with lawn mowers from now on!
by: Rustyj

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