Ok.. went and smoked the 2000 over at lunch today.
owner is a real old fella.. his daughter was the one helping me with the tractor.
couldn't find the key, so we hot wired it using a donor battery set in the tray.
would fire.. pulled the distrib cap.. points look good, pulled plugs... fouled big time.. cleaned them with a business card and got her to fire after a little dinking.
holley carb is running a lil lean.. have to use about half choke or she stumbles on acceleration, and stalls out in 5th or 6th gear.
question.. where's the power adjust needle on the holley carb? I'm familiar with MS. but not them holley's.. so far for the test drive i just used choke.
after we got it started, clutch was stuck..
unit has sat 4-6 months apparrently.
I bumped it over with the hotwire in 6th gear with the clutch blocked and she popped loose on the first bump. pto sems to work fine, and hyd seemed to work good. steering is decent with only a lil play. she ran thru the gears fine.
as the owner stated, one of the rad hose leaks.. some rust under the hose has bubbled up, so rad was low to that point.
crankcase oil creamed up a bit, so am guessing it's been collecting moisture from setting... as there was no smoke from the muffler.. or steam.... I specifically looked for steam from the muffler after seeing low rad and oil that was emulsified...
gen didn't charge and wouldn't after polerization, even when full fielded and meter on armature. so will need gen rebuilt and maybee regulator as well.
Old man had to go to a dr appt so she took him, left me out in the yard with the tractor and said to test drive it or whatever ( trusting people! )
In any case.. I left a letter attached to the machine sugesting that they drain the oil, flush it, and toss in some new oil and change the spin on filter so it can be ran / demonstrated and thus checked to see if it accumulates water in the oil.. or if that was just from setting.
since I will likely be going back over to look at this tractor again and help the daughter get it checked out , I have a few questions.. since i'm not familiar with the 3 cyl jobs.
what spin on oil filter does it use
how many qts oil in crankcase
also, i used my meter to make sure the oil sender 'opened' when engine started, and 'closed' when engine stopped since we had no dash gauges since couldn't find the key.. in any case.. I doubt the gauges or lamps worked.. dash don't look to be in great condition.
if i buy it, I will be offering less than the 2800$ asked. If it does run out good with no more water in the oil I'm thinking 2500 as i will be sinking 90$ in the gen, 25 in the reg, and another 15 or so into a switch, plus whatever rad hoses cost.
as i noticed yesterday.. one brake works decently.. one works but is a lil stiff.. not sure what issue that is till I get into it if i get the tractor.. maybee needs lube.. or springs.. etc.
comments and filter/oil info ??
thanks
soundguy
owner is a real old fella.. his daughter was the one helping me with the tractor.
couldn't find the key, so we hot wired it using a donor battery set in the tray.
would fire.. pulled the distrib cap.. points look good, pulled plugs... fouled big time.. cleaned them with a business card and got her to fire after a little dinking.
holley carb is running a lil lean.. have to use about half choke or she stumbles on acceleration, and stalls out in 5th or 6th gear.
question.. where's the power adjust needle on the holley carb? I'm familiar with MS. but not them holley's.. so far for the test drive i just used choke.
after we got it started, clutch was stuck..
unit has sat 4-6 months apparrently.
I bumped it over with the hotwire in 6th gear with the clutch blocked and she popped loose on the first bump. pto sems to work fine, and hyd seemed to work good. steering is decent with only a lil play. she ran thru the gears fine.
as the owner stated, one of the rad hose leaks.. some rust under the hose has bubbled up, so rad was low to that point.
crankcase oil creamed up a bit, so am guessing it's been collecting moisture from setting... as there was no smoke from the muffler.. or steam.... I specifically looked for steam from the muffler after seeing low rad and oil that was emulsified...
gen didn't charge and wouldn't after polerization, even when full fielded and meter on armature. so will need gen rebuilt and maybee regulator as well.
Old man had to go to a dr appt so she took him, left me out in the yard with the tractor and said to test drive it or whatever ( trusting people! )
In any case.. I left a letter attached to the machine sugesting that they drain the oil, flush it, and toss in some new oil and change the spin on filter so it can be ran / demonstrated and thus checked to see if it accumulates water in the oil.. or if that was just from setting.
since I will likely be going back over to look at this tractor again and help the daughter get it checked out , I have a few questions.. since i'm not familiar with the 3 cyl jobs.
what spin on oil filter does it use
how many qts oil in crankcase
also, i used my meter to make sure the oil sender 'opened' when engine started, and 'closed' when engine stopped since we had no dash gauges since couldn't find the key.. in any case.. I doubt the gauges or lamps worked.. dash don't look to be in great condition.
if i buy it, I will be offering less than the 2800$ asked. If it does run out good with no more water in the oil I'm thinking 2500 as i will be sinking 90$ in the gen, 25 in the reg, and another 15 or so into a switch, plus whatever rad hoses cost.
as i noticed yesterday.. one brake works decently.. one works but is a lil stiff.. not sure what issue that is till I get into it if i get the tractor.. maybee needs lube.. or springs.. etc.
comments and filter/oil info ??
thanks
soundguy
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