I bought this about 3 years ago if memory serves. It was my great uncles tractor, and was always hard to get started. Last weekend my brother and I took the old Ensign regulator off, completely apart, and replaced what we could. 1. The middle was caked full of crud. 2. The tiny round rubber seal on the back side was real soft - so we made a replacement. 3. The outside leaked everywhere as it was warped from over-tight screws - so I used some valve grinding compound on a piece of glass and smoothed it out, and sealed it with Ultra Blue.
And...the old beast fired right up, so this weekend I put a new emblem on it from John S., and a seat cushion from Don L. I bought a new rubber piece for the torsion seat a few years ago, but it has never held up the way I expected. I'm thinking I need to add a shock absorber similar to what is used on a Farmall. I'm a big guy, but that darn thing was expensive and hasn't been strong enough since I put it on shortly after I bought it.
If anyone has put on shock absorber on one of these I'd love to see pics - I don't want to shell out another $100+ for the other part.I have to figure out how to post some pics. It needs a repaint, but otherwise looks pretty good.
And...the old beast fired right up, so this weekend I put a new emblem on it from John S., and a seat cushion from Don L. I bought a new rubber piece for the torsion seat a few years ago, but it has never held up the way I expected. I'm thinking I need to add a shock absorber similar to what is used on a Farmall. I'm a big guy, but that darn thing was expensive and hasn't been strong enough since I put it on shortly after I bought it.
If anyone has put on shock absorber on one of these I'd love to see pics - I don't want to shell out another $100+ for the other part.I have to figure out how to post some pics. It needs a repaint, but otherwise looks pretty good.
