[SEL] Good Old Iron Weekend

[Mike Tucker]

Howdy all,

I realize that this is about a tractor, but this particular tractor 
is the reason that I'm involved with old iron in the first place. 
Last Tuesday, my grandfather's 1948 SC Case tractor made the trailer 
ride from Texas to our new barn (at the new place that we're 
building) here in Kentucky.  As a side note, when I was growing up we 
still used this tractor as a working tractor and it was my job to 
keep it running.  There was born my love of old iron.  Anyway, 
although we did a complete rebuild on the engine probably 25 years 
ago, the tractor hasn't run but maybe once in the 12 years that we've 
been in Kentucky.

Late last week I pulled the gas tank and carburetor and this weekend 
Lincoln and his buddy put a scoop of gravel in the tank, tied it on 
to the wheel of our Farmall A (that we use for mowing) and drove it 
around to scrub out the crud that had built up in the tank. 
Meanwhile, I pulled the carburetor apart and cleaned it out. 
Yesterday we put it all back together, replaced the gas line and 
plugs, sanded off the points, changed the oil, put a new battery in 
and finally put water and gas in it.  After just a few turns over 
compression it was purring like a kitten :-)!  We all had fun driving 
it around before we put it away it its new home.  Ah, life is GREAT! 
We'll have to pull the radiator for some repairs but then it will be 
ready to assume its job of mowing the pasture.

See ya',
Mike


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Mike Tucker
Midway, Kentucky, USA
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