[SEL] Good Old Iron Weekend

[Curt]

Mike,
The preacher in our engine club is a die hard Case fan. In fact he'll 
tell you his blood runnith orange. Cecil's tractors are known to not run 
on occasion and now the joke in our club is that Case tractors don't 
run. Sort of like Maytags on this list. Cecil takes all the ribbing 
about his stationary tractors with good humor. Knowing that your's has 
run once in the last 12 years sort of adds credence to the Cecil's 
experiences. Good luck with the Flambeau tractor, and of course 
congratulations.
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC

Mike Tucker wrote:

> 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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