The maiden voyage!
This morning i cut the cloth wiring out except what i needed to crank and run the motor. I set the idle speed and mixture. I wanted to make sure the hydro worked befor changing the fluid and filter. I had forward but no reverse. Then i noticed one relief button was still down. While motor was running i grabbed the button with plieers, gave it a twist and it popper right up. Now reverse works so i changed the fluid and filter. I adjusted the hydro nuetral position and broke all the blades off my perfect fan, rats!
Then i took her for a spin. The speed is real jumpy, so I'll look at the trunion springs for slop. My goal was drive it into my shed, out of the weather, so mission accomplished!
I still need to wire the regulator and lights, and weld the cracked steering mount. Then i can put her to work.
I got my tail lights. Price was right but i wish they were bigger.
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Rusty 149 project with:
QA42 snow thrower
38" deck
Barn fresh 1811 with:
44c mowing deck
QA42A snow thrower
42" snow blade
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