New guy - Ohio

[creekcrawler]

First post here. Been lurking and getting info for over a year now.
Thanks everyone, lotsa good info to be had!

Over a year ago, traded some bags of Lake Erie yellow perch fillets to a friend
for his old 1450. I was told, "Hey, runs great, buuuuutt......"

It was rather neglected and hodge-podged. Needed some love.
Things like reverse didn't work. Looked like points & carb were original.
He even offered the mower deck, "You can weld right?"
Why do people think that when steel is thicknes of a paper bag it's weldable??

I spent about 6 months getting everything straightened out. Didn't want to buy any attachments til I was sure it was a good runner.

In six months I -
-Replaced choke and throttle controls. PO had screwed replacements on to the side of the cowling! Replaced with oem stuff where it belonged.
-Cleaned trans valves in solvent & blew them out - got reverse running.
-New points & plugs & rebuilt carb.
-Promptly drained the new battery, was in a rush to charge it, didn't pay attention and charged the battery in reverse. That promptly blew the coil.
-Got a new air cleaner assembly on it - my bud was running it without.
-Replaced broken tail lights.
-Replaced patched & leaking fuel tank.
-Got my bud to find the dang side panels in his shed. He found them.
The day after I received two new ones from Ebay!
-Replaced what was left of the motor mounts.


After I got her "debugged", I found a 44 deck for her. It's like brand new,
looked like someone never even used it!
This fall, I picked up a nice 36" blower. Sandblasted it, painted it & painted the interior with EasySlide.
Just put lights on her, someone had removed the originals!

This puppy runs like a beast now!
Starts like a new car, even with the cold weather!
I must say, this tractor is built like bulldozer!

The lights were got on sale at an AutoZone for $10 each. Made a 1/8"
bracket that bolts under the hood hinge and cut some holes in the grill.
Seemed like a sturdier way than mounting them to the grill, and way cheaper than original stuff.

Here's some pics -







Some pics of the headlight bracket install.







Here's some pics of my old ride. Love my David Bradley, but it lacks things. Like reverse, brakes, four wheels. . .
She's sorta stuck being a show piece in the garage now.

[rocker582special]

Welcome to OCC fellow Ohioian. Where in Ohio are you? Nice tractor too.

[Andy2182]

Welcome to OCC. Nice looking 1450 you got there. Yeah, where are you in Ohio? Im from Mentor and I sure do miss it.

[Diz Jr.]

Nice work on the 1450 creekcrawler

[mickb72]

Welcome Creek from another in Ohio. Plowed my drive yesterday with a 10hp 169, really rolls the snow. I had a DB like that with a plow. Gave it to a neighbor when i left the great white north(medina county) for Cambridge in 88. Mike

[creekcrawler]

Howdy guys, thanks for the nice words.
Up in Bedford, about 10 miles south of Cleveland and Lake Erie.
Remarkably, we really haven't got much snow yet.
Kinda waiting to see how she blows a foot or better of snow.
Only had 3" Monday morning, seems like that's barely enough to feed the blower.

Now that I have an almost new deck and a freshly painted blower, the hood and panels on the tractor are bugging me. They're bleached white from the sun! Fella that gave me the dang thing said , "Yeah, it should be yellow & white." Had to take him outside & show him the proper IH colors.

Just a fun spring project, I guess.
Need to order me d some fresh decals. . . .