I've started working on this thing again, so I figured it might as well make a thread.
I got this a few years ago for $50, and it didn't run. After rebuilding the carb, putting on a new coil, points, and condenser it ran. I welded up a ghetto plow mount and used it to plow.
Well I let my girlfriend drive it off the trailer, and she didn't understand the whole "manual trans" thing and ended up breaking the shifter, so it sat for a few years while I bought a house.
I'm finally tearing into it.
Here it is as she sit's tonight.
I also bought some new meats for the back tires. Painted up the old rims with some hammered paint.
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Finally got to work on this again. We got the trans apart. Took a 20 ton shop press to get the hub off, and a torch. I didn't lock the diff, because we lost ambition, but it turns out both shift forks were bent in the trans. I fixed them, and put it back together.
Painted it up tonight. Hopefully will put it back in the tractor tomorrow. I lost the key for the brake drum, so I have to pick that up tomorrow before I can do any more.
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More progress tonight. I painted the area where the transmission mounts, and reinstalled the the transmission. Also got the rims mounted. Just have to hook up the brake and that part is done.
Next I have to install a new gas tank and clean the carb from sitting.
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I think that's the same tranny moose is sendin me aint it moose?
Anyway, moloko, wifey is from Lehieghton, so we've hit your stompin grounds before! I'm really likin the looks of this old iron rust pearl.
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Subject: Re: 1970's Massey Ferguson MF1200 Garden Tractor March 3rd 2014, 8:45 am
Daang! I think I need to start looking for a "real" tractor! I'm getting sick of hatching my wimpy transaxle. That thing is beefy! Nice work on the resto!
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Stacks are simple and effective, if ya keep the shiny side up. Elsewise, one needs to engineer a fail point, Like Doc did for mule II. One suggestion though... If you plan on leaving it outside, find a can to put over the stack when not in use... It minimizes the "Rain Gauge" effect.
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