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How about this. Isnt pretty but is in budget (kinda) and once he had it all sorted would be worth money or have a handy tractor for wee jobs and scootin about plus very frugal
This!I'd suggest getting one of the collectables. Then the lad can sell it when he's got it running right, make a profit, and move on to the next. Let some other mud do the final painting and polishing!
Good suggestion, as more or less guaranteed to need the handbrake done, which will facilitate learning about the fuel tank, top cover and pto pack along the way.For value and simplicity I'd suggest a Doncaster built IH 574, 674, 585 etc. View attachment 1009381
That story has been about for years with variations. It was also said that a working tractor was split at night by torchlight, the clutch plate removed & put in the lecturers desk before being put back together.When my cousin was training to be a fitter at the Ford HQ there was a showroom of old models. One night,Six of the lads took a dexta apart,carried it all down the stairs to a cellar and put it back together. Left it running for when everyone came to work next day
This would be about the best option, mix of lots of new things like hydrostatic steering, wet brakes, gears on side through linkage, pee poor hand brake etc, in the right price bracket, a very good offer from this posterGot a International 674 which runs but needs a bit of work, £1850 no vat, any good??
And scars on his fingers from trying to get the split pin out, and scars on his arm from the casting while his arm is wedged in the porthole......Good suggestion, as more or less guaranteed to need the handbrake done, which will facilitate learning about the fuel tank, top cover and pto pack along the way.
He could try and do it 'keyhole' which likely would provide a long-lasting life lesson.
How very wrong you are on this, for it to be making more money than a run of the mill tractor, it has to be a very good restoration, this means more is needed to be spent to get it right, or if its good to start with, then it will be top dollarI'd suggest getting one of the collectables. Then the lad can sell it when he's got it running right, make a profit, and move on to the next. Let some other mud do the final painting and polishing!
I'll say it wasn't the first or last time it had been done. His best mate on the course was an Irish bloke,built like a brick sh!those and he carried the engine down by himself.That story has been about for years with variations. It was also said that a working tractor was split at night by torchlight, the clutch plate removed & put in the lecturers desk before being put back together.
And then he could definitely decide once and for all that he never wants to be a mechanic after it takes him ages and pulls every hair on his head out trying to bleed the brakes and arguing with the balancer valve!!Good suggestion, as more or less guaranteed to need the handbrake done, which will facilitate learning about the fuel tank, top cover and pto pack along the way.
He could try and do it 'keyhole' which likely would provide a long-lasting life lesson.
Piston/liner/o ring change is quite pleasant as everything is at a nice height. Tappets not obscured by modern garb.
As it happens, I've just given up trying to explain to dad why the severe slap in the rh pedal of the one he's working on is causing the lh pedal to go to the floor.And then he could definitely decide once and for all that he never wants to be a mechanic after it takes him ages and pulls every hair on his head out trying to bleed the brakes and arguing with the balancer valve!!
Quiet please, you chaps are ruining my sale ! LolAs it happens, I've just given up trying to explain to dad why the severe slap in the rh pedal of the one he's working on is causing the lh pedal to go to the floor.
I don't think you read my post properly! "Wise man buys things that increase in value", old Chinese proverb.How very wrong you are on this, for it to be making more money than a run of the mill tractor, it has to be a very good restoration, this means more is needed to be spent to get it right, or if its good to start with, then it will be top dollar