Some people are just not mechanics.

I posted earlier this week about the 68 530 DOM that a friend brought to me to fix a few issues. PTO didn't work, 3pt. wouldn't lower. and left brake didn't work well.
The seller had installed all new plates into the PTO. Two tare downs to make it work and no luck.
I tore it down today. Nice new drive and driven plates installed. put it back together and bench adjusted it so the rollers would roll in and lock the plates.
slid the assy into the tractor and adjusted the assy so it would lock in when the lever was pushed back with a solid over center feel. and popped when I disengaged it. Perfect in my mind. Proceeded to install the compression spring and external counter spring, lever to keep the control lever engages or disengaged. This guy apparently thought that the spring kept the clutch engaged, without going over center and added so many washers on the spring that they bottomed out and the levers could not pass over center, and to top it of he welded the handle to the clutch shaft.
The last pic is of the plates that the seller pulled out of the pto, before putting in new ones. They are not warped or have ever been over heated.
The issue with bthe 3pt, I thought was a stuck hold valve in the DOM valve body. Before I pulled the cover on the valve I loosened the supply tube from the valve to the rockshaft housing, but arms didn't drop. What the hay? Wrangled my 200 plus lb. body up onto one arm and still the arms didn't drop. I made a jump on the arm and down I and the arms went. Oil sprayed all over the wall and bench. I guess the 3pt. piston was stuck in the bore.
The left brake was easy, adjusted it up to the RH pedal and road it a bit, and it will slide the wheel easily now.

i bought a ford 950 trike from a guy in south florida.

when i got there. it was clear he was in way over his head. he had bought the unit as a project tractor to restore and sell.

he had sprayed paint stripper all over it.. and paint ewas peeling up and flaking everywhere.

he had started repainting the rims. just rattle canning right over the flaked paint.

it had no charge system just a jerry-rigged pulley system.. no exhaust.. rear PA rims were welded in place. no dash gauges.. not even oil pressure. oil line was broke off and pounded flat.. and it dripped... so that told me it had some oil pressure anyway.. .. no switches of any kind. to start it you had to pull the (loose) battery hot terminal off the battery and then jamb the wire to the coil under the battery terminal and wedge it down.. then screwdriver across the solenoid... in fact.. points were so worn down and out of adjustment i had to rest them there on the spot using a folded business card as a quickie gauge.. owner thought he was gonna be stuck with it cuz it would not start.. .... fuel tank was from a vw product.. no brackets. was held free floating in the hood 'area' with garden hoses tiering it in. from tank out to carb were 3 different hoses and pipes.. copper.. black rubber edpm 'fuel' line.. and a high pressure fuel line that had a gm truck fuel injection part number on it.. all jumbled up to the carb.. and it leaked.. because the high pressur eline was hose clamped to the copper and apparrently not compressing well. tin and dash showed evidence of a fire.. oh yeah.. it had no gas in it either...and the owner admitted i had been in a fire he started by the leaking gas and the screwdriver start..t. in fact.. it had no batery.. i had to take mine off the winch on the trailer... old bat burned up.

as i was looking at it.. the owner walked over and sighed and said he was just 'not handy'

I decided to take it home. as i was loading it up.. his wife came home and saw me driving it out of the garage and towards my trailer. his wife came over and thanked me after that..

poor guy.

tractor with no gas.. no battery.. and points not even in condition to make it run... I HAD to buy it from him.. just to save the poor machine from that owner.

some people aren't mechanics.

some people aren't even good owners.