I want to say Dad bought this machine about 10 years ago, but I was too little to remember exactly. He then drove it 200 miles to our house in Houston and parked it there for a few years. When he bought the farm we drove it back across Houston and it's been sitting under that temporary shelter he hastily built for it for the last 5 years.
Unfortunately Dad past away very unexpectedly last sept. at 53, the pole barn his life insurance paid for was mostly finished a few weeks ago. This last week was my spring break and one of the things I wanted to get done was get this combine started and moved under better cover.
The HT lead going from the coil to the distributor was bad, points were shot and the starter was also not disengaging. Took the started 100% apart, cleaned and greased it, couple cranks it worked great.
Ran it off a transfer tank as real fuel tank had old nasty gas in it, carb had a little leak, but other than than she started and ran good.
Unfortunately Dad past away very unexpectedly last sept. at 53, the pole barn his life insurance paid for was mostly finished a few weeks ago. This last week was my spring break and one of the things I wanted to get done was get this combine started and moved under better cover.
The HT lead going from the coil to the distributor was bad, points were shot and the starter was also not disengaging. Took the started 100% apart, cleaned and greased it, couple cranks it worked great.
Ran it off a transfer tank as real fuel tank had old nasty gas in it, carb had a little leak, but other than than she started and ran good.