I finally got pics and text posting figured out (I think).
Shown below is the 135 I purchased in April of this year. I got lucky on this tractor - the seller said it ran but, someone stole the carb off of it. I studied the pictures of it very carefully noticing the sheet metal was in excellent shape. Seller said it sat inside for many years. Before making the nearly 500 mile round trip to pick it up we settled on a price I thought was low enough to justify a complete restoration.
To hear it run the next day, I borrowed the carb from my TO35 and the plastic gas tank from my portable generator (the inside of the 135's gas tank was nasty). It started right up.
The first thing I did was change the engine oil and filter then mounted my 6' grooming mower to it and headed out to one of our pastures with the generator gas tank strapped to the hood.
I still cannot believe how good it runs and how lucky I got. The power steering and 3pt work great, and it doesn't smoke. The oil level hasn't dropped in 35 hours of use. I should mention the tractor only had 1,468 hrs on it. I got the gas tank cleaned out and in the process of installing new tires. It was worth the trip!
P.S. I deal with the (multi-power) tranny leak next year -
Shown below is the 135 I purchased in April of this year. I got lucky on this tractor - the seller said it ran but, someone stole the carb off of it. I studied the pictures of it very carefully noticing the sheet metal was in excellent shape. Seller said it sat inside for many years. Before making the nearly 500 mile round trip to pick it up we settled on a price I thought was low enough to justify a complete restoration.
To hear it run the next day, I borrowed the carb from my TO35 and the plastic gas tank from my portable generator (the inside of the 135's gas tank was nasty). It started right up.
The first thing I did was change the engine oil and filter then mounted my 6' grooming mower to it and headed out to one of our pastures with the generator gas tank strapped to the hood.
I still cannot believe how good it runs and how lucky I got. The power steering and 3pt work great, and it doesn't smoke. The oil level hasn't dropped in 35 hours of use. I should mention the tractor only had 1,468 hrs on it. I got the gas tank cleaned out and in the process of installing new tires. It was worth the trip!
P.S. I deal with the (multi-power) tranny leak next year -