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Not quite at that point yet but getting pretty close.
Was moving some gravel over the weekend with my 202 and the transmission let out a big BANG! Noticed that the high/low lever was not positively locking into position like it normally did. It did still move some and I had just started working. Had 20yds of gravel that had to be moved so being stubborn, I kept using it. Another large bang as I was loading the bucket and then it wouldn't move at all. The high/low lever was stuck in low and releasing the clutch would only make a light grinding noise but no tractor movement. I ended up dumping the load I had and using the backhoe to pull it back away from the pile so I could get a neighbors tractor and finish with it.
I'm guessing I bent or broke a shift fork in the transmission so once I get caught up on a few other things I'll get the backhoe off and limp (shove) it into the shop. I was eventually going to have to do some work to it anyway 'cause it would often pop out of reverse. Just terrible timing. Had me looking at newer tractors I'm ashamed to say :oops:
 

It's a love/hate relationship with these old beasts, it seems. I know your pain.

End of last year during winter storm "Stella", I think it was early March. We were scheduled to get a lot of snow, heavy icy stuff that packs in, high and driving winds along with drifting. I'd used my 35 Utility all winter to clear my driveway, loader in conjunction with a truck plow mounted on the back.

Night before the storm was to hit, I went out to fire up the old 35 to make sure all was ready for the storm. Fired right up immediatly (gasser), but all of a sudden heard a LOUD knocking noise. I shut it down, re-checked the oil levels, all were ok.

Fired it up again, traced the knocking sound to the front mount hyd. pump. The previous owner's add-on shaft setup with a coupling joint had failed. Presumably due to either a bit of water/ice in the hyd oil, or just very very cold oil causing the pump to really work hard.

Needless to say, I didn't have the machine when I needed it most! I later removed the cobbed setup and mounted the pump properly. No problems since... yet.
 
Yeah, it's usually those old cobbled together repairs that bite us in the behind! I know of a few on mine.........some of them I did.
To make matters even worse the tractor I borrowed is quite new, has a cab with heat and AC, is orange in color and is very nice to operate!!
 
(quoted from post at 15:54:27 10/23/17) Yeah, it's usually those old cobbled together repairs that bite us in the behind! I know of a few on mine.........some of them I did.
To make matters even worse the tractor I borrowed is quite new, has a cab with heat and AC, is orange in color and is very nice to operate!!
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Yep, anything just to get by. I've been guilty of it too! "I'll fix this right later, but for now I need it to work."

Two years later it's still cobbled. haha!

Those new jobbers sure are nice. I imagine me running my flail mower behind one of them in the middle of summer with the AC on and listening to the radio.

Then a branch whacks me in the face, the bees swarm up out of the ground, and I realize the dust has caked the inside of my mouth and I can't hardly breathe. It was nice to dream! Old open station machine for the win? :lol:
 
aaaah.... you got a heated garage... nay bloody worries mate. Oh, I forgot, you are a Canuck, not a strine...
I bet it is all on the top, the forks and detents are all shot... but replaceable. Getting any broken pieces out of there is the hard part. Yeah, getting to it is the pain. Be careful before you go 'the new orange' (meaning not Allis Chalmers) ... i shyed away from a good deal on a fwd with loader... that made smoke that smells like anti freeze... and now helping a friend who was worried about a front end oil leak... now the spindal is hanging by the tie rod... these guys are chasing me back to the easy to fix Masseys... so go take your 202 apart. Like Red Green says 'we're all in this together, so I'll be rootin' fer ya"
 
Oh, it's coming apart, just not too sure when. Lucky for me I can't afford anything brand new and nobody that ever buys one ever seems to trade the darn thing in around here! If you come and pick these old ones up from me, maybe load something newer on yer trailer on the way.
Thanks though for the words of wisdom..........and if the women don't find ya handsome, they should at least find ya handy!!
 
Did I ever tell your my maternal grandfather was a part time? semi pro? musician? The accordion and squeeze box. He knew all the classic Quebecios and Acadian reels and stomp tunes.... along with all of Roy Rogers and Gene Autry's hits of the day.... I did not inherit that talent... I can't play an empty beer bottle...
 
(quoted from post at 20:34:17 10/24/17) Did I ever tell your my maternal grandfather was a part time? semi pro? musician? The accordion and squeeze box. He knew all the classic Quebecios and Acadian reels and stomp tunes.... along with all of Roy Rogers and Gene Autry's hits of the day.... I did not inherit that talent... I can't play an empty beer bottle...
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Oh, I bet ya can, you just haven't tried hard enough. I actually have a couple of accordions around among other various instruments. My father was a part time, nowhere near a pro, guy who like to play accordion when he drank.
Those old reels and stomp tunes are some really lively getcha going tunes! Love that old stuff.
 
The only thing my mother liked about that show was the music. She thought they were dumb, well... yeah... and would say things like 'why don't some one in that TV studio do some thing about that wood stove?'. Eh mo doooo...
 
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