Walston
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- Location
- Upstate SC
I found out about 5 years ago that a small local oil company had a Jubilee and they used it to provide power to their rod pulling work over rig. They got a new rig and hadn't used it in 5 years so they were gonna scrap it. One of the guys that worked there knew I liked old iron and I was able to buy it for scrap.
I didn't need the tractor at the time and so I picked it up on a trailer and parked it in the barn.
A buddy of mine bought a new place and it has 16 acres or so and he was telling me about needing a tractor. I thought, this is why I saved that Jube. I told him about it, he is fairly mechanical and he was interested. So we drug it out of the barn Saturday morning. I didn't know what to expect.
Front tires are shot. They did hold air long enough to get on the trailer. Back tire looked pretty good buy they are two different sizes. No fluid in the tires, so I suspect the rims are fine.
This thing has sat for 10 years. When we put it in the barn, I did put MMO in the cylinders, but I was not sure if it was free or not. Wiring is toast. Gas tank empty and dry but some visible rust in the tank. Radiator looks fairly new.
So we put it up on stands, removed the tires and pulled the hood. Engine was free. Oil looked pretty good. No apparent water in any of the oil. I open the distributor, it was a mess. I cleaned everything and hooked it to a battery with temporary wiring. Pulled the carb, it was bone dry but looked decent on the inside, cleaned everything with GUNK. I hooked up a temp tank.
Turned it over, it sounded decent, but no fire. I went and got points, cap rotor, wires plugs and a coil at TSC.
Tried it again and she fired right up. Ran quite well. 40 psi oil pressure. I checked compression after it ran. 70-90 psi in each cylinder. Small leak at a rusted freeze plug.
I continued the dis-assembly. PTO wouldn't shift.
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I didn't need the tractor at the time and so I picked it up on a trailer and parked it in the barn.
A buddy of mine bought a new place and it has 16 acres or so and he was telling me about needing a tractor. I thought, this is why I saved that Jube. I told him about it, he is fairly mechanical and he was interested. So we drug it out of the barn Saturday morning. I didn't know what to expect.
Front tires are shot. They did hold air long enough to get on the trailer. Back tire looked pretty good buy they are two different sizes. No fluid in the tires, so I suspect the rims are fine.
This thing has sat for 10 years. When we put it in the barn, I did put MMO in the cylinders, but I was not sure if it was free or not. Wiring is toast. Gas tank empty and dry but some visible rust in the tank. Radiator looks fairly new.
So we put it up on stands, removed the tires and pulled the hood. Engine was free. Oil looked pretty good. No apparent water in any of the oil. I open the distributor, it was a mess. I cleaned everything and hooked it to a battery with temporary wiring. Pulled the carb, it was bone dry but looked decent on the inside, cleaned everything with GUNK. I hooked up a temp tank.
Turned it over, it sounded decent, but no fire. I went and got points, cap rotor, wires plugs and a coil at TSC.
Tried it again and she fired right up. Ran quite well. 40 psi oil pressure. I checked compression after it ran. 70-90 psi in each cylinder. Small leak at a rusted freeze plug.
I continued the dis-assembly. PTO wouldn't shift.
More pics