Posted by greg cowart on May 09, 2014 at 19:11:34 from (70.196.67.177):
An old friend of mines nephew's trailer burnt down about 2 1/2 - 3 yrs ago. I just bought the place next to him, and was inquiring about his nephews property. As we went to look at it, I noticed an old tractor, by the burnt trailer, with a tree top on it. Long story short, it was a Leyland 154. Me and my wife took my Long tractor, and drug it out from under the tree top that fell on it. I didn't think it was going to be much of a tractor, at the time, but we went ahead & tied it up and lifted the front of it up, and rolled it to our house about a mile away. Once i got it to the house, I started giving the old tractor a once over, and that's when i seen it was a Leyland 154. The fire from the trailer 3 years ago had burnt the right front tire completely off the tractor, the alternator belt, and alternator, right headlight, part of the wiring harness, and melted a little of the starter cylinoid. Other than that, the tractor looked good. I have replaced the alternator, alternator belt, wiring harness, thermostat line and gage, two new tires on the front with new tubes, and left rear tube in the back tire. I put a new key switch, it needed pins and the draw works. Oil in the engine looked brand new. Oil in gear box looked good, just a little low. I had to put hydraulic fluid in the tank and top the radiator off with antifreeze. Blew out injector lines and fuel lines. Cleaned up the pickup pump. Cleaned up the fuel filter and trying to find one at this time. Primed the fuel lines & noticed 1 of the lines between the injector had a small pinhole in it. I used JB Weld on it and stopped the leak. Right now I am looking for a cylinoid for the starter. It was working, but the housing on the cylinoid was burnt and cracked, and is now not working. The motor turns over good, but I have not got it to crank yet. One reason being, i need the cylinoid for the starter, so that I can bleed the injectors. Got a new battery on it. So if anybody knows where I can get a cylinoid fast and cheap, please let me know. And also, where the best place to get parts for the little tractor. My wife has fallen in love with it, and daggummit, I really like the little tractor. It would be a great addition to our little farm. It is so easy to work on. I have never worked on something that was so easy to get to under the dash, around the motor. It's just an easy tractor to work on, and I've worked on a lot of them. So if there's any help anybody can give me, i would surely appreciate it.
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