Yep I learned that I was being too gentle the first go around with the valve stem- I went back to the store and bought the tool (soaped up the stem) and did a yank a rooney.
It's evident that I'm going to have to take them to a tire shop to have them seated better. I just checked the PSI and it's at 9; three hours ago it was at 18. I'll drop them off this week. At least I did the hard work for them....
I thought about painting the wheels, but then they'd stick out...meaning I'd need to paint the fenders, frame, etc.................. I really contemplated the tru powers but I figured I was only going to buy a set of ags once and be done with it, so I'd better get what I really wanted.
Below are some pictures of Dad's 125 (and his 782 that he bought later in my childhood.) Lots of seat time on that- I looked forward to the hour and a half each week that I got to mow grass each summer. It was great until my brother got older and learned how to mow as well- we'd fight over who got to mow, and neither of us really wanted the red one.
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Daniel G.
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(May 1970) 147 w/an IH spring assist, 48" deck, 42" blade, 1969 73, #2 trailer, 10" Brinly plow and (on loan) Dad's #2 tiller.