I rolled the tractor out of the shed and sprayed it off with the garden hose. After it dried off I rolled it back into the shed to begin striping the paint. This is a liquid paint remover I found at Rural King. I spent about an hour and used about half of the gallon jug. This is how far I got. This was last night. I wanted to keep going but it got late on me. I’m going to get right back to it today as soon as I leave work. I’m excited to get it down to metal and ready for primer and then paint!
The engine still needs rebuilt and I haven’t made up my mind as to how I’m going to go about it. I’d like to take it to a machine shop for the bore, possibly crank, and maybe the valve job. I’d like to assemble it myself but maybe it’d be easier to let them do it? I’m not sure of the best way to go about it. Just a 12hp Kohler..
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