Brought home a 149

[darkminion_17]

Nice tractor to have,power and a hydraulic lift to boot.

Keep us posted on your 149 progress.

[cubcadet]

Nice find on the 149.

[vr4Legacy]

Originally Posted by zippy1

Won't hurt a thing as long as it's positive to positive, and negative to negative, all is good.

I tried just using jumper cables without starting the car, but it didn't seem to help. Just a little concerned about pumping too much juice into it with the car running.

I'm going to remove all the connections and clean them up really well first and see what that does. Last resort, I'll fire the car up and see if that helps.

But first, I need to fix my 1200. I hit a tree stump with the mower in 2nd gear and broke a bolt on my solid mounts and muffler

The tree stumps are now a nice shade of flourescent orange

[vr4Legacy]

Got the 149 running this evening

I cleaned up a couple contact points on the starter and turned it over a few times. Turned a little slow then fired right up. Smoke started pouring out of the exhaust when it warmed up, but I think something is in the muffler. It didn't smell like oil. I could see lots of stuff packed around the fins etc, so some critters have been setting up shop lol. I'll pull the shields and blow everything out really well. And take the muffler off and see whats going on in there.

My wife's car is parked right in front of the tractor so I didn't get a chance to try and move it, and once the smoke started coming out the exhaust I turned it off. But the lift worked great up and down, so I'm hopeful on the transmission. The guy I bought it from seemed pretty straightforward, so I have no reason to think it won't.

I also took that seat off... for now I'll sit on the battery lid. I'll throw something on there eventually. Maybe just a chunk of plywood for now lol.

I noticed the tunnel didn't have all 4 bolts on it, just on 2 sides. Which I thought was odd :big think:

So I took it off. And lo and behold, I found some more nifty home brewed repairs. They put a hydraulic hose in to repair a pipe, so the cover won't fit... So I need to find one of those pipes. It also looks like there is a lot of play in the speed control lever, so I need to go through and tighten things up there.

Here are a couple pics of what I uncovered. Also I threw a pic of the starter in, there is a wire that is disconnected, not sure where it goes. Looked at the wiring diagram, but couldn't really tell from that.

[zippy1]

"IF" it were me, I would pull that fender pan also, and get out the pressure washer or garden hose and clean up that pump and differential. It's going to run much cooler with all that old gunk remover from around it.
As for the engines stank, your blower housing is likely plugged with who knows what, makes a big difference when they are clean. Just went through this on my 107.

[vr4Legacy]

Originally Posted by zippy1

"IF" it were me, I would pull that fender pan also, and get out the pressure washer or garden hose and clean up that pump and differential. It's going to run much cooler with all that old gunk remover from around it.
As for the engines stank, your blower housing is likely plugged with who knows what, makes a big difference when they are clean. Just went through this on my 107.

Thanks for the tip. I've been wondering how best to clean that up. I assume I'm safe to spray away once the pan is off and battery is out? Obviously I don't want to put too much pressure on the fan and fittings.

Should I spray some degreaser on there too, or would the power washer knock it off?

[ol'George]

If you choose to use a pressure washer don't direct it @ seals/bearings.
I prefer to use kerosine/brush to remove the oily chit that has accumulated over the years, catching it and using for brush fire starter.
some use simple green and water/ garden hose, others diesel fuel, engine gunk etc.
I have an old spray gun that I load with kerosine and coat the "chit" giving it time to work, following up with a garden hose and/or in combination with an air hose.
you get the picture.
yer muffler prolly has an accumulation of "stuff" in it from critters. usually it will burn/blow out.
Some of dem critters are winged and some are furred.
Make sure your are up wind and not pointing @ the wife's car Ha,LOL!

[vr4Legacy]

Got out this morning and removed the shields and blew out all the debris. There must have been 2 lbs of gunk on the shield under the tractor. Blew out the muffler too.

Fired it up and there was only a puff of smoke when it fired up. Runs great a full idle, but surges when I lower it. I assume the governor needs adjusted. I'm going to replace the fuel filter, clean out the bowl on the carburetor and change the oil first. Then I'll run it for a little while to see if that helps things out.

I did get a chance to see if it moves, and it went forward and back great. So that's good.

Next up is to remove the fenders and get all the gunk cleaned out. I am hoping there is so much from the hydraulic line they replaced, and not the engine.

What does everyone use on the screws on the foot rests? I was able to get a few loose using a big flat head screw driver, but a few wouldn't budge. Gonna spray them with some penetrating oil, but I obviously need a bigger screw driver. Is there some sort of ratchet attachment that will help?

Thanks everyone for all the advice. I'm eager to get this think back in good working condition so I can have a back up in case I hit anymore tree stumps with the 1200

[ACecil]

Congrats on your 149! Keep up the good work.

[Jeff in Pa]

Originally Posted by vr4Legacy

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What does everyone use on the screws on the foot rests? I was able to get a few loose using a big flat head screw driver, but a few wouldn't budge. Gonna spray them with some penetrating oil, but I obviously need a bigger screw driver. Is there some sort of ratchet attachment that will help?

Thanks everyone for all the advice. I'm eager to get this think back in good working condition so I can have a back up in case I hit anymore tree stumps with the 1200

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