125 Project - Page 3

Smokey · #21 02-02-2019, 10:42 PM

Now here's something interesting I've noticed, it seems like it's slowly getting better the more I drive it. When I first got it to move under it's own power it barely creeped back up on to the lift table, where as in the video it's just a little on the slow side of normal. It also speeds up going down hill and slows going up.

Smokey · #22 02-14-2019, 09:44 PM

Alright, I finally have a proper update. The governor has been adjusted,the carb has been tuned,and after an impromptu starter/generator repair I got the hydro linkage fixed. The tie rod between the hydro lever and trunnion was at the end of it's adjustment,not allowing he trunnion to move all the way forward,I just adjusted the rod properly and now it runs and drives right. These things are fast! It's not winning any races,but it's quick enough to get you in trouble. I also gave it a bath, did some minor painting to keep it from rusting through and I made a grill. Until we actually get sunshine long enough to take a better one,this will have to be an after picture.

Smokey · #23 03-27-2019, 07:49 PM

I have returned after much work. Hopefully it's done for the most part,aside from the obvious dress up stuff,I've had to get the starter fixed,fought with the points before finally replacing them, taken the entire engine out just to get the bottom half of the dipstick out of the oil pan, and just general cursing and such. I also came up with a unofficial name, Murphy, as in Murphy's Law. I swear,every time I touched it, it broke. So far it's been dependable for about a week straight,which is a record.

gtpicker01 · #24 03-28-2019, 10:24 AM

Hey, it's sat abandoned to for how long so it should get a pass on things breaking for a while! lol it'll get right eventually and then you'll love it. How do you like those deestone ag's on the back. I've been thinking about getting a set myself.

MattC · #25 03-29-2019, 02:01 PM

Great job! I did something similar with a 129 this past fall. Mine hadn't moved in at least 10 years, stuck engine, blown head gasket, etc. Plowed all winter with it. Once you get on top of the repairs they are very dependable machines.

Good luck!

Smokey · #26 03-29-2019, 11:18 PM

According to the previous owner it sat in that bush for 8 years. I get that,but man this was bad, If something small and stupid could go wrong it would. So far so good this time around. I've bragged on it and shown it to a few friends and it still works, the only more conclusive test of reliability would be to try to sell it, something I'm not going to do. I don't believe they're Deestones, some other brand, but they're great! This thing has the traction to do some serious pulling and they ride about as smooth as turfs and really don't tear up grass as bad as I expected unless you get them to spin. I've had projects like this before and it always goes one of two ways; either the fever breaks and it becomes incredibly reliable, or it wants to stay dead no matter what you do. I'm hoping it's fever broke and it's back in action,but I'm still wary of it because I've thought that before.