 So I got a TO-30 last weekend, been itch'n all week to mess around with it and clean it up before I park it indoors, till it gets fixed.
I spent atleast 2.5 hours pressure washing it and scraping the built up dirt off it. More time I spent cleaning and looking the more I realized - man this tractor about nicer then my JD - to bad the ferg dont run.
After cleaning it I decided maybe its real not that stuck after all cuz its only sat a year or so w/o running..... .
Ended up coasting it downhill in 4th and letting the clutch out.... It turned over :D
Charged the battery for awhile - no dice ended up trying to pull start it with my buddies HD-5 - still no start (no spark) - cleaned the dist cap out ( had bugs or some dirt or something in it) Then I screwed up big time, laid the rotor on the gas tank and closed the hood - pulled it it again - still no spark hmmmm.... Charged the battery for another 15 min or so and found my missing rotor - opps :) Threw a 12v battery I had in it - tractor lit right off and smoked for the first 2 min IT RUNS :D Kinda loud but it runs.... Not bad for a $350 tractor right? I ended up filling it with water and putting the back blade on it and played in the dirt for the next 2 hours or so. Man that thing is fun to use - prolly cuz its about half the size of my jd 50..... Now im just stuck with a ferguson thats muddy and gets oil in the water.
Matt
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