Looking good Steve!
Spent half a day a working on a neighbour’s filthy little Ferguson 35 gas tractor. Must be a late 50’s or early 60’s. No pictures, it’s worse than what you can imagine. Mysteriously started running rough after 15-20 seconds and then died. First I repaired several fuel leaks that threatened to turn it into a burn pile. Cleaned a bunch of plug wires that had blue/green ends, a rotor and cap that looked the same. Then squared off a set of points that looked like a pair of mountain peaks! All to no avail…..
Subbed in a used Honda cb750 condenser and the little bugger sprang to life and idled perfectly! Installed a new gasket at the exhaust manifold/down pipe union and he should be good for another 50 years. He drove away in a cloud of blue smoke, smiling like the village idiot. My hands will stink for days.
Oddly satisfying.
