Author Archives: littletractorguy

Uh oh…. I guess Team_Green was right

Posted on May 25, 2011 by littletractorguy

So, before I purchased Ernie, I showed the Kijiji pictures to one of the other guys on the tractor forum, who said “looks like its got a leaking rear seal”. “How can you tell?” “There’s oil stains on the tire.” … Continue reading →

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Got a bit more done on the teardown today…

Posted on May 24, 2011 by littletractorguy

So, I took the day off today to play tractors, since the weather really didn’t cooperate yesterday and I had other things to do…  Figured I’d work a bit more on clearing things off of Bror so that I could … Continue reading →

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Things I know I’m going to need for…

Posted on May 21, 2011 by littletractorguy

Getting Bror up and going…. Wiring harness Positive and negative battery cables PTO Safety Switch Gasket kit for engine New float for gas gauge Variator handle Choke cable Throttle cable

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Did some cleaning tonight

Posted on May 21, 2011 by littletractorguy

Went out to drop the head back onto Bror’s cylinder, but (of course) I got a bit carried away….  Couldn’t leave it how it WAS when I pulled it off last week…. Here’s what an hour of elbow grease and … Continue reading →

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Got these tonight…

Posted on May 20, 2011 by littletractorguy

Picked these up at Princess Auto tonight, for the upcoming teardown of Bror’s engine.

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Thoughts about Bror’s Carb…

Posted on May 20, 2011 by littletractorguy

So, when I pulled the cylinder head off of Bror, here is what I found…. Here’s what the carb looks like:   So, that’s kinda disappointing to see.   The Walbro carbs for the JD 112/Tecumseh HH110 engine are kinda … Continue reading →

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Ernie’s neutral start switch bracket

Posted on May 17, 2011 by littletractorguy

Came last night! Hurray! It even came with a bonus, nonfunctional switch… That’ll be good to use as a template.

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Welcome To My Littletractorblog

Posted on May 16, 2011 by littletractorguy

One of my hobbies is working with old lawn and garden tractors… Specifically my John Deere lawn tractor and two John Deere garden tractors. My first tractor of my own is a 1988 John Deere 160 lawn tractor we picked … Continue reading →

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