[AT] Supervision

[Dean VP]

Dean,

 I expected that you were going to tell us the goats ate all the wiring off the 620 while you were
gone.  I  purchased a JD 60 that had been abandoned out in a goat pasture for many years. There wasn't
any wiring left on it. I purchased  it as a parts Tractor since the wiring was gone and there had been
no cover over the exhaust pipe for many years. But it had all kinds of options and aftermarket options
including a very heavy Du all Loader on it that made it worth the hassle for me.  I took all the extra
stuff off I was interested in and then was going to start parting out the tractor itself.  I had not
even tried to see how stuck it was. I put a bar on the flywheel and yep it was stuck but I reefed on
it a bit and darned if it didn't move a little. Rocked it back and forth until I got a couple full
revolutions on the flywheel.  Then I put some oil in the combustion chamber and put diesel fuel in the
crank case and had my wife pull me around the yard in gear after I took the spark plugs out. It
loosened up fairly quickly but the cylinder noise was a little disconcerting. Put the plugs back in.
Wired up the distributer, Put some clean water in the radiator, drained the diesel fuel and put oil in
the crankcase and had my wife pull me backwards.   Fired almost immediately but not the right kind. I
had the plug wires reversed. Fixed that and had her pull me again. Darned thing stated running in less
than 10'   So it became a keeper. Now it is my loader tractor. Some days go better than others. :-) 

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA 98290

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent
virtue is the equal sharing of misery."  . Sir Winston Churchill

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Dean Vinson
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 6:48 PM
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Subject: [AT] Supervision

Brush-hogging the pasture this evening, I hit something and broke the shear
bolt on the mower.   I didn't have any more with me, so had to walk back to
the shop for one.  When I returned to the tractor, the curious goats had
arrived to supervise.

http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_goats_20150624.jpg

Dean Vinson
Saint Paris, Ohio

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