[AT] It is good to have them home.

[Henry Miller]

Thursday I reported that I left my tractors at a show in Marshalltown, IA. 
(http://www.miapa.org/).  Friday I stayed home trying to get some things done to make 
my wife happy.  My dad showed up with my brothers kids Friday night, so it was a good 
thing I stayed home, getting ready for 4 kids is a project in itself, one I wasn't ready for - 
but then how to you get ready for that zoo.

Saturday my wife stayed home and the rest of us went to the show.

I had the most hope for the John Deere, so I spent a lot of time greasing it up. My uncle 
really belied in zerks everywhere so there was a lot to grease, though half a pump was too 
much for most. Checked the oil, add fuel, turn on the fuel, and crank... Nothing. 
Everybody says these John Deere E hit and Miss engines get gummed up at the check 
valve in the fuel tank... I did my best to clean it, but I didn't want to bend/break the 
copper fuel line so I didn't get it out. however it seemed like fuel was coming out the top 
end so I called it good.  Then cranked some more, still nothing.

I desperation I put some fuel in the titan - I had the least hope for that as it has a frozen 
water pump, but I figured I'd try. Did a bit of cranking, but nothing - though on each 
compression stroke a lot of what smelled like gas blew out the back of the piston. I turned 
the fuel off, adjusted the throttle and choke (backwards I know) and left for lunch.  When I 
came back I played with the John Deere for a while and then in desperation I cranked the 
titan - it fired almost right away and ran! It wasn't long before it emptied the carb and 
died (I didn't turn the fuel on), but I was excited. I took the water pump off and nothing 
came out of the radiator, but there was a lot of rust in there.

The last tractor is an electric start Wisconsin air cooled engine. Nothing happened when I 
touched the starter so I took the battery off and home. I put it on a battery tender 
overnight, but the lights almost instantly went to full charge (on a battery that has been 
sitting for who knows how long - seems unlikely).

Today my dad left so instead of a quick lunch after church we had a longer lunch. I really 
wanted to get to my tractors, but family demands such of us. Then to O'Reilly, the kid 
looked at my water pump and said "there are numbers on the casting, I have a chance. 
The first numbers came up with a distributor, but the second came up with a water pump 
that looks identical. He tested the battery and said it has voltage, but doesn't provide the 
amps.  No real surprise, replace that too.

Off to the show and load everything up, and now I'm home.

The John Deere and Titan both have what looks like a hit and miss engine. However instead 
of an open top tank my uncle attached a plate and some pipes to a radiator.  The John 
Deere has what looks like a small car radiator, and it is themro siphon. The Titan of course 
has a large sewer pipe with smaller pipes through it (if you have seen a full size titan - 
same thing, otherwise look at pictures)

I'm not sure the cylinder oiler on the titan is working.  I put oil in it (probably the wrong 
oil), and I think I opened it up but oil level doesn't seem to be going down. I'll have to learn 
more about those things.

I have a few projects to keep me busy over the next few months now. I'm hopeful that 
next year I can have them all running at the show.