LA125 Overhaul

[beenthere]

Paint it with John Deere paint, that is green. Or you will get a bluish color in a couple months.

 

[BravoXray]

I have some genuine JD green left from when I had the hood on my JD 430 repainted, so I'm good on that.

 

[BravoXray]

Got the seat pan back from my friend today, he did a great job with the Metal-Fill and primer. I used my BX to suspend it in the driveway so I could paint it. Put two good coats of JD green on it, and it looks pretty good, considering what it looked like before.

 

[mike0000]

Do you need a nephew? Your Niece is lucky to have such a great Uncle, good on you!

Mike

 

[BravoXray]

Got the tractor completely put back together today. Had to figure out where a couple of springs attached for the brake lock and PTO lever, but finally figured it out. Looks pretty good, except for the hood. I'm going to get some polishing compound and try buffing it out tomorrow. I'm also going to get a new set of blades for it, as it vibrates pretty badly when you engage the mower deck, even though I sharpened and balanced the blades, and I don't want it to take out the new spindle bearings I installed.
It had me stumped for a few minutes, as I started it up and it wouldn't move when pushing the forward and reverse pedals. Finally remembered she pulled the hydro disengage rod when we pushed it up on the trailer. Pushed that back in and it moves now.

 

[mike0000]

Great job!

 

[Carl_NH]

Real nice work - looks almost new.

 

[BravoXray]

My friend who is a retired painter and body man offered to buff out the hood on the LA125, so I popped it off and gave it to him do work on. He called the next day and had it done. I also picked up a new pair of blades for it too, put them on on Sunday and the mower is much smoother now. I picked it up on Sunday and put it back on and it looks like new! The whole tractor looks almost like new now. Only hitch so far is that one of the front tires was losing air, finally figured out that when they put the new tires on the rims they didn't change the valve stems, and this one had some rust around the hole and it was leaking there. She took it back to get it fixed, so that should solve that problem. Still waiting on the duct that snaps into the hood above the engine to direct cooling air into the engine. Once I get that, it's finally done and I'll take it back.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Wow, she looks real nice; I've got such a soft spot for the 100 series.

 

[BravoXray]

Just when I thought I would make it through this project without a wound, I discovered the keyways in the rear axles have an edge akin to a razor blade. When I was applying some grease to prevent rusting, I sliced my thumb pretty good. Watch those keyways!