ahhhhhh I long for those days when my tractor only had 50 hours on it. The hour meter and fuel gauge hadn't died yet requiring replacement. I could still start the tractor by putting the key in the ignition and turning it, not like now where I have to jump the solenoid to the battery because of some mysterious electrical fault. ignition switch? who knows. At least it is still starting no matter how big a pain in the *** it is. And Those early hours where the fuel tank was firmly attached to the tractor and fuel tight.
but that was several fuel tanks ago. I No longer replace the tank. I mean what kind of idiot has to buy a new fuel tank every 100 hours anyway? Not ME! Ropes hold the fuel tank tucked nicely in position and if they get broken are so much cheaper to replace. And The JB weld pretty much holds the fuel in the tank. But I no longer concern myself with keeping a tight fuel tank. The leak is a slow drip now and I only fuel it when I want to start it. And a bucket fits under the tank nicely to catch the drips.
Someday I will buy an after market fuse block and will rewire the corroded mess under the cowl. I don't really need all those lights because I really don't want to be out in the woods after dark anyway on a tractor that has a 50/50 chance of making it back under it's own power.
I still have another 5 acres to bushog and if I close my eyes so I don't see the rust and primer where the paint burned off the hood and cowl, I can pretend I still have less than those sweet 50 hours and gently bushog until that hour meter gently creeps to the 500 hour mark.
awwwwww. crap it was only 30 hours. I forgot the HP banjo fitting that cracked puking hydraulic oil everywhere.
Ah yes, those first sweet 30 hours on a TN65
but that was several fuel tanks ago. I No longer replace the tank. I mean what kind of idiot has to buy a new fuel tank every 100 hours anyway? Not ME! Ropes hold the fuel tank tucked nicely in position and if they get broken are so much cheaper to replace. And The JB weld pretty much holds the fuel in the tank. But I no longer concern myself with keeping a tight fuel tank. The leak is a slow drip now and I only fuel it when I want to start it. And a bucket fits under the tank nicely to catch the drips.
Someday I will buy an after market fuse block and will rewire the corroded mess under the cowl. I don't really need all those lights because I really don't want to be out in the woods after dark anyway on a tractor that has a 50/50 chance of making it back under it's own power.
I still have another 5 acres to bushog and if I close my eyes so I don't see the rust and primer where the paint burned off the hood and cowl, I can pretend I still have less than those sweet 50 hours and gently bushog until that hour meter gently creeps to the 500 hour mark.
awwwwww. crap it was only 30 hours. I forgot the HP banjo fitting that cracked puking hydraulic oil everywhere.
Ah yes, those first sweet 30 hours on a TN65
Why let yourself be so beat up by something that is an obvious serial lemon. I'd shuck it off my back like a stinky, dirty shirt and move on. You'll be much wiser and much happier with it as a memory rather than a reality. I'd definitely even change colors. No need to be paranoid that you repeated the same mistakes. There are just too many tractors out there working thousands of hours with no problems, or very minor problems, for you to be stuck with a "beater" tractor. Good luck.
