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I think my wife noticed my pacing around the house due to not going up to the farm lately.
I saw an ad for a hydro Sears. She said Go.
Nice family, social distancing but still sociable.
On the trailer, home before dark:30. Since the starter wasn't wired up, I put a rope around the engine pulley. Next thing I know, we have ignition. Very surprised.
Someone has done an interesting job on updating the ignition and the carb was so overtightened/bent there was 1/8 inch Gap. Also, the starter was completely unwired and the hydro cooling fan cover slash fender bolts are missing. Cover is there.
I figured out that the starter switch was the culprit, not the starter.
Goofed around with some spare parts, resurrected a period exhaust, did some cleaning and overhaul on the carburetor, retimed the ignition system, and it's a runner.

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Hydro tracs in general aren't overly common... But the orange ones seem to be much less common than the blue.
 
Alan, after you decon tonight, can you give us a breakdown of the controls and specs on that thing?
 
Hi MH81 nice Suburban you are right Hydros are rare have only seen a couple for sale here in MN the past 8-10 yrs wouldn't mind having one myself
 
MH81 said:
From the dash forward, it's nearly identical to my 68 Suburban 12.
Rear frame and seats, etc is different due to the hydro
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Yeah, but I'm talking full size tractor. A lot of GTs were designed to look like full size tractors. WH took after IH tractors; Cub and Ford were similar to their Big Brothers.
 
Lily'sDad said:
Yeah, but I'm talking full size tractor. A lot of GTs were designed to look like full size tractors. WH took after IH tractors; Cub and Ford were similar to their Big Brothers.
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Ahhh.
They had so many different grills and dashes, I don't know.
They had more grills /hood/dash combos than Bolens had paint schemes.
 
We had one just like that .... probably '69 ... early 70's.
Something got worn & ... you would give it a little "tranny" ... nothing ... give it a little more .... nothing ... a little more & it would do a wheelie & take off like a stripe-assed ape.
I had the 3 point & plow around here for years ... just gave it away a couple years ago.

I remember the little sintered bronze washer thingies that kept the mower blades timed. You'd hit a little sapling root or something & they would break ... off to Sears we'd go.
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What a great score Alan! Are you going to put it to work, restore for show or what? How wide is the cutting deck? I think that's exactly like one from a suburban that I have out in a shed, along with the drive pulley and mounting rods. I always wondered what year that darn thing is! Dug it out of scrap years ago.

DAC
 
MFDAC said:
What a great score Alan! Are you going to put it to work, restore for show or what? How wide is the cutting deck? I think that's exactly like one from a suburban that I have out in a shed, along with the drive pulley and mounting rods. I always wondered what year that darn thing is! Dug it out of scrap years ago.

DAC
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Should be a 66 to 68 if it looks like that. This one is a 68 and would have a 42 inch cut
 
Alan, is it a two speed axle or a one speed. Would it be hydraulic deck lift. Any hydraulic ports to operate an attachment.

Any Sears tractors seem to be rare in my area. I have not seen to many.

Noel
 
these sears are growing on me, I got my 68 all ripped apart getting ready for a new engine. a dude on you tube has a real good video about flipping the clutch pulley
 
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