USEFUL TID BITS AND ORIGINAL SALES FLYERS (click on each picture to zoom in)

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I have been getting more into the older tractors, (61-71). But i dont come across them as much. But, once i do i will try and post a page on them also.

Well, lets start with this, lets not call it an automatic transmission. Those are in cars and trucks, and they have clutch bands to turn a main shaft.

Those clutch bands work like a wet clutch. So certain oils have friction modifiers in them, to make the bands stick. 

Your (light duty) EATON 11 HYDROGEAR in your 72-83 FORD JAKE made machine is a hydraulic pump. So  i use a universal tranhydraulic oil, like a farm tractor uses. Not saying that there isnt a friction modifier in there, for certain apllications, just going by what the manufacture says. It looks more like a oil than tranny fluid. Look to the image to the left, printed out right from Eaton.

Now i know im gonna hear this, " I ve been using  TYPE F for years , and never had a problem."  Well the old "ANGLE FRAME HYDROS " USED TYPE F AUTO TRANNY FLUID. That is a complete different transmission.

 Like saying a FMX FORD  is the same as GMTH350. 

The 66-71 Hyrdos were a SUNSTRAND pump, much like the Cub cadets used.

Ok, your right, they are transmissions and your right, they are automatics, so heck with it put whatever in."????LOL! You wouldnt do that to your car? Why would you do it to a machine that is 40-50 yrs old and they dont make parts for, or limited to?

" I have used , 30w and never had a problem either." Well its better than AUTO TRANNY FLUID, and you can get away with it.

 Like " EATING SPAM", yeah its sorta like ham, does the job, fills your belly, bet there is a better choice,  lol.

ALSO, those Eaton 11 are damn near foolproof and bullet proof.

I just recommend what they say and its cheaper by the 5 gallon bucket..lol

Just because someone has been doing something for years, doesnt mean its right,  look at the U.S. government, they have been at it for 200 years....lol. 

I have had tractors come in with autotranny fluid in them, and leaky seals, several times. Coincidence ??? It maybe that they are just old, but if i have to replace it, why not put in what they say???

By the way

AXLE SEALS ARE $20 each.

EATON 11 REBUILD KIT-$425.00(maybe more been a while since ordered one)

PLUS TAX AND SHIPPING.

Here is the  oil recommendation from the manufacture in the 70's, from the original manual of the tractor.

TEXACO TRANHYDRAL#2209 or FOMOCO.#M-2C41-A

= universal trans hydraulic oil

NOTE: pre 1972 tractors, 71 and older, are not LGT tractors. They did have a sunstrand hydro pump, which took "type f" AUTO tranny fluid. Big  difference.

Your EATON 11 hydro gear is a limited slip differential. At low speeds its a posi, mash on the forward pedal and its open differential.

TEST..take a chain and a tree on wet grass.. and slowly dig some holes..lol..dont let the wife catch ya!

YES, they actually welded the engines to the frames from 1972 to 1975.  Crazy you had to reach under neath and unbolt the block from the oil pan. This does make for  a strong frame and tractor. Remember a FORD LGT 165 WEIGHS 853 LBS. with out a deck. Look at the brochure posted on this page, (upper left.) I wonder what the laiden weight is on the other garden tractors of that era??? LOL  I said it before Fords and Jacobsen was the best machine offered at the time.

Then halfway through the 1975 year they used a shallow pan, and a different axle bracket. Where the engine was bolted to the frame through the oil pan. Some call it a 1st generation and 2nd generation tube frame. But the 2nd gen frame was in 1977 with the close sided LGT's.

ANYHOW, i have a 1975 and 1976 Ford LGT 125 with non welded oil pans. But i have seen a 1975 with a welded oil pan. So.....there ya go. 

In 1972 only, did the "LGT" tractors have white steering wheels, Hard plastic, non rubber style like the 73-83. But, i think there was leftover from the previous years?, they used different style columns, So i dont know? Not totally sure, but if you have a 72 with a black rubber wheel, it would not suprise me, i would imagine it  would be a later production tractor. But then again, the hard plastic wheels had a tendency to break, I ve sold several black wheels for the 72-76 Jakes.

They  made two.

 A 42" CUT, that  the deck measures 50"

A 50" cut that the deck measures 59"

....so many people get confused. You can swap decks also, they all fit all the LGT series tractors. So you could put a 50" cut deck on a LGT 100, i dont recommend it but it would attach just the same.

Hubs/spindle assemblies, 3 types.

1-STEEL 4 BOLT FLANGE, NO GREASE FITTINGS

2- STEEL 4 BOLT FLANGE, WITH GREASE FITTINGS

3- ALUMINUM  6 BOLT FLANGE WITH GREASE FITTINGS

Mosts decks are 6 bolt aluminum hub, I am not 100% sure when they did the switch or model specific???A old 4 bolt flange hub, will fit a newer style  6 bolt flange aluminum hub deck. Swapping decks is easy ,so who knows,what is, what on what tractor?

Oh yeah, throw those diverting dishes, throw them away too. Unless your restoring and not mowing, all they do is collect mud ,dirt water and rust  and ruin the spindle. Plus it makes a pain in the rear to grease the hubs. MY two cents, take it for what its worth.

CAN YOU TELL ME HOW MUCH MY TRACTOR IS WORTH? I HAVE THIS SNOWBLADE I DONT NEED NO MORE, WHAT DO YOU SELL THEM FOR?

No... I WONT. First off i am not an appraiser. What one is willing to spend on a tractor, another will not. Also asking me what i sell them for? 

Pretty ignorant isnt it? Sorta like me asking you if i can borrow your truck to haul a tractor to make money, and then bring it back with an empty tank.

Start your own business, start your research, and sell it for what you want. Also DONT FORGET, to pay taxes, insurance and all the overhead that goes with running a business.

Some tractors are a dime a dozen in some areas. Western PA, for an example, you can find 10-25 Cub cadets, 20 Wheel horses on just Craigslist at any given time.

Even the rare most sought after Cub cadet 86 or 800, I've had em and sold em, just to see another pop up a few weeks later. Fords,  Jacobsen,, you don't see them much around here. But lets say Michigan or the Midwest, or Canada, is a different story.  

But it's RARE, DUDE!  OK, define "RARE".... versus, highly collectable. Steaks are "RARE", Chevy CITATIONS from the 80's,are very rare, so are AMC EAGLES...get my point??? There is a difference between "rare" and desirable.

Its all about LOCATION, and my favorite....supply and demand.

and....IT'S only worth what one is willing to pay and what one is willing to sell it for.

One person's idea of a clean "barn find"(oh i hate that phrase anymore) maybe a big pile of dog turds to another.  What one may call "RESTORED" may be a "rattle can, hack job" by another.

So..in a nutshell, If you like the tractor, buy it, life is too short not to enjoy it. If your buying one just to flip it and make serious coin, ...haha, yeah ok, that's why i still have a full time job..lol. Seriously it's a hobby, remember that!!

But,if it makes you some extra money to take MAMA Bear out for supper... Than get er done son, cause sooner or later shes gonna get tired of seeing the tractors out back..lol.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:  

Ephesians 4:31-32

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