1972 Bolens Husky 1556

[MiNi Beast]

to late we gots snow. guess ill be plowing snow come morning for sure. can't wait till mon when its 40*.  welcome to mi. 

[89 MJ]

I  bought a brand new starter solenoid for my snow blower tractor, installed it, cranked the engine over, all seemed good. I went to clear snow with it 2 days later and the brand new starter solenoid had failed. 

[Jesse J]

thats  brutal 

[MiNi Beast]

darn i say "china" 

[Jesse J]

chinesium is the weakest materiel known to man

[89 MJ]

6 minutes ago, MiNi Beast said:

darn i say "china" 

 

6 minutes ago, Jesse J said:

chinesium is the weakest materiel known to man

I'm sure it was Chinese BS, but it was the only one they had in stock.

[89 MJ]

I installed a different starter solenoid, and it is still not cranking. I will need to do some more digging a different day. I am assuming either this new starter solenoid (different brand before) is also bad, I must have broke a wire when I was hooking stuff back up.

[MiNi Beast]

better check the fuse/fuselink as well. 

[MiNi Beast]

check the starter with battery direct or take it back to auto store to run a test on it.

[89 MJ]

3 hours ago, MiNi Beast said:

better check the fuse/fuselink as well. 

 

3 hours ago, MiNi Beast said:

check the starter with battery direct or take it back to auto store to run a test on it.

Thanks. I think my issue was that I didn’t have the parking brake set.

[MiNi Beast]

oops. 

[89 MJ]

A fuel pump went out in one of the tractors. I replaced it with another OEM one that I had, but it leaks, so a fuel pump rebuild is coming soon. And I think they both are leaking hydraulic fluid.

[89 MJ]

Hmmmmm, I have a very nice tractor that doesn't run great, an ok tractor that runs great, and an extra 4.0 that I need to put a new crank in. Anyone want to see me 4.0 swap one of these (the less nice one) come spring or summer?

[89 MJ]

Did the old swaparoo from winter to spring by putting the tiller on the nicer tractor. They both were parked for a few months and fired right up. 

[89 MJ]

Fuel pump rebuild on the nicer tractor is finally done. 

[89 MJ]

Well, I sold the less-nice tractor today. I really didn’t need it. It was nice to have when we were doing some projects, but we don’t do a ton of projects where we need two. 

[MiNi Beast]

Hope you showed them how to work the parking brake. 

[89 MJ]

1 hour ago, MiNi Beast said:

Hope you showed them how to work the parking brake. 

Yes I did, even though I told him it was useless. 

[89 MJ]

After I sold one, I was given a G14XL by the neighbor. It currently isn’t running, but that will change. 

[89 MJ]

Thread on the new tractor. 

 

[89 MJ]

This tractor has just been a solid workhorse for the last few years. The original choke cable broke earlier this spring, so that needed replacing.