Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

You need to know if he's looking for a 3 digit or 4 digit snowcaster.

Is the 648 in the room with us?

My go-to trick for reasonably sized cast iron is to heat it up in the oven to ~450. Pull it out of the oven, weld, and put it right in the oven when I'm done welding. Then in 30min or so set the oven heat to 400. 30min later set it to 350, an hour later set it to 300, etc.

They're #12-24 on a TCV with holding valve.

I was thinking the diesel would have more torque than a gas.



It's always important to remember that horsepower and torque are mechanically related concepts.

Horsepower = Torque * RPM / 5252

This is true in all situations for all fuel types (including electric!). Because they're mechanically ...

Can you help me understand what I'm looking at? It looks like (at least part of it) used to be a Case/Ingersoll garden tractor haha.

Is there a build thread somewhere?

Compared to the 4016 you had asked about this seems like a much better machine. 4020PS with an under-the-seat PTO is pretty much the peak of the Onan era tractors. Especially with the gusseted rear axle! I'm not sure if that was standard on the very last years of the Onan tractors before they went ...

The first thing I'd do is check that the hour meter functions... Did the owner buy it new? Does he have service records? Unfortunately some people are dishonest (or maybe just forgetful) and a replaced hour meter isn't uncommon.

That rust, the hood damage, and the decals missing (which normally ...

Reach out to MacKissic for any parts you can't source through Ingersoll. For instance they have new isolators for the top chute available.

My 4016 vanguard normally starts just fine in the winter.
Perhaps the newer vanguards are tuned more for emissions causing starting issues?


My understanding is that it's primarily the "big block" power steering equipped Vanguards with cold starting issues. Something about the larger pump and ...