Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

I find that if you're going to ignore the factory engineered tensioning, belt length, and routing, then you'd might as well go whole-hog and just put a different belt style on there too.

Maybe a cogged timing belt? Or a multi-groove serpentine belt?

Heck, I'll bet a round leather sewing machine belt would LOOK GREAT on there!





And work just about as well as this will.

thebuildist wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:01 am I find that if you're going to ignore the factory engineered tensioning, belt length, and routing, then you'd might as well go whole-hog and just put a different belt style on there too.

Maybe a cogged timing belt? Or a multi-groove serpentine belt?

Heck, I'll bet a round leather sewing machine belt would LOOK GREAT on there!





And work just about as well as this will.

I was totally surprised, you can see the notes written on it. The manuals are full of notes too. The belt was changed 5/20 and there's a perfect picture in the manual. My thinking is poor performance from this deck and the PTO needing adjustment led to selling this tractor.

Got little time to work on the tractor tonight. Tightened the ez adjust clutch, yep that's all it needed, snaps right in and stays in now. The gap was close to an eighth of an inch. The PO said she was just holding it in with her foot on the lever, must have been kinda uncomfortable mowing.
Tightened the motor mounts, all were loose.
Moved the seat back.
Put the deck back on and cut some tall wet grass, no more belt slipping.
Tim

Great news Tim! You really scored with this tractor!

I think I did alright on this one. Hopefully nothing major unexpected pops up. Little things are to be expected. For $1300. I can fix a few things.
I think the PO's were genuine, just didn't have the ability or want to fix it. They seemed to have really liked it. Basic maintenance was always done.

Going to do oil change and then it's off to the shop to mow the jungle there.

After mowing today I gave them a little bath. Been a bit dry and man were they dusty. the first time they've been out together on a nice day.

Looks great Tim. Hopefully they got along alright.


Noel

Propane57 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 10, 2022 3:51 pm Looks great Tim. Hopefully they got along alright.


Noel

I kept them in separate bays in the shed for a while before I put them together. They seem to be getting along.

Is that where 200 series came from , two 400 series parked in the same shed unsupervised ?

DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Sun Jul 10, 2022 5:35 pm Is that where 200 series came from , two 400 series parked in the same shed unsupervised ?