I went down a rabbit hole this morning and the grill caught my attention.
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Old colt lawn tractor swapped with a Toyota 4 cylinder. It ran about 2 months ago, but it needs a needle in the carburetor. It also needs fuel lines and some other work, located in defiance ohio, look for trades
Colt with Toyota 4 cylinder engine. Needs some repair.
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Colt with Toyota 4 cylinder engine. Needs some repair.
Spike Colt - 9 & 10, Case - 108, 118, 444, 446, 448, 646, 646bh, Ingersoll 4016, 4118AH
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Re: Colt with Toyota 4 cylinder engine. Needs some repair.
Spike, that has to be the strangest GT I ever saw.
Harry
1973 444, 1974 644, 1976 446, 1977 646, 1986 226
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Re: Colt with Toyota 4 cylinder engine. Needs some repair.
Now that's got to be reliable! It's a Toyota. 
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Re: Colt with Toyota 4 cylinder engine. Needs some repair.
I’ve looked at this about 4 times now. Each time I look I see something I didn’t notice before! The words wow and yikes keep jumping into my head!
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Re: Colt with Toyota 4 cylinder engine. Needs some repair.
To me it's quite impressive as this item sits at the intersection of having enough time, enough motivation, enough skills (or lack of), enough tools and parts, and the very right life circumstances that won't stopping you dead in your tracks when starting to work on the project again and again (i.e.
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Re: Colt with Toyota 4 cylinder engine. Needs some repair.
The poor little pressure relief valve needs a heaver spring or maybe just tighten it down until it bottoms out. That Toyota motor probably felt sorry for the hammering it gave the lovejoy. Maybe someone just lost heart.

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Re: Colt with Toyota 4 cylinder engine. Needs some repair.
Maybe they were building an unlimited class pulling tractor?
Nothing else makes sense to me.
Bob
Nothing else makes sense to me.
Bob
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