My grandfather had one of those, and I drove it a lot one summer 30 years ago. His only modification was to have a hose in the radiator cap leading to a plastic jug so he could catch the water that boiled out of the radiator and pour it back in while out in the field.
In hindsight, I wonder why he didn't just use some compressed air to blow the fins of the radiator clean of all the dried grass clippings packed in there.
I learned how to use a grease gun to grease the sickle mower attachment before each use. That was the only maintenance.
It was sold a couple years later for $800, which seemed a little low to me for a tractor that worked.
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