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Good morning guys,
Me having a cold or flu, started up on Thursday. Gone try to sweat out some of the *s-word this night.

@Stihl working Hard, I apoligize for be slow, nowadays I’m super slow to respond back.
Good morning Tor hope your feeling 100% soon buddy enjoy your weekend :icon_cafe:
 

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We had a case sc with hand clutch I got used to running it but boy does it mess with people looking for a foot clutch. Most recent tractor I had was a Allis wd but need to look at it now dad was at the shack brush hogging and motor locked up really idea why still full of oil and ran smooth right till it quit. Never smoked or used any noticeable oil amounts and changed it in spring with new filter .

On my 135, the nose of the starter broke and locked the engine up. Was able to retrieve the broken piece by taking the starter off. Might not be the issue with your machine, but just a starting point.

The 175 was a good tractor in it's day. Power was good and easy to work on.
The lift/draught was the weak point, when it was working it was great but when they wore out they were all but impossible to get fixed right.
The draught would hunt when cultivating or running a harrow shallow. The lift part would be good though.
You ain't doing no row cropping so it should be fine.

I may have the shop manuals for the 175 at the farm if the mice have not eaten them.
Ran a MF 165 for 14 years then got a JD 2355. Learned how to run a tractor on a 135 then a 185. Helped my uncle running one of his JD 4430s one season.

You are right on the clutch/brake working on the legs.

I had to rebuild the MF 165 seat to get it to work. The pivots had to be bushed etc.
Getting the seat higher should change the angle of your legs helping with the pain in the knees.

The guy I got it from was telling me how tough it was to keep the bush hog running at the right height. He made a set of limiter chains for the lift arms so he could just run it with the lift control all the way down. He did a good slick job on everything he did on the old tractor.
 

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It sure is BS. I feel like I’m being raised in the wrong generation
Your generation Brett can’t be assed getting off the couch to do anything they are lacking self motivation.Think how bad it’s going to be for your kids .No offence intended just my 2 cents worth :D
 

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I rolled a Kubota over on its side once backfilling a basement. Guy who was watching said I did a cartwheel off the tractor, and was ten feet away before it stopped moving. I have no idea what I did. In times like that, I believe instinct kicks in, and we just do whatever our brain tells our body to do.
Wow you should have been a stuntman Randy :eek:
 
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