Back to work for the old gal!!

[Dale Finch]

This is Bertha...she is my original cub, and my first "restore", so I have a particular fondness for her.

However, she has managed to be quite the malingerer lately!!! She came home to the "hospital" a few months ago for a new rear seal and her annual servicing. She managed to stretch it out quite a bit, but this morning she ran out of excuses! So back to the farm... there's a pasture that needs mowing, so she'll get a pretty good workout!

[ricky racer]

She's purrrdy!!

[Dale Finch]

Thanks!

[T-Mo]

She's a looker for sure....in the pics, she's a trailer queen....

[Stanton]

You bet she's purdy! I've always liked them 11-bar grilles. Still have my eyes open for one...

[Dale Finch]

I got Bertha back to the farm just fine, and we mowed for about an hour, when she suddenly began to rev up too high.

I kicked the start switch off, and got down to take a look. I had worked on the carb & governor bumper spring adjustments, and she had been running quite nicely. My first thought was the bumper spring adjustment had backed out, but it was fine.

Continued around, and the clevis pin in the gov-to-carb linkage was gone. I immediately realized that during my adjustments, I had only put the pin in without the clip to hold it in place, since I was dinking with it. I'm usually very careful to write down when something remains to be done, but.....

I was about as far away from the tools that I could be, and wasn't looking forward to walking both directions to find something to hold it together. Almost all my parts have been moved to my home, since that is where I do most of the work on them.

The ONLY thing I had was a small bungee cord holding my water bottle in place. After untying the knot, it just fit through the holes, where I tied it up tight.

It worked so well that I continued mowing about another hour to finish the pasture. Once I got back to the tractor shed, I found a spare clevis pin & hitch pin.

It was a thoroughly good day, with a bit of spice thrown at me!!

[Clemsonfor]

What a lucky day to have a pin and clevis there!

[Don McCombs]

A good reason to always carry a small coil of wire in the toolbox.

[Dale Finch]

A good reason to always carry a small coil of wire in the toolbox.

Absolutely! Gonna add one to each cub! Except...then I'd need a pair of dikes, too!!

[Stanton]

Good temporary fix, Dale. Glad it didn't stop you.

[Donegal Cub]

Nice tractor Dale, and a clever fix. Necessity is the mother of invention .

[ricky racer]

That's using the ol' noodle!! Good thinking there Dale!!

[Waif]

Makin do!

[Dale Finch]

I firmly believe that it is NOT necessity that is the mother of invention...no, we could do without washers & automobiles!
It is LAZINESS that is the mother of invention!! I was too darn lazy to walk the ~1/4 mile each way, to look for the correct part!!

[Clemsonfor]

A good reason to always carry a small coil of wire in the toolbox.

Absolutely! Gonna add one to each cub! Except...then I'd need a pair of dikes, too!!

Or keep a Leatherman in your pocket all the time.