WOW! Barely twelve minutes in and I'm not sure if you are way too young, or I'm way too old. Your "buzz box" is the voltage regulator. The eight horse Wisconsin, like all Wisconsin single, are started by full fielding the generator. Your choice of replacement engines is odd, but it works for you. I have a 1050 Bolens that I rescued over twenty years ago with the ten horse Wisconsin. It comes out every year to clear snow with a 42 inch snow blower. Have fun and keep the kids involved.
Long time channel watcher first time commentator. I think it would be cool to do like a resto on it . Like a series . I know it would be a bummer to find parts but I think it would be a cool series
On your Bolens the little round type box , I'm 😅pretty sure is your Voltage regulator like the K series Kohler's. My 1964 854 Wheel Horse has a push button kind of like that on the points cover, but you have to hold it in for the engine to stop if you were working on it by yourself and couldn't vet back to the key switch. And mine don't say Stop Switch.
25:38 on the left side of the tractors rear end there should be a wing nut type thing if you tighten it it makes it Posi track and loosen it makes only one tire spin 👍
Great video! Its always interesting to see what your going to do next. I would fix the Wisconsin engine and put it back in with that gear box and original engine it would be unstoppaable.
I think Jon should keep that tractor along with his hot rod Deere. Tall rear tires with chains the overall look is perfect. I could see it in his eyes that tractor belongs to Mr Jon He’s right it’s pretty looking better then my new John Deere x380.
Keep it, it wasn’t hurting anything by sitting outside. The young man could use another tractor. Come on who couldn’t. Have him go through the clutches and learn. For what you have into it you can’t replace it for that
Hmm, at 15:55 I think something is wrong with your replacement engine LOL. Oh John, we all love ya buddy, but you wouldn't make a very good lawn tractor engine, you gave up already HAHA!!! We ain't gonna get mad at John, he's learning, and the only way he is going to learn is by doing. It seems that particular garden tractor would be best served going to somebody that can work on them, and maybe either use it for parts or use it and put parts into it to get it running right with the right engine and a mower deck, etc. Or park it back under the tree for another 14 years HAHA!!! And let Jethro play on it like John used to LOL.
Yah several Bolens junkies have reached out. The machine is most likely a 1963 to 1965 with a 68 engine. Seems to the right person worth a few hundred for the transaxle and the body panels. But to the other 99% it's worthless.
After all that work why wouldn't you let John use it for his runaround, its obvious he wants to play on it, you have plenty of room to store it, it would be a good learning tool ie maintenance ect
