Lollipops!

Looks great!

I bet it don't get dirty 

Stevo! I betcha' it does get dirty! Especially wit' the loader that's goin' on it. I already have some projects to do around the property next year. Can't wait to try it out! Lookin' forward to go out n' play wit' it. Should be pretty cool!

Steve every time I look at your projects I think man I better not post any pictures of my projects they look really bad in comparison.   I wish I had the skill to do such nice work. I love the lights and the fender headlights look really cool as well. I need to figure out how to get some good lights onto my pasquali 988 with a loader it gets mighty dark in my barn when I am cleaning it out. Great work it is always nice to see such nice work getting done. I hope you enjoy getting it dirty I love to see tractor actually earning their keep they are the most happy working if you ask me.

Thanks guys for the kudos. Its a lot of fun to get away from the wire shop for an hour or so and play with my stuff. Hey Chris, you do some nice work yourself man! The patch work you did savin' them WD fenders, I couldn't do. Plus all the other work you did. Whew! A labor of love ma' man that's fir' sure! Don't ever under estimate yourself buddy. I've been tryin' to find a seat for these 616-720 machines that would easily adapt to the OEM seat suspension. Took me a year to find a damn seat that would fit the bill as well as the Tractor! This seat we eventually are going to carry in stock for these Tractors as a replacement. Its an advantage when you have a half dozen Automotive warehouses locally where you can have them send you a couple seats at a time when they're delivering to us and try em' and experiment to see what you can make fit. This one was almost the last seat that I spec'd out. It was gettin' close. I was running outta' seats!! LOL! Of coarse this is the more expensive seat, but it works nice and with some minor work, fits the stock seat suspension pretty darn nice! Its darn comfortable and looks kinda' stock to!
Dan, the Tractor I'm dabbling with right now is my 620. The engine is the stock Onan engine that came in it. I've been cleaning this engine off and on for a year now! Once all the shields were removed, I first scraped all the muck off it with a putty knife, sprayed Grez-off degreaser on it a few times, pressure washed it each time, and blew it off with compressed air. Ya couldn't see to much of it. It had a ton of dirt, grass, and crap all over it, and in the air cooled fins. Don't even know how it ran cool. Probably didn't with all the fins plugged. Just the way I bought it. It did have a mower under at one time, but the Previous owner sold it before I got it. My big Tractor engines weren't that greasy! Sheesh! I think this weekend, I'll take a couple hours out and set the engine in. I'm getting pumped! LOL! BTW Dan, we have some nice work lamps on our website if yer' lookin' for some lights for your 988. Check em' out. I can get other types also...
Steve
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Dan,
When I bought this 620, the previous owner told me it had a rod knock. I bought it cause the price was right. After I got it apart, I found that one of the starter bracket bolts had backed out and the flywheel was hitting the bolt. Musta' been making a Hell of a noise sounding like a rod knock. After I screwed the bolt in with my fingers, the engine turned over fine and I can hear the hiss of compression! I haven't had this engine running yet, but I did pop the heads off and did a cylinder inspection, cleaned up the valve pockets and resealed everything with all new gaskets. The oil that was in it when I bought it looked like new. Nice amber color. No debris in it. So I gotta' believe the "rod knock" was the backed out bolt hitting the flywheel. I usually don't "step in it" much, but I think I did good with this purchase. I'll find out one of these days. If I fire it up and it explodes, looks like I'll be puttin' another engine in it! LOL! A lot of guys repower with a Honda or Kohler. One of the guys here on the forum has a Honda repower kit for sale. Not sure if it will fit one of your Case Tractors tho...