Hey gang,
I figured I would share the story on the MF8 I picked up today. I got it for $160. Here is the story and I will add pictures at the end.
Dad and I went down this morning to check out that 8, it was about an hour and a half away. It was in pretty good original condition, the front grill trim was still in one piece. They put a different seat on it. The one headlight knock out plate had fallen out which is no biggie because I am putting headlights in it. The battery was completely dead which we kind of already knew. The owner said he tried jumping it but it wouldn't start and he sprayed carb cleaner in the carb and it fired right up. He also had the original owners manual with all the dealer info and date of delivery which was april 1974 but the serial numer says it was made in 73. I got it for $160.
We got it home and checked for spark, we were good there. I pulled the carb off and the gas was old. I tore it apart and I have never seen a carb with so much gunk in it LOL. I got her all cleaned out and put it back on. Still wouldn't fire except we got one puff once in a blue moon. I tore the carb back off again and I forgot to clean the one important hole. The only one that feeds both the needles from the bowl LOL. I got that cleaned out put it back on and she fired right off. It wouldn't take throttle though and I went to adjust the one needle and dad was like watch don't get shocked here the plug wire didn't have the rubber boot and it was shorting against the choke cable. I had an extra boot and put on and she runs like a champ. No smoke what so ever. It is a tecumseh replacement motor and it looks like an original would have. It doesn't seem like the governor is set high enough though and I didn't get a chance to tinker with it much other then to wash it and take some pics and mow with it a little bit. I need to adjust the mower deck but other then that she seems to do good. I also had to adjust the hydro lever, when you would start it and take the parking brake off it would start hauling *** in reverse LOL. I got that all adjusted and she is working good.
Here are the pics:
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I figured I would share the story on the MF8 I picked up today. I got it for $160. Here is the story and I will add pictures at the end.
Dad and I went down this morning to check out that 8, it was about an hour and a half away. It was in pretty good original condition, the front grill trim was still in one piece. They put a different seat on it. The one headlight knock out plate had fallen out which is no biggie because I am putting headlights in it. The battery was completely dead which we kind of already knew. The owner said he tried jumping it but it wouldn't start and he sprayed carb cleaner in the carb and it fired right up. He also had the original owners manual with all the dealer info and date of delivery which was april 1974 but the serial numer says it was made in 73. I got it for $160.
We got it home and checked for spark, we were good there. I pulled the carb off and the gas was old. I tore it apart and I have never seen a carb with so much gunk in it LOL. I got her all cleaned out and put it back on. Still wouldn't fire except we got one puff once in a blue moon. I tore the carb back off again and I forgot to clean the one important hole. The only one that feeds both the needles from the bowl LOL. I got that cleaned out put it back on and she fired right off. It wouldn't take throttle though and I went to adjust the one needle and dad was like watch don't get shocked here the plug wire didn't have the rubber boot and it was shorting against the choke cable. I had an extra boot and put on and she runs like a champ. No smoke what so ever. It is a tecumseh replacement motor and it looks like an original would have. It doesn't seem like the governor is set high enough though and I didn't get a chance to tinker with it much other then to wash it and take some pics and mow with it a little bit. I need to adjust the mower deck but other then that she seems to do good. I also had to adjust the hydro lever, when you would start it and take the parking brake off it would start hauling *** in reverse LOL. I got that all adjusted and she is working good.
Here are the pics:
