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Well, it’s almost done. After 6 weeks of working on the tractor and
about 12 more weeks of hunting up loader parts and modifying the
loader to accept them, I was able to drive it out of the garage today.
Still need to install my GENUINE Bolens wheel weights and the rear
ballast for the loader.
This was a my first Bolens tractor. I bought it on e-Bay, it was used
by a roofing contractor who would lift it onto a flat commercial
building roof and use it to scrape the tardown and insulation off the
deck. When I got it, it was very rusty and full of tar. Both the tractor
and loader were completely disassembled. Every single piece was
sandblasted, primed and painted. Every bushing and bearing was
replaced, engine got glaze break on bore, new rings and rod bearings
and lapped in the valves. Hydro axle seals replaced, every wire,
electrical part and belt replaced. Rebuilt loader hydraulic pump and
control valve, replaced all hydraulic cylinders, new hydraulic piping,
hoses and fittings, added return line hydraulic filter. Replaced all loader
pivot bushings and pins and welded new wear edge on the bucket.
I would like to thank Robert Fenn at Horizon Equipment in Dunstable,
MA who was an invaluable source of Bolens parts and information and
who always got back to me the same day I made a request. If you need
Bolens parts Bob is the guy you can count on.
Contact is: http://bolensman.com/
I would also like to thank Jeremy Barlow who supplied every decal
you see on the tractor and the loader and for all of the information he has
uploaded on the Bolens large frame tractor.
Contact is: [email protected].
And last but absolutely not least, I would like to thank our Moderator
sixchows, who was solely and completely responsible for infecting me
with “Bolens Fever” a disease I am sure I will take to my grave.
Well here are the pic’s, I hope you enjoy them.
This first one is from the sellers e-Bay pictures. It gives you an idea
of what the tractor was like when I got it. You can’t imagine how
much rust, grease and tar was on every inch of the frame.
about 12 more weeks of hunting up loader parts and modifying the
loader to accept them, I was able to drive it out of the garage today.
Still need to install my GENUINE Bolens wheel weights and the rear
ballast for the loader.
This was a my first Bolens tractor. I bought it on e-Bay, it was used
by a roofing contractor who would lift it onto a flat commercial
building roof and use it to scrape the tardown and insulation off the
deck. When I got it, it was very rusty and full of tar. Both the tractor
and loader were completely disassembled. Every single piece was
sandblasted, primed and painted. Every bushing and bearing was
replaced, engine got glaze break on bore, new rings and rod bearings
and lapped in the valves. Hydro axle seals replaced, every wire,
electrical part and belt replaced. Rebuilt loader hydraulic pump and
control valve, replaced all hydraulic cylinders, new hydraulic piping,
hoses and fittings, added return line hydraulic filter. Replaced all loader
pivot bushings and pins and welded new wear edge on the bucket.
I would like to thank Robert Fenn at Horizon Equipment in Dunstable,
MA who was an invaluable source of Bolens parts and information and
who always got back to me the same day I made a request. If you need
Bolens parts Bob is the guy you can count on.
Contact is: http://bolensman.com/
I would also like to thank Jeremy Barlow who supplied every decal
you see on the tractor and the loader and for all of the information he has
uploaded on the Bolens large frame tractor.
Contact is: [email protected].
And last but absolutely not least, I would like to thank our Moderator
sixchows, who was solely and completely responsible for infecting me
with “Bolens Fever” a disease I am sure I will take to my grave.
Well here are the pic’s, I hope you enjoy them.
This first one is from the sellers e-Bay pictures. It gives you an idea
of what the tractor was like when I got it. You can’t imagine how
much rust, grease and tar was on every inch of the frame.
