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Hello to all of our members and guests. I've been restoring a '66 110 that I brought home in Feb. '19 and after a long pause on posting updates I'm going to resume posting progress info and photos. I started posting photos in 2019 but due to my decision to try to do a first time correct full restoration on a garden tractor plus a long span of time helping my son with home repairs and remodeling, my time frame really became stretched out. I thought it might be best to start by re posting my original thread which may make it easier to re connect my member name, HD-JD110Fan, and my name, Kerry, with the face and project I started. As I near completion of my 110 I'd like to share the processes and steps involved with these efforts. As always your comments, questions, suggestions, and advice are always most welcome. My new posts will be from post #17 onward.
My original thread:
Hi to all, I'm a new member and glad to join you. I've been wanting to join for quite a while and finally came up with a name, signed up, and look forward to your help with info and enjoying contact with fellow John Deere enthusiasts. I have a family history with John Deere since my Dad had a dealership in Wisconsin in the '40s and '50's, was a good mechanic and had a collection of tractors spanning a '29 GP wide tread to 1950s models. We had a new 110 in '66 back then but sold it when we moved to California. I found a '66 110 in Dec. 2018 on Ebay, almost all original but needing work and restoration is now well under way. The photo with my member name is when I first hauled it home. I spent a good deal of time designing and building sturdy mounting brackets and it's now mounted between two engine stands 18" off the floor allowing me to rotate it 360 degrees like stands in John Deere service manuals, a big help in making it easier to work on.
I plan to do a good quality restoration as close to original as possible. I'll be painting almost the whole 110 using John Deere Classic Green and John Deere Yellow. The transmission works fine so I don't need to rebuild it for now and won't be removing it. I'll be rebuilding the 8 h.p. Kohler since it's very low on compression, has a slight knock, but amazingly wasn't burning oil; the spark plug was a good normal tan color. Thanks in advance for your help and for making this great web site available.
Thanks much, Kerry, HD-JD110fan.
Taking delivery of my '66 110 in Feb. 2019, a Happy, Memorable Day!
My '66 110 before work began.
Front mounting bracket designed and fabricated mounted to the 360 degree rotatable engine stand.
Rear mount designed and fabricated bolted to engine stand.
Setting the spacing between stands before mounting.
110 mounted on 360 degree 'rotisserie' engine stand 18" off the floor.
110 inverted for working on the bottom side.
Cherry picker used to lift 110 for mounting.
My original thread:
Hi to all, I'm a new member and glad to join you. I've been wanting to join for quite a while and finally came up with a name, signed up, and look forward to your help with info and enjoying contact with fellow John Deere enthusiasts. I have a family history with John Deere since my Dad had a dealership in Wisconsin in the '40s and '50's, was a good mechanic and had a collection of tractors spanning a '29 GP wide tread to 1950s models. We had a new 110 in '66 back then but sold it when we moved to California. I found a '66 110 in Dec. 2018 on Ebay, almost all original but needing work and restoration is now well under way. The photo with my member name is when I first hauled it home. I spent a good deal of time designing and building sturdy mounting brackets and it's now mounted between two engine stands 18" off the floor allowing me to rotate it 360 degrees like stands in John Deere service manuals, a big help in making it easier to work on.
I plan to do a good quality restoration as close to original as possible. I'll be painting almost the whole 110 using John Deere Classic Green and John Deere Yellow. The transmission works fine so I don't need to rebuild it for now and won't be removing it. I'll be rebuilding the 8 h.p. Kohler since it's very low on compression, has a slight knock, but amazingly wasn't burning oil; the spark plug was a good normal tan color. Thanks in advance for your help and for making this great web site available.
Thanks much, Kerry, HD-JD110fan.
Taking delivery of my '66 110 in Feb. 2019, a Happy, Memorable Day!
My '66 110 before work began.
Front mounting bracket designed and fabricated mounted to the 360 degree rotatable engine stand.
Rear mount designed and fabricated bolted to engine stand.
Setting the spacing between stands before mounting.
110 mounted on 360 degree 'rotisserie' engine stand 18" off the floor.
110 inverted for working on the bottom side.
Cherry picker used to lift 110 for mounting.