I bought a 1961 Ride-a-matic at a local auction in 2008 and for some unknown reason I have never got around to looking at it. My lad has been nagging me for ages to get it in the workshop so we can take a better look at it. We dragged it into the workshop over the Christmas break but have only just got around to looking at it.
It has lots of homemade add-ons and parts of it have been painted blue
We got it running today but it needs some head and other engine work. The gearbox appears to be locked solid as it will not go into gear. Does anyone have any advice before I dig into it?
It looks like one of the head fixings also locates the front hood bracket. Mine is a bit of a mess, can someone help me with a picture of what it should look like?
My 9yr old son wanted to create a video about this tractor and he is very keen follow it up with others as we make progress. We had a few problems with the microphone
We have completed another video on progress. I have to say I prefer working on the tractor to editing a video but my son Joseph wants a video diary of progress. Comments welcomed.
Good update Iain. Glad you got the head sorted on the RAM. I drained the transmission oil from my 600 last week and it was no where near as grungy as yours I am pleased to say.
We finally got the chance to finish off the jobs we had planned for this tractor and took it for a ride, well one of us did as I got to watch. Video update from my son:
Iain
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