Montgomerywards Hydrostatic 16 tractor(Gilson)

[BigBill]

I finally got some free time to help my son work on the Montgomerywards hydro 16 tractor i got for him.

First we took the engine out to clean up the mess the mice made. After cleaning out the flywheel housing we put a rope on the rear pulley to checkout the spark. After cleaning the points and the ign magneto we had plenty of spark in the old gal. I picked up a carb rebuild kit and a new headgasket. Then we fired her up. This old castiron 16hp briggs sure has some bark to it. I replaced the choke cable and he free'd up the throttle cable. We took it for a ride tonight and the hydro works awesome. This has the very large old castiron briggs engine when they (Kohler/Wisconsin/Briggs) made quality engines back them. (Heavy duty) Remember this country was built with these older engines running machines.

The solenoid isn't working and the voltage regulator isn't working, i need to work on that next.

My point is all these older garden tractors seem to be runners with a little work. And your getting a good solid running tractor for just a few dollars and a little work. I like saving these tractors from the junk pile........