What an accomplished chauffeur.

Great job, awesome video .thanks for sharing. Till next video 👍✌️

Glad you got it running, I'm sure you will figure out the rest. GOOD LUCK. 😊

Great progress!

I use champion J8C plugs in all four of my pony start tractors (least I think they are Champions, definitely are J8C). Back off the throttle before engaging the fly wheel, it won't stall the engine and your brake in side the pony clutch is sticking, spray it good with brake cleaner. It should break free but definitely idle it down first.

Looking forward to the next one!

Man, I love your channel! Keep up the good work!

I have heard the phrase "the coils must be fried" but never seen any like yours. Those are definitely fried. Good decision getting a new distributor.

Great job getting it going. But my lungs are choking from the smoke just watching. Wish you had more ventilation!

Good video! Making good progress!

Your daughter did a great job

So far so good !!

Seems like parts and components age faster when they aren't being used. I imagine the cracks are ports for unwanted moisture and that doesn't help either. The pony motor sounds pretty nice running. I understand they do tend to smoke a little though. Your daughter looks like a boss sitting up there steering. Girl power is real.

Very interesting video and the donkey engine as we call them over here 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ran very well 👌 looking forward to the next episode 👍

Congrats on knowing positive ground!! Many don't get that!!

There should be a grease fitting under the cover of the pony clutch area. I had that issue once but greasing the zerk fitting resolved it.

That was a good idea to go ahead and get that complete coil pack assembly/distributor. Everything would be new and you wouldn’t have to worry about it for many many years but I do love the two cylinder, John Deere even the big ladies!!! Good luck to you with it !!!!

Keep it up sir. You got my motivation to work on a 720 diesel that I have had for several years and needs a little tlc. I had almost the same issue with the starting engine, just had to adjust the starting trans clutch. Pony engine smokes a little as well, but not too much. You will get it figured out. Good luck buddy.

Glad ur doing that it’s all nonexpaintoruy to me I’m lost lol

Engage the starter and decompression lever and start the pony. That will get the big engine running for the time being. Might need a pony motor clutch adjustment also.

Good video.

Pony started easier than I thought it would. Really lucky the carb was clean

You can bet that tractor probably did not get as much maintenance done in all it's working life as you have done so far. I know one thing for sure, not many guys are able to get that hood off by themselves as you just did. I have owned an 80 for over 16 years and I always use my portable shop crane to get the hood off. Many times just raising it a foot gives more than enough room to work. Great find getting that tractor, your climate there must be nice and dry as tractors don't last long sitting outside in Ohio.

The precleaner bottom does just slip on and off, a deadblow should get it, maybe it would require a little heat. When I saw your coils, I knew they were toast LOL. Congrats on changing the ever neglected back two plugs hahah. The pony grinding made me cringe but not a shocker. It's hard to get things adjusted right. Pull out the book and try to follow the adjustments. The pinion shouldn't be spinning until you pull the lever back. Your clutch is too tight/sticky, or stuck. You could always try engage it THEN start the pony (decompressed diesel). A little rough but might be able to test how the pony cranks the diesel. One other VERY common issue is there is a BRAKE pad where the pinion sits when disengaged (it keeps the pinion from spinning from clutch drag. If the pad is worn, or greasy, it will spin all the time and not want to engage.

Excellent video Jonelstar :) nice seeing Pony Motor start and it need some fix up on like sparkplugs, distributor , starter switch , amazing clean carb and air filter pot clean plus fuel tank too! Hopefully started gear setup it be easy to fix and repair on !! Well done so far !

All those pony motors smoke, or at least that is my experience as well as the reports of many. I have only ever bumped into one person with a pony motor that doesn't smoke.

Made some good progress, one step at a time and you will get the starter to engage as it should.

Your right. I'd forgot that they'd switched it over with the 4 cyl. pony motor. Thanks

I ran into all the same issues with my 820 it was like reliving the exact experience 😂…..good call on replacing the whole distributor, at the end of the day it’s $120 more but your time to go through and rebuild the old one is worth something too especially if you’re in the situation where you only have limited amounts of time to work on these tractors. Seeing as I’m getting to this video a little late and it takes you time to get it posted, you’ve probably by now taken all the covers off the pony transmission and found the bendix is sticky and needs to be lubed up a little. I highly doubt it’s out of adjustment so I’d first start with cleaning out all the dust and whatnot and lubing the shaft so the bendix can float freely.

A magneto is self sufficient and beside the plug wires has only a kill switch coming out that grounds out the coils. They do not require ANY power. Least any I've fooled with didn't. And with the Cat motors you pushed the clutch/start lever to stop the pinion gear and then pulled to engage it with the flywheel. And I always did that with the compression off or NO compression, got it spinning with the oil pressure up and then put the compression in and opened the fuel. God Bless!

There’s a brake in the pony trans that stops the gear. Most are worn out but if you push the leaver in it should stop the gear and then a swift pull it should go in without grinding.

That's a good year...lol

I have 830 electric start good starting tractor as long as batteries are charged had 730 pony start had it starting good but did a lot of work to get it that way

Keeping it an original on wico mag It would be the way I would go. Slow Progress is the it goes on those tractors. At least What my experience was on my John Deere A 51.

So on my 820 my clutch was froze I actually would start it by pulling both levers then start the pony then one day I took that inspection cover off used wd40 and a flat screwdriver and got everything freed up now it works great... I was dumb and spray wd40 on the frictions... so then I had to spray break clean to get rid of the wd40 lol

Enjoy watching your videos, but can barley hear you. Anyway to turn it up?

Maybe the exhaust needs to be vented somehow! Lungs are a must have🇨🇦😩

Do not connect six volts directly to the distributor. The resistor on the back of the ignition switch steps it down to about four volts. Six volts can burn up the coils.

HEY, pony motor sounds great ! Something is STUCK .. Rusty clutch parts ? Not adjusted correctly ? It should mesh with the flywheel FIRST before catching the starter clutch. Great video. thanks

Perfeito no meu 820 foi colocado bobinas no lugar do magneto com bateria de 12 v

They usually smoke even a fresh rebuild one. The clutch disc is stuck to the flywheel or the linkages are set wrong the drive should be into the big engine flywheel teeth and then it should start turning the big engine over

Can you get someone to straighten out the front of the bonnet and radiator grill please, its driving me crazy. Just came across your channel and have liked and subscribed. All the best from England. Ps, it needs a front protection to stop it getting bent again.😊

Nicely done......that was a lot of good progress. Probably a smart choice to go with the new distributer. Just wondering where you found it?

Like the content, hope you get a different microphone, can barely hear you.

I wonder how many times you can crank the tractor with that little gas tank the pony motor uses.

Engage the starter gear and see if the pony will turn over. It just might break loose!

I always thought the pony motor sound cool on my Dad’s 70

If 8ts not one thing it's another

yeaup watch the noodle knocker clang

I am not sure that is a distributor. Looks like a magneto the way it is set up.

measuring the voltage at the starter isn't a good cable test . You could have votage drop under load . Voltage is just potential .

Any body else having a problem with the volume?

I think the pony motor burns a little oil

Its a magneto

You have to engage the pony really slow

Why do you have to hold the throttle wide open when you starting this type of motor I'm just curious i be never seen one of these engines before its really interesting

How old is your daughter and do you have any more kids

Its so hard to hear you

Could have pressure washed it first. Just sayin.

please speak louder! J S

I don't understand is your guys working on this equipment and stuff and cars and trucks and stuff and they never clean anything off before I start tearing into it why not clean it up first a clean car engine runs better dinner dirty one I never worked on anything like that dirty are already cleaned it up first regardless of whether I got to repair it or what

I can see the frustration and disappointment on your face, but you have done a lot of work, got the diesel, and the pony motor running. That's a pretty good accomplishment already. Like the old saying. How do you eat an elephant? 🐘 One bite at a time. You'll get it figured out. I see comments that look like they'd be pretty helpful. 👍👏 ❤️🚜🇺🇸🤍🚜🇺🇸💙🚜🇺🇸