Start and drive the 1980 Montgomery Ward 10/38 lawn tractor

Here's the rusty 'ol yellow Montgomery Ward tractor in action. It's a got a 10hp Briggs & Stratton and a 3-speed gear drive trans. I started it up for the first time since June of 2008 and tested everything out, seems to work as well as I recall. I was actually kinda surprised that an engine with breaker points stored outdoors for so long actually fired. The orange Montgomery Ward has the same engine, and it sat outside covered and for half the time as this one and it won't spark now. Go figure...

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[Mississippi1313]

I've always liked the little Ward

[LynolsOffice]

@Mississippi1313 Yeah, I liked it too. I sold it to a guy who repainted the hood, it looks real nice now.

[Chillyquack]

Why is it that those engines tend to rev up and down? I don't like briggs because of it.

[LynolsOffice]

It's not a Briggs thing, it' an old dirty carburetor thing. You'd be surprised how fast carbs can get dirty and messed up.

[matts6887]

Wow!; thats pretty amazing that a tractor that is in that shape cosmetically; actually runs as well as it does. I didn't think it would actually start because of the age of it and because of the "weathering" and oxidizing of the misc. components, etc. But hey; thats pretty good I would say overall for the age of this one. :)

[LynolsOffice]

Yeah, and the solenoid was even good!

[tractormangerry2]

hey do u think it would be worth it to get lawn mowers and tractors off of craigslist and clean them up and fix em and re sell em ? i was thinking of doin that any thoughts or tips ? any thoughts would be appreciated thank you

[ringbolt9]

cool man

[highperformace86]

@chillyquack the carb is dirty so it tends to move the govener untill the carb cleans it self out.

[mrking039]

i have one like this, the shifter is stuck and will only go into 2 and nuetral PLEASE HELP!!!!!

[4343Jonathan]

@LynolsOffice hey dude i left a comment saying that i got one of these but when i got it the lights seemed funny could u do a vid on how the lights r set up? ill be making a vid of mine soon. thanks and great vids!!!

[bwild61]

There is one of these in my shop now...lol!

[Alexsslawncare]

@LynolsOffice I got one a few years ago and it was MINT and me being the 13 yearold dumb shit spraypainted it like 10000000000000000 differant colors. lol

[Alexsslawncare]

Wana buy a deck for it? Its CHEAP cuz i dont use the deck. look on my profile there will be videos up of my wards soon!

[flexer1200]

i have one that runs at speed of 25mph at 8000rpms and idles at 900to1000

[xreaperxchriz]

@Chillyquack yea and thanks to ethanol now im always fixing pushmowers and tractors cause of that.