 guys so I can't believe I totally forgot to do a free stuff video on this 1974 John Deere 112 it's electric lift now this thing sat over behind a house in a shed an old metal shed with a tree that had fallen down on top of it and the shed sits back in some weeds we have had this running for those of you guys that do follow me we have had it running I got a carburetor ordered for it because I'm pretty sure that carburetor is gonna be bad now the guy that used to own this has passed away but he said he had one back there he said oh I know it's been back there 20 years or better and that could be true I jacked it up if any of these tires would take air and I mean I can shove my finger through there that's both both back tires are that way this one does take air and hold it this one is leaking around the bead so I think I can get that one to hold air we went to a tractor junkyard yesterday and we couldn't find any tires I think I only seen one anyway that would even fit it's a 23 by 8 1⁄2 by 12 now I couldn't get the the lid off the gas cap but I finally got it I used a pair of channel locks and yeah what this is this is an old float okay and what that would do was float up and as it would float across that bent looking thing there it would turn and inside there would be a little needle okay now I'll tell you how much gas you had the little gas gauge now I'm smelling turpentine and I haven't smelled turpentine in old gas in a long time so and I haven't seen this kind of since regular gasoline you know so my guess is that thing probably has been sent in 20 years it's got liquid in it so I know the tank's not leaking this is all locked up the pet cock is all locked up there yeah it stinks to high heaven this is where the pack rat had apparently chewed through now this has a hose it's still on the tractor that goes down underneath that way if you spill any it just fills it on to the ground and that's where they did things back then nowadays shoes you catch get caught spilling any gas they freak out wow I don't know where to dump this out at but there is liquid in there let's go back we'll dump it on the fire pit we'll see what that stuff looks like it's not I mean I'm sure I can get that tank clean I'll put some of this carburetor cleaner in there shaking around let it set for a week or two so the tanks good I can always get another pet cock for it or I can just run a rig just run a straight tube down to the fuel pump which I think the fuel pump is probably going to be the same way I'm sure that fuel pumps not going to be much count I'll have to take it off and find out I've got a fuel pump back there I think I can make work on that if not they're very very cheap 10-15 bucks so I ordered a carburetor I believe it's got the lines it's got lines and clamps and I believe it does have it just got one of those cheap plastic shutoffs like stick with the original if I can but boy I don't know that thing is you know judging from you know this stuff that's all in there and I'm sure I'm sure that carburetor is full so I just like I said I just went ahead and ordered a carburetor for like 20 bucks just a cheap one but you know there's it was 15 bucks just for what was it five parts to rebuild that which really was nothing and that's not saying that there's not stuff up in that carburetor which I'm sure there is because it sat apparently with gas in it and it's gonna have that all up in them lines we'll take it apart see but that stuff is you can see it just it hardens up almost like a plastic or a rubber maybe so yeah see that all that stuff you get that stuff in there it's it's hard to find anything that'll that'll eat that stuff away you know what I mean so not worried about the cap I can get a cap for that alright let's take it out back and dump it out okay guys I cut this water bottle in half we're gonna try to dump some of this in here see what it looks like that used to be gasoline I'm guaranteeing you that gas is well over 20 years old I'm sure it is wow like I say it smells more like like varnish that's a better way to put it it just the regular gasoline you know they don't sell anymore would turn to varnish after a while turpentine varnish and that's exactly I remember my dad getting old cars and bringing them in starting them up and I remember this stuff him taking out the gas tanks and carburetors and that was years and years ago and that was in the 70s but I don't know how long he said 20 years are better so I'm inclined to believe that and that shed looks like it's an older shed probably from the 80s so that would be my guess that thing was parked in the 80s check that out wow pour some out over here and let's see if it let's see if we can get it to light so it's right into that saying but remember still gas even those old gas it's still gas okay cool kind of very expensive stuff but I got to get new anyway get that wiped off of there I got the Peckhawk sitting down in one of them holes so it'll set straight and we're going to let it set a while a couple weeks probably and see if it helps it any then I'll probably once it's all clean and dried out I'll put some nuts and bolts or something in there wrap it up put it in the dryer on fluff or air you know so there's no heat and just let it tumble just like we did on the on the scooter way back a couple years ago and get it all cleaned out and then we'll see there never have fuel indoors avoid adding fuel while engine is hot wipe up spilled fuel okay all right so just wanted to share that with you guys that that's the story on that tractor let me get you up here what it was when there we go when he gave me the orange tractor the simplicity he was actually mowing and I was mowing that day and he went to house and came back with a couple beers they come on over have a beer so walk across street we stood there and had a beer together and he said that orange tractor up there you want and I said yeah he actually we pulled it with monkeys John dear and he steered it over for me and he was on an old craftsman like late 80s Sears and craftsman tractor and he says I'm I'm fixing to go buy me a new tractor I see you are he said yeah he said when I do he said you want this one too and I said yeah I might as well and he said also around back there is an old shed this was on a Friday he said inside that old shed is an old John dear he said I don't know anything about it I just know it's been there a long time and that's when he said it's been back there probably 20 years or better but he says back there there's a tree fell on it he says you may have to dig it out I don't know I said okay well I can't do it this weekend you know but I can do it next weekend or maybe through the week he said sure whenever it's there it's not going anywhere well that's then Monday is when he passed away so anyway it's been that's the story on that so how I got it interesting story I was over here was I doing I was working on the truck I was working on the Toyota and I seen the bank lady she went over there and she had her phone out you know they do that they go over and check things out and then she come over and say excuse me sir I said yeah and she started asking me you know anything about that house I told her everything I know I walked back over with her and that tree house is actually Jerry so I don't know if he built it or who built it but there's two lots there and we found that out so anyway we walked through there cuz it's just a little thing you know probably I don't know five foot two maybe a hundred pound just a tiny thing and she said I want to go in here and check this out and she said you coming cuz she's had some pretty bad dealings when she goes into the houses and stuff and somebody actually held her at bay one time with a loaded syringe and told her she wasn't getting back out of the house so she went and got her concealed carry and she carries a nice Glock 9 and she said well I'm gonna car and get my gun so she went to car and got her gun you should have seen her peeking around corners okay this room's clear but I asked her cuz we're around back a second so you in charge with like the possessions here and stuff and she said well yeah pretty much why is there something you need or want cuz you know I'd already told her he was my friend I said well right over there in that shed is an old John Deere tractor I see he gave it to me and I told her the story that you know and I you know I could I'd never got it you know and she said you come over and get that thing she said the family's already got what they wanted and if you don't get it someone else is going to drag it out there and take it to the scrapyard she said just come I said all right I'll come over and dare to and get it she said come over this evening if you want she said get it out there as soon as you can because you know they done stole their conditioning unit you know they're not going to use it because they didn't unhook anything they cut everything so I figure that went to scrap too but she said yeah she said if anybody says anything to you you tell them the bank lady said you can have it and she said you come and get your tractor she say he already gave that to you once she said you come and get it so I said okay so that's when monkey and I went over and got it so that's the story on that free tractor there so I didn't steal it guys I didn't sneak over in the middle of the night and get it I said well don't forget about it she said no no no nobody she said nobody even knows it was there but she said it's okay nobody's gonna bother you about it I said that's good so that's the story on the John Deere 112 so I don't know if I called it a 212 but it is a 112 it does have the K 301 engine on it which was the last in 1974 was the last year they used that K 301 engine so and it is a 12 horsepower so that's pretty cool but anyway guys so I thought I'd share this with you you know a free a free stuff thing I can't believe I you know monkey mentioned you gonna do a free video on it and I'm like yeah yeah and I didn't so anyway that's the story on that so I got a carburetor coming should be here Thursday and I got a just in case I'm gonna I'm gonna change it anyway the fuel pump in the Corvette I got one of those coming we got a high performance one it's good update hundred horsepower but it's also a direct fit you can use it on any car that that pump takes any car that that pump takes any anyway you can use it on original equipment so it'll be plenty good enough for that vet and I still got to do the I was gonna do it today but my backs killing me again and here shortly since monkey gets back she went to store will make her supper so it's kind of took today and watching my shows and and kind of relax a little bit so and then we'll do the vats bypass so that way we don't have trouble because you know it's a crapshoot if you go turn that key sometimes it'll crank and sometimes it won't so I think that's the anti-theft system but anyway guys I want to say thanks for watching I appreciate it and that's a story again that's the story on that tractor that's how I got it and it was free so as of right now I ordered that the tires are shot I'm gonna have to get tires but I ordered that carburetor so I'm into it for 20 bucks right now so and about a cup full of this and I'm not counting that all right guys again she better met the man legend gone for now thanks for watching guys appreciate it we'll see you in the next one bye bye guys and take care