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Hello GTT community,
Sorry for the long post here but want to give a thorough intro. I’m currently in the early stages of restoring a 1971 JD 120 and decided it would be a waste not to share progress pics and things learned along the way with people who would appreciate it. I’ve had a hard time finding a lot of info on the 120’s since they were only a two year run, so I hope I can help someone else that runs into the same problem in the future.
Background: the tractor was purchased locally by my grandfather sometime in the early 80’s as a package deal with a trailer. It came with presumably the original mower deck and the original snow blade. He and my father used it to mow several acres of grass every week for decades until after my grandfather passed away and his land was sold. It was also used to plow a 1/4 mile long driveway of snow and was even used to push a lot of gravel around the property. The tractor was always stored outside and was definitely After the land was sold, my father and I continued to use it for mowing/plowing snow over the last 10-15 years, although on a smaller scale and less frequently. The last few years the tractor has sat outside with little to no use and my father recently decided to pass it along to me. The mower has been losing oil quickly for a while now, but other than that it ran fine.
To the best of my knowledge, this tractor has never been tampered with other than my father rebuilding the carb once and some other light maintenance. The engine has never been rebuilt until now and it has never been repainted in any way.
My goal with this tractor is to make it show room quality or as close as it can be to that with my skillset. I have plenty of other equipment to do the things it can do, so I have no need for a worker tractor, although I’ll still subject it to light use.
Pictures to follow
Sorry for the long post here but want to give a thorough intro. I’m currently in the early stages of restoring a 1971 JD 120 and decided it would be a waste not to share progress pics and things learned along the way with people who would appreciate it. I’ve had a hard time finding a lot of info on the 120’s since they were only a two year run, so I hope I can help someone else that runs into the same problem in the future.
Background: the tractor was purchased locally by my grandfather sometime in the early 80’s as a package deal with a trailer. It came with presumably the original mower deck and the original snow blade. He and my father used it to mow several acres of grass every week for decades until after my grandfather passed away and his land was sold. It was also used to plow a 1/4 mile long driveway of snow and was even used to push a lot of gravel around the property. The tractor was always stored outside and was definitely After the land was sold, my father and I continued to use it for mowing/plowing snow over the last 10-15 years, although on a smaller scale and less frequently. The last few years the tractor has sat outside with little to no use and my father recently decided to pass it along to me. The mower has been losing oil quickly for a while now, but other than that it ran fine.
To the best of my knowledge, this tractor has never been tampered with other than my father rebuilding the carb once and some other light maintenance. The engine has never been rebuilt until now and it has never been repainted in any way.
My goal with this tractor is to make it show room quality or as close as it can be to that with my skillset. I have plenty of other equipment to do the things it can do, so I have no need for a worker tractor, although I’ll still subject it to light use.
Pictures to follow
