Sonny's is out of business and has been for a couple of years.
That's two guys working out of a 'Garage in a Box' in their back yard and trying to capitalize on what's left of Sonny's name.
They just ripped off what was on the old Sonny's site
The best source on the internet for Bolens, and other GT manuals as well, would be the GTTalk forums.
They have 2201 files related to all of the various Lawn and Garden tractor equipment manufacturers, 567 of which are related to Bolens. They include Operators and Parts manuals for tractors and implements, Service Bulletins, advertising brochures, etc.
With the older GTs you have to be careful of WHICH EP90 gear oil you used.
The newer oils that meet GL5 spec are a no no in our old GTs. It has additives that do not play will with any 'yellow metal' that may be in the gearbox.
You need to use GL1 spec. I don't know how readily available it is over there, but we can find it fairly easily here in the Colonies.
The made attachments that were 'approved' by Bolens to be sold with their tractors.
In some cased they were 'universal attachments, like the towable sprayer pictured above, and others were designed to use the Bolens mounting system and PTO drive system.
I actually have 2 big 4" binders full of brochures, literature manuals, parts lists, and even some communications between Bolens and the manufactures. It apparently came for the head of the Allied Manufactures department at Bolens. There are letters and bulletins in it signed by at least two different heads of the department.
Have you a photo of a tow hitch? I got one on the 1254 from memory. So could replicate that if it is the correct style for the 800.
They were all the same.
Unfortunately my main computer is 'down' with a failed CPU cooler, so I don't have access to my pics.
However I did find one on eBay here in the states. Good thing is that it gives the center to center dimension of the mounting holes, That should give you enough to make your own if you are so inclined.
Dave, there is a way. However, it may or may not work for his engine. Some foreign export made engines did not follow the domestic engine's code pattern. Also, some early engines used different serial number patterns and later engines (particularly those made in the late 1990's and up) were also different. In 2004, Tecumseh started a different pattern that was much more logical.
He has to have a five digit serial number with four numbers followed by a one letter suffix.
I have the S/N for an OH160 on the desk before me. The serial number is 9289E.
The first digit is last digit of the year of manufacture. That would be 9 in my example. That could mean 1969, 1979, 1989 or (possibly depending on when Tecumseh officially dropped this style of code) 1999. To go farther, you have to have some general knowledge of the Tecumseh engine line and model years to know the decade. If you know about when the tractor was made and know that the engine is right for the tractor, you can probably narrow that down easily. You as a Bolens guy can do that! On my engine, it is a replacement so I'm almost out of luck. But, since I can estimate fairly accurately going by the decal style and carburetor style, I am going to take a wild guess at my OH160's year as being a 1979.
The next three numbers is the calender date of the year. Since 1979 is not a leap year, date #289 is October 16th.
That means my engine was made on October 16th, 1979.
The letter suffix according to Tecumseh will tell you what line and shift the engine was made on. However, that last letter from what an old factory supervisor told me was the production number for that day. That means my OH160 was the 5th engine made on October 16th, 1979.
Hope that helps,
Ben W.
H also posted a thread over at the GTTalk forums as well:
However, I also found that Owatrol make a plethora of products, so I'm at a loss at to which "Owatrol" that you lot are talking about.
Would one (or more) of you fine gentlemen please educate me as to which Owatrol product you are using, and a bit on how it is used/applied. I would also like to know if it is a one time solution or just a temporary one which has to be applied at intervals.
Any and all information and advice will be gratefully appreciated.
In the 1996 Service Seminar, they reference the OH140 for the 1977 and 1978. The earlier models referenced the HH140.
So, that narrows it down to two years.
There was a MAJOR difference between the 1977 and 1978 which was the PTO.
If you can determine which type PTO it had you can pretty much pin point the year. Especially if it is the one that has the PTO brake which was exclusive to the 1978.
If you can date the engine, the model year would be one year NEWER than the engine. So if it's a 1976 engine it would be a 1977 tractor.
On the attached G14 Parts manual, on page 4 you can see in the loser right the difference in the two PTOs.
Now if your PTO is not there, all is still not lost.
If you look on page 8, part 10 is different for the 1978. It would have a tab and hole that part 55 would fit into and be retained by a cotter pin.
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