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I think the battery is a group 2E 19 7/16x 4 1/8x 9 1/8-long narrow battery-I think tractor supply called it a group 3?

EZ lookup for BCI group sizes (heavy duty commercial 6-volt not included):

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O_D, Excellent resource. I have copied and now have it in my "Packard Information" folder. Thanks

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Wow, what a coincidence!

That looks exactly like the chart that's the target of an external link provided in a FAQ post on Replacement Battery, here at P'Info, that was composed back in 2009/6/7.

Thanks for the information, whoever "owns" it...

Fred Puhn gives good advice to mount a oil pressure gauge more directly to the engine than to depend on existing factory dash gauge.

remove oil drain plug and allow about 8 oz's of oil to drain into a GLASS jar. Look for water at bottom of jar.

Seems to be running well. I have the lines clean, the fuel pump is pumping, the brakes seem to have a solid feel, clutch good, but, the line out of the tank is plugged. I am running it with a tank on the ground, by the back wheel.

I have soaked this line in the tank, threaded it with wire, cable, soaked it in carb cleaner....next I will let it sit with parts cleaner, but I can not get the cable to clean goo out over that hump in the tank. Any other ideas? Thanks again for the help!

I had the same problem. I resolved it by removing the tank, injecting carburetor cleaner (the kind that comes in a gallon can for soaking) in the tube, and alternating between a coat hanger and compressed air. Finally, a plug of goo popped out of the tube into the tank.

Be patient- it may take some soaking.

I think I am in the exact same place you were, I just did the coat hanger and the air.....now I wait. I was wondering if i could rig up a vibration unit to it somehow, like a long screw driver, tapping gently on the line, hmmmm....soak, work, try again....so close!

I had good luck cleaning plugged pickup tubes in a couple of cases. I used a bicycle brake cable (inner cable only)in a cordless drill and it opened up the tube. You could also use a broken speedometer cable. It may take several attempts to clear the obstruction. I would remove the cable and clean the debris from the end and fill the pick up tube with carb cleaner and begin the process over. The cables will make the turns in the pick up tube better than the coat hanger. Good luck. Packardtaximan