Jacques
Lacasse 

My
name is Jacques Lacasse. I am 54 years old, married, have three
children and
French speaking. I am
training officer at Telus Quebec in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.
I
had some hobbies in the past : Electronic, Photography, Woodwork,
Music, Computer and now garden tractors and this Web site. I always
like to work on small mechanics, but first, I love tractors. I
bought my first garden tractor in July 1997, a
Bolens Husky 1220 (1969),
and so realized an old dream.
Today,
I have four Bolens garden tractors ; three complete Tube Frame : a 1220,
a 1000 and a 1456 (H14), a 900 for pieces and a Large Frame 1250.
The
1220 has a Tecumseh 12 HP industrial engine (original engine) and a
six speeds gear transmission (three speed with High/Low gear). Except
the piston ring and head gasket, the only major repair I did first
was the electrical system. I renewed all wiring, rewound the alternator
and build a regulator; both was burned. I also painted it.
In
the Summer 2000, I replaced the engine with a 13 HP Honda GX-390 mostly
because parts for the Tecumseh became hard to find and expensive.
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The
second tractor is a 1965 Bolens Husky 1000. When I bought it,
( in early 1998 Summer ) I restored it using the 900 fenders and put
back his own hood. The original engine was a Wisconsin TR10-D.
The actual engine is a Wisconsin S8-D, coming from the 900 and was installed
on the 1000 when I bought it.