Tractor Fluids and Outhouse Beginnings

We made it out to Pelham on Memorial Day to complete some odds and ends jobs and see what else we could learn about the MFer 240.  We finished the truss supports on the right side gate panel and then hand raked/graded some areas of the gravel driveway before the anticipated rain showers on Tuesday, May 26.  On our travel up we picked up some engine and hydraulic oil for topping up the fluids.  The engine oil level was pretty low as was the hydraulic fluid.  So much for the seller saying it had "gone through his shop".  The manual suggested that the hydraulic fluid level should be kept at the maximum level if operating the machine on slopes.  We probably need quite a bit more (full capacity is about 35 liters).  Anyway this exercise furthered our knowledge about where everything is.  Unfortunately the 3-pt hitch didn't work on this visit either.  Nothing! Again the starter switch failed to trip the solenoid so we had to run the screwdriver over the terminals again to start the engine. This worked a couple of times until I think we finally fried the solenoid on about the third try when I saw an arc to the rusty lower bolt of the solenoid.  So the tractor again parked where it wanted to.   After the tractor shenanigans we move the floor of the outhouse to its location where we spent some time leveling the concrete piers it will sit on.  Next steps are to mill some of the pine timbers we cut in the winter for the posts and beams.