Added more IH equipment

[Sugarmaker]

Larry,
Thanks! This is my first try at the three point thing. I thought I would go original Brinley style. This tractor did not have it on so this is my first owner mod. I really like the Cat 0 type but not for this old 147.
Thanks to you I have learned a lot about the plow and set up. I went and reviewed your post. I ran out and measured the plow point near as I can tell its a 10 Inch.
BTW: I will start to gather PB Blaster points in the next photos, I had no idea folks were keeping score It sure did work on the plow dis-assembly.
Regards,
Chris

[ACecil]

Top notch work on the rear lift, Chris!

[LarryW]

If I made the rod going across again, I would drill the holes for the clips on the inside. Then you only need to take one clip out to remove the rod. I may redrill mine. Plus with the tiller gear box mounted I also might have to make a longer rod because the bracket for that is mounted on the outside of this lift bracket. Then the sleeve hitch adapter is mounted between them.

Pictures work better then words. lol

Edit: maybe not, hard to see in picture but you can just barely see the bracket.

[Sugarmaker]

Larry,
Good point on the holes in the cross rod being on the inside. Never thought of that.
I dont have a gear box for the tiller but will need to find one So thats why thre are dual brackets.

Allen thanks for keeping tabs on me.

I need washing soda! Can I use the arm and hammer super washing soda?
Just picked up a new bat for the wifes car. that gives me her old battery to use for the cleaning tank, Just picked up a 10 amp charger. Hope that is going to be big enough.
Regards,
Chris

[CC1650Dave]

I haven't seen anyone use a battery at all. Most guys just run the charger direct to the anodes. 10 amps is probably more than you want to run it at, if it switches down to 2 or 4, that's probably better.

Mind you, I haven't actually built one yet, but I've done a lot of reading on them...this is what I remember from what I've read.

And yeah, many use A&H super washing soda. Others use Lye. I bought Sodium Triphosphate to run mine with, if I get around to building it...

[jbrewer]

You really don't want to use a battery...

A battery wants to dump all available current into whatever the load will accept, as fast as possible. That's not what you want. A Craigslist or China (Harbor) Freight cheapie charger will do fine to supply hours of relatively steady DC at 5 amps or less . A battery won't last long enough to do the job anyway.

I've used this, and it works well for the right situations, though it takes a while.

I ordered washing soda off Ebay. Never found it locally, and I don't think baking soda will work well (otherwise it would have been spec'd since it's so much more available)

John

[LarryW]

I used a battery with a charger hooked up to mine. I didnt use anything other then well water. The baking soda and lye... are just electrolytes. If you have well water you dont need electrolytes. Or I guess any water other then distilled would work. But it would depend on how hard the water is. It probably dont conduct as well as using electrolytes though and that is how I got away with the battery.

[Sugarmaker]

The research I did some used the charger direct some used a battery too.
So here are some shots.

1. I did use a battery. running the charger at 10 amps, in about 40 gallons of water with 5 cups of super washing soda.
2.This gave me a great excuse to buy a new battery for the wife's car. Some how she saw right through that, when she saw I had the old battery hooked up.
3 It gave me another excuse to buy a new 10 amp charger. I have a older smaller one that did not have a starting (55 amp feature).
4. This project allowed me to play with wire, which I just love
5. I found Super Washing soda in Wegman's.
I called the 1-800 number and they tracked it down for me.
6. I have the frog from the Brinley plow in there right now and saw bubbles right away and junk collecting on the anodes. It was the worst, if it cleans that it will clean most parts.
I am new to this. Hope to have some results in the morning?

Regards,
Chris

[jbrewer]

Hi Chris

Should work fine! Paralleling the battery across the charger will probably not do a thing for the reaction itself, but it will keep the battery charged and the current available for the bucket . Car batteries do not like to be cycled till they're dead, and 5A would be roughly like running a sealed beam headlight 100% duty cyclc. I suspect the actual current flow depends a lot on the area of anode and cathode, and the saturation of the washing soda.

I think you'll see that the once rusty stuff comes out blackened, but that's easy to deal with (especially with paint!) and the good thing to know is that you've stopped the reaction and provided a great base for protective paint.

John
PS: If it doesn't work, you can blame it on the Ford battery :-)

[Sugarmaker]

John,
I have removed the first part from the cleaning solution. The frog of the plow was clean and rust free. Kind of a black coating was on the piece. I blew off the water and dried with compressed air. A quick once over with a wire brush then primed it. Lots of pits, which was expected, but looked like all of the rust was gone. I hooked up another piece and also suspended some bolts and nuts. So far seems to be working. I scraped off the anodes with a flat piece of wood. They had a lot of junk on them already.
Regards,
Chris