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Old 01-11-2022, 05:55 PM
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Finally some parts starting to trickle in on this project. After pondering
pulling the brake apart for an O ring. I did what I always knew I would do
and took the brake apart today and replaced that ring. It was a bit of struggle
but once I got the
O ring moving a bit the whole works came right out.

Wrapped a bunch of rubber bands around a slightly undersized Allen wrench.
Stuffed it in the brake puck and wrangled it around till the seal on the O ring
broke.

Put the butt end of my awesome magnetic flashlight in the hole and just kept messing with it and eventually it slid out. Made me happy.

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Got the seals and carrier gaskets in the mail today for the rear end. Next
up get that all sealed up.

Ken
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Old 01-12-2022, 08:56 AM
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Your experience and pictures will certainly be appreciated by anyone contemplating the same project. Thanks for sharing them with us.
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Old 01-24-2022, 10:11 AM
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Haven't updated this in awhile. Not because it isn't moving along. Just
figured cleaning all the little parts isn't to exciting to the general population.
I on the other hand find it interesting.
Got some numbers from the machine shop and will do the bore .030 over
to deal with the nasty gouge that started this project. Crank and valves
are in real good shape. Just a good polish and should be good there.
Parts are in the mail for the internal engine stuff. Got a nice bunch of
parts from Parts by Jeff in the mail last week. What a pleasure doing business
with him.
After being enlightened about coils from a different thread lately I did
some checking into the one for this 125. Primary read 3.8 ohms and the
secondary 8000. Do these coils gradually become less effective and effect
the way it runs or is it either they work or they don't kind of deal?
Hope you all are wintering well and working on your tractors.

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Old 01-26-2022, 07:08 AM
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Due to the extreme conditional differences between bench testing a coil and what it endures under actual operating conditions (i.e. heat, cold, dampness, vibration, etc.),
I don't know that there is any way for a person to analyze a coil's efficiency nor predict it's demise.

I'd equate it to the human body, it's as good as it's gonna be on the day you were born and it's all downhill after that.
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Old 02-04-2022, 10:43 AM
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Finally got around to putting gaskets and seals in the rear end of this
tractor yesterday.
Still waiting on the engine to get done at the machine shop. Fingers
crossed for next week to get it back.
Found a fella who will weld up the trunion for me and then the
rear end will be ready to go back in the frame.
Filling in the wait time by continuing to clean up parts and shine
up and replace a few terminal ends on the electrical.

QUESTION: Is there a reason a guy would have to paint the engine
after the machine work? At this point in life I am not worried about
shiny or anything. My joy comes from working machines after I fix em
up.

Ken

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Old 02-04-2022, 02:40 PM
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If Ya don't mind rust........well......

The block will be...er should be, bare cast iron when you get it back from the shop...
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Old 02-14-2022, 08:30 AM
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Good Morning All. Finally got around to getting the trunion welded
up yesterday at a neighbors a mile or so down the road. I had noticed
while cleaning up the frame that where the fork on the mower deck
rides on the rock shaft. It had worn a pretty good size groove in the
shaft. Figured while we were at it. might well fix that to. Loaded up the
frame and hauled it down the road as well. It filled in real nice. I know myself
well enough to know that while bouncing around mowing on this place
I would have been thinking about that worn rock shaft. Not anymore, yeah.
Will putz around this week putting the rear end back in this project. And
maybe someday will have an engine back here and tackle that next. Slowly
but slowly were getting there.

Ken

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Old 03-14-2022, 01:05 PM
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Believe it or not this project is still going on. It has just been in stall
mode waiting on an engine to be finished up at the machine shop.
Finally got it back so I can start putting it back together this week.
Quite an ordeal it seems. Makes a guy wonder how times he wants
to go this deep in another tractor.

I still am a bit puzzled on painting this engine when I am done with
assembly. I have read a ton of stuff on the archives here and my plan
is to just rattle can this and move on. Money and weather and all kinds
of things play into that decision.

I found cans of Federal Yellow Case Iron Guard at the Case dealer in
town. They told me that it would not hold up to the engine heat however.
I kind of had in my mind from reading that it would.
Anyone out there have some first hand experience to steer me one way
or the other? Hope you all are well. Thanks

Ken
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Old 03-14-2022, 01:56 PM
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The paint will hold up just fine on the 80% of the block that don't get all that hot like the fins on the head and on the upper part of the block proper, but I really would not paint the head, just let what paint you might get on the fins of the block go ahead and burn off, no big deal.

I would not have accepted that welding job. From here, it does not look square, as in wider on the left side than on the right side, but then again it may just be the angle of the picture, You should have just got the little laser square cut corner section from CCS and had that welded on, would have been a much better job and would have looked nicer also.
Oh, and don't paint the fins on the hydro.

Is your machine shop going to re-assemble the engine or are you?
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Old 03-15-2022, 11:00 AM
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Thanks for the help on the paint. I am doing the assembly.

Ken
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