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Old 03-11-2021, 07:47 PM
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Well, ya had to go and bring this thread back from the dead before I could!!!

With a sudden change toward warm weather (hit 70 today ) I'm finally getting back to reassembling her.

Tonight, however, the task was putting a tube into the left rear tire. I've got no fancy tools for tires, but this went really smooth and quick. The inside of the rim was really clean, no rust, and the bead popped off with little issue. Tube in, and she's finally got 4 completely solid tires!
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Old 03-11-2021, 08:07 PM
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Well, ya had to go and bring this thread back from the dead before I could!!!

With a sudden change toward warm weather (hit 70 today ) I'm finally getting back to reassembling her.

Tonight, however, the task was putting a tube into the left rear tire. I've got no fancy tools for tires, but this went really smooth and quick. The inside of the rim was really clean, no rust, and the bead popped off with little issue. Tube in, and she's finally got 4 completely solid tires!



That's a good accomplishment. You're lucky with no internal rust! 72 here today too! Beautiful
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Old 03-11-2021, 09:41 PM
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That's a good accomplishment. You're lucky with no internal rust! 72 here today too! Beautiful
Oh yes, really really lucky. I just cannot stress it enough, this machine sat outside in the weeds completely exposed to the elements for 30 years (minus the engine, fenders and seat, thankfully). Those back tires remained in amazingly good shape despite being so exposed.

I will never forget the day I pulled it from the weeds. Somewhere I've got pictures, I'll have to dig around and see if I can find them. The tractor frame itself sat tipped up on its grill casting, which was coated completely in mud. The bad hydro trans sat a few feet away, tires sunk about 6" into the dirt. Took it home and tucked it inside a little shed. Late that night I went out with some paper towels and a cup of water and cleaned off the grill casting, in the headlight panel area I slowly cleared off all the dried on mud. Beneath all that was the original textured decal, with the IH symbol still intact. It spent the next 2 years in that little shed while I worked on it.

The final push came with the purchase of a replacement hydro early 2020. With so much extra time to spend at home I got a lot of work done. I got everything back together, and encountered issues with the starter generator. Replaced the armature and was good to go. Finally, after 30 years of sitting and 3 years of repair, she fired up for the first time on August 9th 2020, in the middle of the driveway, with no fenders on it yet. What a sound, what a sight, what a feeling! My tractor was finally fixed! I had successfully saved it from scrap, and managed to turn it into a fully functional machine. I will never forget that day either.

Then, that Saturday after, I took it for a little drive, to show it to the man I bought it from, one of my neighbors. You will not believe the look on his face and the way he jumped right up out of his chair and walked over when I pulled up. He had bought it for parts because of the bad hydro, never thought he'd see it running and driving. To this day he's the only person I have let touch the machine since its completion.

Sorry for this endless wall of text, it just feels nice to reflect on everything I have done for this machine and how cool it is to see it functional again
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Old 03-12-2021, 10:31 PM
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Little bit of progress tonight, finally fixed my starter/generator problem. When I built it, I used parts from 2 different starters. The one it came with and another from a non-cub Briggs engine. I ended up using the armature from the Briggs one, as well as the end caps. But for whatever reason, the pulley side end cap has a different position for the adjustment bolt hole, that I did not realize originally. It prevented me from tightening the belt properly. So, I finally swapped it out for the original cap, and no more tension adjustment issues

However, I've also discovered something unfortunate. Upon pulling the dipstick there's clear evidence of a small amount of water in the oil. It's most likely condensation build up, as I haven't ran the machine in 2 months now. Have to change the oil over to some regular 30wt for the warm weather anyway so not too big a deal.

But this is the only machine I've had to deal with condensation inside the crankcase on. Anyone have any ideas why this might be and how I can stop it?
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Old 03-19-2021, 08:14 AM
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Well, back to work again last night. Did exactly what I said I would, pulled the steering box for a quick rebuild while it's easy to do and before it breaks. With no tower on the tractor it really came right off without issue:

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Interesting little bit, the name Ross cast right into the aluminum. I thought that was cool
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Mostly disassembled and cleaned
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Completely clean
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All back together, packed with new grease
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Overall, this went really quite smooth. Everything inside this was still in really good shape, very little wear on anything. But if you reference the story of the tractor, this makes perfect sense. Most gearbox rebuilds you see are being done to boxes that have been in continuous use for 45-60 years. My gearbox here, however, only saw maybe 15-20 years of use before the hydro blew up. Which made this rebuild really simple
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'71 106 with 38" deck
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1863 with 54" deck
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Thanks for the updates and explanations of things. I love reading and
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It's coming right along. Keep us posted...
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Old 03-19-2021, 11:19 PM
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Thanks guys, tonight I made a good bit of progress.

I worked on the last thing that needed to be done before reassembling, which was fixing my hydro control shaft. With some penetrating oil and a LOT of persuasion, I managed to loosen the friction adjustment bolt and get the friction set much more loose. I then reattached the hydro control shaft, and complete steering box, back to the tractor.

Then comes the biggest step forward, as of now she officially has a dash tower again. Nothing is tightened down yet but it's there. No dash cowl or tin yet, just the tower itself. But either way, progress is progress!

Next step is to get the wiring secured and bolt the tower down good. Then I can finish the dash itself. After that? I move to the front of the machine.
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'71 106 with 38" deck
'70 147R with factory replacement k321, 42" deck
'61 Original with 38" timed deck
'63 70 "pinkie"
1863 with 54" deck
'46 Farmall H, '50 Farmall Cub

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Simple pleasures.
Something special about bringing something abandon and broken, back to life.
If I have to explain it, one would not understand.
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You're 100% right about the pleasure of taking something discarded and broken/unloved, and getting it back to working again.

It's a pleasure the generations of "I'll just replace it rather than fixing it" folks will never know.
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