1947 Farmall Cub

alleyyooper said:
How is the clutch, is it releaseing properly? Some times a tractor sets for a long time and the clutch doesn't seem to release right.
I've always used some thing to hold the clutch pedal down for a fed days so they don't go to sticking.

:D Al
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I think you right but the more I use it the more it gets better.
 
After talking to a few people on the farmall group I found that my disc is missing the bars and that why it won't lift high enough.

What mine looks like
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What it should looks like

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My hydraulics is making a awful soon I check the fluid and bleed the system but still a high pitch noise. Maybe it has to do with the fluid leaks I don't know I hope it ain't the pump going out.
 
I noticed all the gaskets come in a kit I wonder if it would be better to rebuild the pump
 
I decided to get together all the parts and go thru the whole tractor I need it to be reliable because it will be my main tractor for my garden and pulling broke down mowers around.
 
bbuckler said:
I think I got issues with the clutch I grinds going into gear sometimes
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I don't know that you can do anything about that. My '48 does also - can shift between gears but going from neutral the transmission guts are spinning and grind.

Supposedly replacement pilot bearings in the crankshafts tend to shrink under size, then drive the transmission shaft along even with the clutch depressed. The answer is to ream it to proper size after installation.

Still, I wonder. That's a long input shaft and unless everything is perfectly straight and aligned it's going to drag a bit. Plus any residual drag in the clutch. It doesn't take a lot of torque to keep the input gears moving once spinning in neutral.
 
That makes be feel a little better I guess I just need to fix the hydraulic leak and check the float level to see if it level since it wet around the gaskets and runs a little rich.
 
For a 12v conversion if I got a mag and no coil is the generator and the voltage regulator the only thing I need to change ?
 
bbuckler said:
For a 12v conversion if I got a mag and no coil is the generator and the voltage regulator the only thing I need to change ?
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There is a coil, it's in the squarish box on top of the magneto with the high tension lead going to the center terminal on the distributor cap. The coil is powered by the magneto, not the tractor electrical system. So whether 6V or 12V doesn't impact the ignition system. In fact, in 1947 the electric starting and charging system was an option. If you had a thin wallet you could buy the tractor without and hand crank it.

The stock On/Off button shuts down the engine by shorting the magneto to ground. I do not know if you'll need an on/off switch for the alternator to keep it from discharging the battery when the tractor isn't running. My guess is a 1 wire alternator wouldn't require a switch.
 
MiCarl said:
There is a coil, it's in the squarish box on top of the magneto with the high tension lead going to the center terminal on the distributor cap. The coil is powered by the magneto, not the tractor electrical system. So whether 6V or 12V doesn't impact the ignition system. In fact, in 1947 the electric starting and charging system was an option. If you had a thin wallet you could buy the tractor without and hand crank it.

The stock On/Off button shuts down the engine by shorting the magneto to ground. I do not know if you'll need an on/off switch for the alternator to keep it from discharging the battery when the tractor isn't running. My guess is a 1 wire alternator wouldn't require a switch.
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I did see in one video they put a shutoff on the battery
 
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