John Deere AN project

[Mark 149 J.]

You know that once you paint the first piece of the tractor your going to have to paint the rest eventually!

 

[cjet69]

You know that once you paint the first piece of the tractor your going to have to paint the rest eventually!

Once again I am creating more work for myself.

 

[cjet69]

When I bought this tractor the PO had some paper work on it and one receipt was for a carb kit. I looked it over some today and found the bowl nut loose. I pulled it and it looks like a little light rust inside. I does look like it has new gaskets and float valve, but I better pull it and check it over.

 

[cjet69]

Got side tracked with our manure spreader project, but manage to boil up the clutch fork assy to get all the caked on grease off of it.

 

[KennyP]

That's a weird looking duck!

 

[cjet69]

That's a weird looking duck!

It makes more sense when its bolted on the tractor.

 

[Bill56]

One arm on the clutch is the brake for the belt pulley?... Just guessing.

 

[cjet69]

After checking out the clutch fork assy I found excessive wear on the shaft and pulley brake arm. I'm going to build up the shaft with the wire feed and turn it back to the proper size. The arm and housing will get bored and bushed back to size.

 

[Mark 149 J.]

Wow!
That's a lot of wear!

 

[cjet69]

Sprayed the epoxy primer on a few parts. Also hooked up the oil lines to the main bearing housings and set the rods on the crank. Still need to check rod and main bearing clearance which I hope to do this afternoon.

 

[cjet69]

The rod and main bearing were all within spec. Got everything torqued and ready for cotter pins.

 

[cjet69]

Sprayed green on the first reduction cover this morning.

 

[KennyP]

The mold looks fresh!

 

[Bill56]

Looking very nice!!

 

[cjet69]

Cleaning parts has been the order of the day. Pressure washed the flywheel then Boiled the flywheel seal/spacer cover and belt pulley guard to get the caked grease and dirt off. Had to spray the cover since all of the paint came off. I installed the first reduction gear on the splined shaft so its ready for the cover and outer bearing.

 

[jabelman]

been watching this one great thread

 

[cjet69]

After all of this effort I sure hope it runs and I don't find anything else major wrong with it.

 

[cjet69]

Installed the left main seal cover so its ready for the flywheel. Started cleaning up some of the clutch parts that the PO left out in the rain and got a little rusty.

 

[cjet69]

More cleaning on the clutch parts and painted some bolts. I looked in the distributor and was surprised to see new points and condenser.

 

[Bill56]

Looking good!