MF 1450
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Yeah, I have a hard enough time understanding english any more---LOL! And it seems everyone talks so damm fast nowadays! I can't keep up!
10-30 it is! I had pretty much gone completely to that too but was still using the 30wt in the summer. Probably won't switch back and forth any more.
A K341 looks just like a K321! You may have missed it a ways back in this thread, Rad, but I bought an oil pan on a ebay store, so don't worry yourself looking! I appreciate your effort! Thanks for thinking of this poor old tractor---LOL!
DAC
Talking fast ? I hate it when a check out chatters like physic woodpecker. I just stand there and look at them. Sooner or later they will ask whats wrong. I tell them when the slow down their talk so a human can understand we will move on, till then I am not moving.
Not to hijack the thread your making some good progress on getting that poor old thing running again.
Not to hijack the thread your making some good progress on getting that poor old thing running again.
That fast talk just all blurrs together and becomes a noise to me, Roger! My wife translates a lot of it for me but she ain't always there. That's when it becomes "look" as you are speaking of----LOL! Sometimes I just reply ok or nod my head.
DAC
Got a little more done today. The new cables came in yesterday and I was able to make the choke and the throttle cable out of one. Looks like I have an extra 8" cable.
Drilled a hole in the aluminum dash panel for the new choke cable position.
I cut them off a bit long so they will need a little more cutting when the final hookup is made. Also re-routed the starter cable to a position where nothing is rubbing on it. The plate on the steering box was hitting it. That could have been bad.
Was going to take the engine tins to work and use the bead blaster to clean them up, but some moron keeps yanking the gloves out of the cabinet. It's a pia to put them back in because the moron parts man bought the wrong ones. Tired of being the only one that will install them again so your arm isn't getting the skin blasted off it! The parts moron won't get the right ones either! My rant for the day. I'll use wire wheels in a drill and sandpaper to get the tins ready for paint. Hopefully I can do that tomorrow, but that depends on if snow removal is going to be a time consumer.
DAC
Drilled a hole in the aluminum dash panel for the new choke cable position.
I cut them off a bit long so they will need a little more cutting when the final hookup is made. Also re-routed the starter cable to a position where nothing is rubbing on it. The plate on the steering box was hitting it. That could have been bad.
Was going to take the engine tins to work and use the bead blaster to clean them up, but some moron keeps yanking the gloves out of the cabinet. It's a pia to put them back in because the moron parts man bought the wrong ones. Tired of being the only one that will install them again so your arm isn't getting the skin blasted off it! The parts moron won't get the right ones either! My rant for the day. I'll use wire wheels in a drill and sandpaper to get the tins ready for paint. Hopefully I can do that tomorrow, but that depends on if snow removal is going to be a time consumer.
DAC
I'm only painting areas where I need to be able to see leaks and make it cleaner to reach into areas for service, Noel. I am so far behind on other things that need done, outwardly this thing will still look like a scrapyard candidate.
I did put oil in the engine today also. Hope there's no big puddles tomorrow when I get to the shop!
DAC
No oil leaks just sitting. Got a few pieces painted after plowing snow and doing my laundry. Also had to go to the store and get distilled water for my wife's cpap so she can use it when she gets home from work around 11 pm. Filled the '06 Denali with gas---ouch!
DAC
DAC
I filled my 05 Denali last monday and it got me for $73. Made a trip to Dayton so haven't refilled it.
Was 81 bucks for me, and it still had a quarter tank. Today it went up another 30 cents a gallon from yesterday!!!!! Right at 4 bucks a gallon.
Sanded on the engine tins is all I got accomplished today.
DAC
One thing leads to another. Quite a while back, Daniel sent me this cover for the spool valves. Very hard to find item, I'm sure!
Problem was I couldn't use it because the center lift lever was not original, and I would have had to hack the slot bigger to make it work.
Kenny came to the rescue and is sending the correct lever setup! Tonight I went ahead and removed the knobs, and the incorrect lever and plopped the cover on. STILL WON"T FIT DANG IT! There is an added on bracket to hold on the cover to the center lift piston shaft spring assembly. That cover is broken and this bracket holds it on!
Does anyone know if that cover is aluminum or pot metal? I may stand a chance of welding it if it is aluminum. Might have to try JB Weld? That will be touchy since it's at a flange that has screws holding it to the valve body.
If you guys recall, near the beginning of this long, drawn out thread, I mentioned that I think this tractor fell out of a pickup or off a trailer at one time. More evidence of that kind of damage right here. The fender is bent down too but that won't be a problem to bend back up.
Any ideas out there? I would think that cover is harder to find than the plastic parts for this tractor.
DAC
Problem was I couldn't use it because the center lift lever was not original, and I would have had to hack the slot bigger to make it work.
Kenny came to the rescue and is sending the correct lever setup! Tonight I went ahead and removed the knobs, and the incorrect lever and plopped the cover on. STILL WON"T FIT DANG IT! There is an added on bracket to hold on the cover to the center lift piston shaft spring assembly. That cover is broken and this bracket holds it on!
Does anyone know if that cover is aluminum or pot metal? I may stand a chance of welding it if it is aluminum. Might have to try JB Weld? That will be touchy since it's at a flange that has screws holding it to the valve body.
If you guys recall, near the beginning of this long, drawn out thread, I mentioned that I think this tractor fell out of a pickup or off a trailer at one time. More evidence of that kind of damage right here. The fender is bent down too but that won't be a problem to bend back up.
Any ideas out there? I would think that cover is harder to find than the plastic parts for this tractor.
DAC
That's the detent cap for the float spool, right? I'd probably use epoxy to put it back together, myself....
Yes, Sarge, for the float spool. The center lift has the float, and the 3 point does not. The float is built into the 3 point mechanically. I looked inside it and it looks like the end of the spool rod is hitting the inside of the cap. Will do some more checking tomorrow night.
DAC
Wow! Wondering if that is the correct spring in there or if the bolt holding it has backed off some causing it to be too long. Here's a parts breakdown for that valve:
You might try contacting through this ad:
www.gardentractortalk.com
You might try contacting through this ad:
For Sale" Massey Ferguson 1450 garden tractor parts
Check this out. I did a search for a Snapper 1650 and found this:
The bolt holes on one of the caps one of my 1655's is broke too. Take a piece of galvanized pipe hanger strap. Trim it to fit in one hole bend around the cap and to the other bolt hole. It's just a dust cap.
Actually Daniel, now that I think about it, it was a set that SupplySergeant generously sent me that had it on. Like you did for the gas tank, I just paid the shipping. (I only mention this part to re-iterate the fact of the generosity of the member here.)
