Workin' on the Old Tractors

[BMaverick]

Project rich but money and storage poor. And now dad left behind his 23 and 26 T-buckets and IIRC a 30 ford coupe. Then there is the Corvair convertible in the shop.

I know the feeling all too well. And my DW says, don't take on any more projects. I could of had another 2 more tractors and 3 more vehicles! Of course the machines need some TLC too. See calls them money pits. And as the economy is bad and money is tight everywhere, projects are not on the radar unless your supplies are free.

DS used 3 free wooden pallets to make a platform for his washer and dryer this past week as a recent example.

If have a bad feeling most of the USA will turn into the EU with little owned by the people.

 

[cjet69]

Fired up the International 284 today and found it has a stuck clutch. I had moved it in March without any problem. its never been stuck before. I warmed it up good to get some heat to the flywheel/clutch and used a block to hold the pedal down.I'll try again tomorrow and see if I can break it loose.

 

[cjet69]

My brother gave me a hand with the IH 284 this evening. He pulled me out onto the road with the New Holland workmaster 55 for better traction and gave the 284 a yank. Broke the clutch free so we are good to go now. I'm going to block the clutch pedal down when its going to sit any length of time from now on.

 

[MFDAC]

Glad it was a pretty simple fix, CJet! Sounds like a good idea to keep the clutch open when not in use.

DAC

 

[cjet69]

Put the 284 to work pulling the roller today and I plan on using it with the finish mower this coming week to mow some wetter ground where the pasture fencing will go. With the roller on the 284 I ran the finish mower on the New Holland tractor today after greasing it up.

 

[MFDAC]

Put the 284 to work pulling the roller today and I plan on using it with the finish mower this coming week to mow some wetter ground where the pasture fencing will go. With the roller on the 284 I ran the finish mower on the New Holland tractor today after greasing it up.

Did you shoot any bird nests out of that exhaust when you fired it up, CJet? Looks like that a place they like to "go"---LOL! We had an Ag Chem at my former job for a few years with a bigger but similar stack. It wasn't being used any more but we had to start and drive it once a month until management decided what to do with it. Never failed a bird nest would shoot out of the stack!

DAC

 

[cjet69]

Did you shoot any bird nests out of that exhaust when you fired it up, CJet? Looks like that a place they like to "go"---LOL! We had an Ag Chem at my former job for a few years with a bigger but similar stack. It wasn't being used any more but we had to start and drive it once a month until management decided what to do with it. Never failed a bird nest would shoot out of the stack!

DAC

No birds were harmed in the starting of this tractor. Yep, they just like to roost and dump their load on this and all of the rest of the tractors.

 

[cjet69]

Since I had to move my 1946 John Deere A to give access to the guy to inspect the propane tank, I figured I should see if it still turns over. I couldn't move it just pulling on the flywheel but with 2 bolts and a short bar it rolled over. Probably had a little condensation that lightly stuck a piston. Pulled the plugs and shot a bunch of Kroil, WD40, and ATF/Acetone mix into the cylinders. Rolled it over a bunch of times until it moved easy again. Finding this one lightly stuck I moved on to the 1952 A. It was a little stiff also but did roll over. Shot the same stuff into the cylinders as the other A and worked it in good. Moved a few of the other tractors in the driveway just to make it easier to get through with some of the equipment.