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- Birthday 09/29/1956
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Mechanical repair, Schwinn's, Farmall's, welding, , restoration, Timber tools, cultivation, Tractor shows,
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drive the good tire up on a plank and that will free up the flat tire. puts some pictures in here of your C, I'd walk a mile to look at a Farmall just to see any mechanical changes 😁. This year I put new tubs and tires on my SM and I already have a flat !!&&%%$$ and I know it's a tub failure that's the kind'a stuff that's on the market today!
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WOW! I want to try that, sign me up put me on the list!&$. I have a 1940 H, the rear tires are coming off tires were loaded with chloride a salt mix which leaked into the rim and it seemed to always rust out the valve stem. I've tried the plank method where you put the plank by the bead and backed my SM on plank the tire falls away! but not these tires I left the tractor on overnight no way!
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If you stack 10 old wore out car tire side by side and shoot threw them you will get the same results. 🤠😁 normal conversation 60 decibels chain saw 100 decibels gun shot 150 decibels
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I've been welding most of my life, 50 years now My middle name is Weld! 😁 Your description with no pictures leaves us guessing? cast iron or cast steel? cast iron is soft but brittle will not bend, cast steel is tough bendable flexible. Cast iron requires a soft set welding rod so when it solidifies it won't pull away from the cast being welded, making shot little welds long arcing and peening for stress relieving keeping heat buildup to a minamuine. cast steel requires high tencil rod with 100% penetration, stringer passes and stress relieving good ole 7018.
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Suggestions: LEUPOLD vx freedom 3x9x40 hunt plex 181307. Lifetime guarantee, you are looking through class not plastic. I could type a ten-page report but I'm not a typist just experience here. Go to their website and study up. 😎 https://www.leupold.com/
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OK, with the rear tires of the floor I was able to roll and feel what's going on? The right side was free & smooth Forward & backward ok, left side rough locking up forward!? backward smooth nothing? it's all coming from the brakes & differential I looked for a broken bearing nothing? I decided to take off the brake cover to see the inner bearing and when that cover come off everything went smooth!!?? All the lights come on in the shop! The radio started playing The William Tell Overture! I got handed the keys to a 2026 Chevy Corvett WOW! I found the rough spot!😁true story 🤩😁 The problem was in the brake band set to close, there is a bolt at the bottom of the cover that holds the band up from dragging it was messing? I can see now brake adjustments should be made with tires off the ground. With the cover off i found the bull wheel keeper bolts loose, retorqued them checked all bearing ok, all the gears good no chips!? so now I'm cleaning all the oil galleries with rags no air using a magnet in the pockets for fine metal chips, getting ready to put back together.
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Working on it? there is a lot of things to get out of the way to pull the cover plate!? Right now, the tractor is just sitting on the shop floor on the tires, not sure which direction to go? I have a rolling over head hoist, and the cover is coming off! I'm not seeing any obvious thing? all the gear teeth look good, bearings look good? next I'll jack the rear tires off the floor and roll everything. Taking a coffee break.
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Bought two Farmall H's a few years ago and the daughter and I drove them home 15 miles good run. The one H was fully dressed with cultivators the other had a loader with a scoop bucket, that I used to move firewood, then I noticed a rough spot in the trans, final drive not sure pulled the band brake covers they were in good shape for a 1940!? I'm not working this tractor hard and the trans got rougher gear clashing!? Reverse worked, ok? So, I pulled the loader and backed it in the shop to pull the cover plate off and that's a big job? I'm wondering how far I Gotti go in or what might be the cause?
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WOW! 1,000 pound each wheel weights! it would take a Superman to load them!! 😁 probity from a fork truck application?
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Chester5732: That's what I wanted to hear from experience, I just went through and measured my engine tappets cold setting in the shop, on the line of adjustment all were each cylinder tight & loose with .017 feeler gauge. So, when I run the engine, I will measure and adjust and the next day cold measure them to see where there at and record. I guess what I've been trying to avoid is a pre adjustment so once I seal the cover I don't go back in for a while. thanks for the info
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Yes, hot up and running measurements and adjustments made. The engine was not rebuilt the tappets were not making noise, but the cover is leaking from the old cork gasket, I don't use a gasket up there, I put on a 3/8 bead of sealer and drop the cover on lightly let set the next day finish tighting. I just bought the big tube of red sealer $32.00 WOW I also do the oil pans the same way. I've ran into some snags the temp & oil gauge are lost in the mail!? looks like the engine will get a run & adj. and seal cover. thanks people
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The book say's adjust when hot .017 I don't have that opportunity my super is getting new parts Radiator, temp gauge, oil gauge, rebuilt water pump, rebuilt gen. new bearing and bushing from the wheels to the top of the steering gear! WOW!!&&$$ So, I would like to adjust the valves, all I have is summer temp. 70-80 degree's so what is good?
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Danny's the man here! good job
