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ViperDave

11-16-2007 07:09:49

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I posted this in 'tractor talk' and someone suggested I put it in the IH forumn.

I have posted pics of the 1926 coming home. Where now do I start???

I confirmed with my uncles that the motor had been rebuilt and never started, parked in the woods for 50+ years.

I pulled the head off of the tractor. The pushrods came out ok, some of the values move very easy, the other are sluggish. A couple of the values still have a grease pen marking on the bottom with the # of the position of the value during the rebuild!. The pistions are pretty rusted. The crank looks almost new with a little bit of surface rust.

The transmission shifts but the clutch seems froze. I have heard of a local engine builder, have a media blaster and a paint/body guy lined up. Do i pull the motor and give to the motor guy or take the whole tractor? What is the order for attacking this project? I need to go get the 1927 and see which one I should rebuild first.

I need one of the tractors ready for a show on Labor Day of 2009. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dave

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ViperDave

11-18-2007 16:33:26

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Re: 1926McCormick-Deering 10-20 in reply to ViperDave, 11-16-2007 07:09:49

Thanks for the info, any is better than none. I have the 1927 as well that is more intact than the 26 but 1 wheel is rusted and it is a rubber tire model.

Cowman - I grew up in South Sioux City, NE and went to UNL. These tractors came from Charles City, IA.

Any idea on the best resource (besides this site) to learn all of the parts needed??

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LenNH

11-17-2007 10:24:22

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Re: 1926McCormick-Deering 10-20 in reply to ViperDave, 11-16-2007 07:09:49

A thought and a coupla questions. The ball-bearing mains might be pitted, but then again there might have been enough residual oil to coat them and keep them clean. If they are pitted, they might be noisy. Anybody have any experience with this?
Remarks:
The earliest 10-20s had open rods and cranks all the way from the top of the governor to the carburetor. This tractor has the enclosed governor rods. I don't know exactly when the change was made, but I had the IMPRESSION that the open style was still used in the '26 models. An uncle had a '26 that was like that. Still, IHC often made changes at certain serial numbers that had nothing to do with "model-year changes," as the car people say these days.
The exhaust pipe coming out under the gas tank is identical to the one on my fathers' 1929 10-20. This is one of several configurations of exhausts on these tractors. This style had a small muffler under the hood, which is obviously missing here. Some models had exhausts coming out THROUGH the hood. Can't speak with any authority on this; I have seen some tractors with TWO exhaust pipes in the hood. Never knew why two.
Wish I had more info for you, but I thought the questions might be useful if it came to getting parts that were right for the year.

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Bob Kerr

11-16-2007 21:13:30

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Re: 1926McCormick-Deering 10-20 in reply to ViperDave, 11-16-2007 07:09:49

Instead of pulling the engine I would just take the pistons out and clean them up and if the sleeves are surface rusted just give them a very quick clean up hone. If it wasn"t started after rebuild I would look at the cam also to clean surface rust off it. I would change the oil right after getting it going like about 10 min or so, in case there is any crud that gets cleaned up from moving again. The one I rebuilt was in simillar but worse shape than yours. I think the barn it was parked in fell on it as the steering post was cracked and pushed down and the steering wheel broke up and it sat outside for 30 some years with the hood off. I Had mine rebuilt from the clutch forward and plowing in a month and a half! You will shurly enjoy the day when the old gal runs and first moves under its own power again!

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El Toro

11-16-2007 09:46:18

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Re: 1926McCormick-Deering 10-20 in reply to ViperDave, 11-16-2007 07:09:49

If you need new fenders you can contact Bob Lefever at 717-548-4131. Hal

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Nebraska Cowman

11-16-2007 09:31:24

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Re: 1926McCormick-Deering 10-20 in reply to ViperDave, 11-16-2007 07:09:49

Yeah, if you are going to have the motor rebuilt I'd take it to him. That will let you tinker with the rest of the tractor on your own. Also will be a good time to see what you need to fix the clutch. The 26 will have a multiple disk clutch. They can get kinda messy if the mice have dwelt there. Let me know what you need.

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