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F-20 restoration

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Kerry Florence

11-30-2002 11:22:11




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I just purchased the F-20 I used on our farm 40 years ago.It feels great having it "home" It's been sitting 25 years, bucket of rust with cultivators on but I want to get her running again. All I have is just the desire and plenty of patience. WHERE DO I START?? Don't say get a bottle of Jack Daniels or a valium prescription. Do I spray bolts with penetrants. I just need to know the FIRST thing. Thank you all profusely!!

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Gene Davis

11-30-2002 20:12:22




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 Re: F-20 restoration in reply to Kerry Florence, 11-30-2002 11:22:11  
Hi there; I don't drink, so I can't reccomend the Jack Daniels, to you, although it will take a lot of coffee, or Pepsi-Colas,maybe even some Cokes. A must for this kind of hobby work is to get a set of manuals for it, and search all the archives of this site and particulary the Farmall board, they are many knowledgeable people there and on these forums just eagerly awaiting to help you. First you should take a long detailed look at the machinery and see how far you plan to go,ie; if you want to just have a runner, or go all the way for a show/exhibition piece. Then make some before you start pictures so you can say what it looked like when you started on it. Also some times you need to see how it was arranged in what order. Second you need to find you a good place to work on it,(you will be there awhile). It really helps if you can do the majority of cleaning and grease/grime removal before you start trying to put penetraring oil and that sort of thing on the nuts and bolts, you will discover a lot of fasteners that you couldn't see under the dirt and 50 yrs of caked grease,pressure washer is a big help here too. It is a big help if your work area is large enough that you can take it apart and store each group of parts in a box or container marked with the name ofthat assembly, or kind of parts and putall the bolts,nuts and fasteners in zip-loc bags,if nothing other than to get the correct replacement sizes.This much advice will take you deep into the hobby. Gene Davis

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Kerry Florence

12-05-2002 05:56:24




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 Re: Re: F-20 restoration in reply to Gene Davis, 11-30-2002 20:12:22  
Thank you Gene for the sage advice. I'm going for a "runner"



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Dennis Benson

12-06-2002 12:35:33




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 Re: Re: Re: F-20 restoration in reply to Kerry Florence, 12-05-2002 05:56:24  
That was an excellent suggestion. Cleaning grease, the penetrating oil and a brass hammer to loosen stubborn bolts is a good place to start.

Also, I heard the coke works as a penetrating oil, although I never tried it, and I would worry about the sugar crystalizing. Actually I heard about it from my grandfather back in the 1950's. He had the Goodyear truck come out to repair a tire on his truck, and he, I and my grandmother took up seats from the antiques and junk they sold a little distance off while my grandfather offered suggestions. One of the bolts was harder to get off so my grandfather offered a bottle of coke to pour on the threads, the mechanic laughed, but sceptically took up the offer. It worked, and I got to drink the rest of the coke.

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