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Help! Fell in love with a Super A
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Posted by Peter Llanso on May 10, 2004 at 18:50:13 from (204.97.243.79):
I have 22 acres with a lot to mow. Saw a freshly-painted Super A for sale by the side of the road, fell in love, (and here's the irrational-lover's part) bought it without aught but hearing the motor run. Also, this is the first tractor I've ever sat upon, let alone owned, so I'm a rank knee-O-phyte. The serial number is 269499, and I'm guessing it's a '49? (Happy coincidence: I'M a '49!) A dozen specific rube questions:
1) The tranny is noisy, though the tractor moves OK. Is some noise acceptable?
2) I have no use for the hydraulic lift (yet) but have run the levers back and forth a couple of times. Of course, it leaks onto the clutch housing. Seals, I assume?
3) How long should it be, after the clutch is pushed in, until the gears stop, so they can be engaged? (obviously no synchro here!) Is "patience" my word-of-the-day?
4) It came with a PTO unit, which I need to use for the pull-behind mower. When engaged, the unused pulley shaft leaks a LOT. A real lot. I guess a seal is in order, here?
5) The PTO leaks oil there, but when I look in the filler hole, I see thick grease. What's up? Do the PTO and the tranny share the same oil, and why then, the grease?
6) The guy spray-painted everything, including over the zerk fittings. No question here, just a *sigh*.
7) The owner's manual says to use soft water and 2 lbs. of "washing soda"??? What's up with that? Can I use modern antifreeze-type coolant?
8) Is gear-oil just gear-oil in any language? The manual says to use 90-wt. Supply houses have such like 80-90, or 70-140. Suggestions?
9) My 'owner's manual' was made on a copying machine. It's OK, but I'd rather have something more legible. I also have a 'shop manual' by IH, titled "IH-8". These references are underwhelming. Does anyone have suggestions about other or better books? Or a 'modern' book about this very-old tractor? "A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures For The Compleat Idiot", or such? (former beetle owner)
10) Any suggestions about sources of old tractor parts, and afore-mentioned-manuals, including (*ahem*) seals and gaskets? It would be cool, too, to find a crank for starting, not that I'd be a dang-enough fool to try.
11) HELP!!!
12) Thanks
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