Posted by TxFarmall on October 05, 2010 at 09:28:25 from (74.7.149.177):
In Reply to: Re: Farmall C mowing posted by TxFarmall on September 21, 2010 at 12:42:50:
Well the deed is done...
I went down and the 6ft brush hog was sold.. but they had an old beat up junky looking 5ft one so I bought it for $300, too much but I needed it.
Ground the blades as sharp as I could, for terribly beat up blades, couldn't do all that much to sharpen them.
But the old C did it's thing, mowed the 7 acres in 1st gear, grass and weeds from 3ft tall to 6ft tall in places.. I can imagine sharp blades would have made it easier but she only really struggle 2-3 times.
Couldn't find an overrun clutch, but honestly it wasn't bad at all without it, I do have good brakes and I'm a pretty big guy.
First time out and I didn't hit much I hadn't managed to see or pick up walking the place first.. Besides the septic tank... Couldn't find it (just bought the place)but found it when I ran over it.. glad it didn't cave in..
I am having a problem going into 3rd and 4th gear now days though. Seems to be getting worse. It's fine when I can shift it into gear, when in 3rd or 4th it works great... It's just that I can;t get it into the gears, I suppose something going on with the shifting mechanism.
Ahh well, they way the rebuilt engine runs so sweet I suppose I'm due to rebuild the back half at some point. I had a lot of fun hand cranking the old gal most of the time... First hard crank and off she goes..
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