Posted by RC Brooks on August 29, 2013 at 06:47:49 from (12.201.39.74):
In Reply to: Famrmall B hand crank posted by Blackriver on August 27, 2013 at 18:03:50:
I"m working on my grandfathers B as well!
As far as moving it, does it have to cross over roads or is it in your field and you can move it to your barn or near your house? Jack it up high enough to get it off the ground. Make a skid that have 2x10"s under the rear wheels and under the front (it"d look like a "T" for a B). Essentially you"ll build the skid under the tractor as itd be hard to slid it in with jacks in place. Drag it backwards with a chain and take your time. If you wanted to get fancy, you can tack some tin over the leading edge of the skid to keep it from digging in.
Don"t worry about pulling this motor apart. It"s very easy. I was most worried about the head, but as it turns out, it had brass nut, so nothing was froze together.
Sure, it"d be easier and cheaper to just buy another B, but another B wasn"t my grandpa"s tractor. Another B wasn"t the first tractor I ever drove on my own.
But that"s a personal decision. These are really great little tractors. That aspect is why I actually decided to get this off my grandmother. By the end, I suspect I"ll have nearly 3,000 in it, but it"ll be pretty fresh and if I look at what type of "tractor" 3,000 will get you at the local big box store... I don"t fret about it at all.
Before getting crazy with trying to free it, I decided to pull the head. The cylinders were coated with rust and gunk. So I plugged the journals in the block and sand blasted the cylinders. I then dropped the pan and looked up underneath and saw the rust on the bottom side of the cylinder as well. So I"m currently in the process of knocking the cylinder up after disconnecting the rods.
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