Posted by JRSutton on September 09, 2013 at 10:34:35 from (75.130.109.233):
In Reply to: NewHolland 68 Help posted by Bryce Frazier on September 09, 2013 at 09:58:47:
Going through the same process with a super 66 with my 4H club.
I'd suggest doing it the way we are.
Get it all running and working before investing too much time/money into it.
If you can find a pto drive, that greatly simplifies things. You can still run it with the engine once you get it going - but the pto drive will prove whether or not the whole baler's worth saving - before you go spending time and money on the engine.
you should be able to pick up a pto clutch and shaft setup pretty cheaply somewhere. Not sure exactly what models you can pull from, but I put a 68 shaft on our 66 with no trouble.
Evaluate the innards. If your bale chamber is rotted out, or you have other major areas of rot - consider very carefully that you can buy an old WORKING baler for very little money.
Needles can be a pain in the butt to find - if you need one, look around now (again, before spending time and effort).
How are the tires? That's a heavy machine, questionable tires will make your life miserable. But if you need to buy new ones - might be one of those things that makes the project not worth pursuing.
If you can cheaply get it spitting out consistent bales, then you should decide if it's worth sandblasting and painting.
Of course, if you're emotionally attached to the baler and you just want to get it prettied up - by all means do what you have to do. But for me, I don't like to take on a project unless I KNOW it's not going to be a money pit.
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