Posted by jcronk on March 21, 2016 at 19:14:15 from (204.83.112.60):
Hi. I'm Jack from Saskatchewan CANADA. Never have restored a tractor but have played back yard mechanic for decades. That would mean I'm gettin' old - in my 69th year (I think that is young now but used to think someone in their 30's was old and in their 40's ancient). How we adjust our thinking. How did I end up here? Well, my wife of 40 years passed away in 2012 and I remarried a widow lady who was sort of in the same boat. She has a daughter married to a farmer. He is part of what we call a "Century Farm" where the farm has been in the same family for 100+ years. Well on this farm, I became a defacto grandpa to a 7 year old boy and a 5 year old girl. Now the boy is all about farming and lately all about sports and video games. I thought a kid on the farm should have a few mechanical skills. He kept showing me the equipment and one day asked if I wanted to see the old Farmall. I said sure, of course, and discovered a Farmall H in a quonset that didn't look too happy to be there. I learned it hasn't seen service for 15 or so years and then only occasionally as a post-pounder. The boy said lets get it started. I said you at least need a 6V battery. Then his paternal grandpa showed up and chuckled a bit, saying it never did start too well. It also had rotted rubber and one rusted out rear wheel. The grill was banged up a bit but the hood was not too bad. Three of the hold downs were buggered (one completely missing) and, as a result, the water temp gauge had vibrated right through the hood. So, the two grandpas made a bet. If the new upstart defacto grandpa and the grandson got it running, then grandpa 1 would deal with wheels. And so the saga began. First things first, the kid needed his own tools so when he came to my town, we set out to get him some basic tools, good wrenches good ratchet and good sockets and a few sizeable screw drivers. With that in hand, the next visit to the farm saw the boy and I remove the starter motor. He and his young cousin had a ball disassembling it and cleaning it up. Took me a while, but I did find some new brushes for it and also replaced the battery cables, one of which was a 12V cable. Next visit the kid and I re-assembled the starter, soldered one cracked connection and painted it all Farmall red. That went back to the farm. My next trip up there had me and the kid installing the re-furbished starter and the new cables. Grandpa 1 brought in an old 6V battery and the game was on. Son-in-law and I had changed the oil, checked trans fluid and filled the rad. The starter button did make the starter turn over nicely. After a few minutes of bucking, spitting, stalling and generally doing what old motors do when they haven't run for a long time, the Farmall came to life. Everyone was quite amazed and grandpa 1 was on the hook for wheels next. And so the story goes and will go for quite a while yet. Happy to have found this site and look forward to the wisdom resident here when that, as yet, unknown problem arises for which there are solutions right here. Cheers, Jack
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