SUCCESS!!
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 04:54 PM - General, Tractor
Today was a great day in the life of Old Red! After messing with the carburator all morning because it didn't seem to be getting any gas (and because when I took it apart the bowls were packed full of mud!!) I took a little emery cloth and some PB Blaster to it and got the floats moving.

We went and bought a new starter button, as the old one got stuck the first time I pushed it. The starter ran and ran until I finally got the hot lead removed from the solenoid!

A couple pumps of gas and a new gasket later, we got it started! I drove it out of the shop and power washed it, and then drove it back in!

Now I need to bold the water pump, fan, and radiator back in place before I can run it very long, but I am just thrilled that it started!

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Cutting Up
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 04:49 PM - General, Tractor
For some reason there was a piece of pipe with a flat metal bar welded next to the seat. Since it didn't come that way, and I couldn't see that it added anything new functionality, and I didn't like the way it looked, I decided it had to come off.



About ten minutes with the cutting torch made quick work of it.



Now I just need to do a little grinding and it will be gone.

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Catching Up
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 04:45 PM - General, Tractor
Well, I have been remiss in my blogging duties. I have been faithfully restoring old red every weekend since I got her. About 3 weeks ago we pulled it around with the David Brown, only to find that the engine was siezed. We took off the head and found that piston #1 was rusted into place. While taking off the head, we busted off the top of the Oil Tube running from the block to the top where the rocker arms are.

A bottle of Marvel Miracle Oil and a little external force (aka Adam and I beating on it with a rubber mallet and a block of wood) and she was running free and clean. Dad picked up a cylinder hone, and Katy and I spend a sunday cleaning up the insides of the cylinders.

I ordered an engine gasket set off the web, and since I couldn't find a replacement part, I took the old pipe over to Glen and had him weld it. So far so good.



Katy, Dad and I bolted the head back into place, and put the rocker arms back in place, and with a little grinding and some more external force the oil tube slipped right into place.



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My New Tractor - Old Red
Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 12:17 PM - General, Tractor
During my recent trip to Colorado I bought a 1954 Case SC tractor. I'm sure I'll devote a number of blog entries in the future to the restoration of this baby!



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Funny...
Wednesday, March 8, 2006, 11:07 AM - General
Take a look at this movie...

Billy's Dad is a Fudgepacker

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