hopefully that got any F-12-lover"s attention.
:-)seriously, i never rebuilt anything using a "parts" tractor before. i"m currently working on an F-14 and have an F-12 parts tractor with serial #93xxx. i need some governor parts, some clutch parts, the oil pump, some brake parts, a few steering parts, and probably a few other things i didn"t find yet. this parts tractor is very rusty. the top of the radiator and the top water inlet housing are totally filled with rust and garbage. the hood and gas tank are severly pitted. i pulled the back of the bell housing off and the pressure plate looks like it was raised from the Titanic. surprisingly, the parts i have needed so far all look okay, and in fact the inside of the engine looks okay, except for the rust icicles on the bottom of the pistons. so my question is, should i try to salvage any of this thing, or just do what i have to to get the parts i need off? the block is good (and the crank looks okay, but i haven"t pulled it out). i need to get the steering shaft out (the one extending through the front steering casting). it looks pretty rusted and i was seriously thinking of just cutting the casting in half. i"m wondering if there is any value for any of these pieces. not because i"m hoping to make a bunch of cash off of it, but because if someone needs some of the stuff i don"t need i"d rather it went to a good home for scrap pricing instead of going to the scrap dealer for scrap pricing. i have no desire to have a garage filled with disassembled tractors that i would never use. so, anyone have any advice for me? i live near Allentown, PA, so maybe i could just haul it to Rice"s one weekend or something. if it really has no value, then the scrap yard is only about 5 miles from me. i"m thinking the engine block is probably really the only valuable piece. i can probably tuck that in the back of the garage if i should hold on to it for some reason. andy b.
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