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Farmall Ed

03-21-2006 05:22:48




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I own two H's and a Cub, when I bought them they were all in rough shape, bad wireing, needed cleanup painting and engine tune ups. I have enjoyed bringing these tractors to what I would call good looking and good operational machines. My H has been featured a couple of times on the cover of a popular advertising publication in this area. Now some of my friends in this business tell me I need to tear them all down check and replace all bearings from front to back and every thing else that is replaceable, then I will have restored tractors. My tractors are just fine for a 72 year old guy and why put all this time and money in something that runs good as new right now. Thanks for reading this,Ed

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karl f

03-09-2009 09:12:04




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littlefarmer

03-08-2009 08:39:03




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 Re: M hydraulic auxilliary control valve, latch removal in reply to D Slater, 03-08-2009 08:31:06  
Thanks for the advice! I would never have guessed that it threaded out.



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gene bender

03-07-2009 15:02:24




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 Re: farmall 200 gov adjustment in reply to redblood, 03-07-2009 10:22:56  
With the engine off un hook the clevis.Then open throttle full. Now adjust the clevis so the pin goes in holding carb linkage open full then adjust the clevis. When your gov housing was off did the input shaft have a lot of wobble. They can be rebushed then throttle response will be like new again. I have a jig i made to hold the housing so i can mount on the table of the milling machine and bore the hole to 5/8 then replace with a 5/8x1/2 brass bushing the gov then works perfect.

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Chris NW Ind

03-07-2009 14:24:46




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 Re: IHC diesel in reply to Alwaysafarmer, 03-07-2009 14:09:08  
This is well-covered territory. Search the archives. Include the MD, Super MD, 400D, 450D. Same design, smaller engine.

Chris B.



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chadd

03-21-2006 09:23:35




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 Re: Restore or not restoring in reply to Farmall Ed, 03-21-2006 05:22:48  
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but getting a tractor into working order, and looking representative of new is considered restoring it. Replacing every wearable part, even if it is within tolerance is remanufacturing it. Personally, if it has been working since it was built, I leave it pretty much alone, unless it is in a location that is usually unaccessable. When I replaced the clutch on our W6, I replaced every seal and gasket I could while I was in there. The only one I didn't replace was the engine's rear main seal, as I don't have a workspace to facilitate pulling the motor. Guess what I am noticing has a slight leak now??? You guessed it, the one seal I didn't replace. It is a very little leak, so I will just have to keep an eye on it, but I guess I can see both sides to the argument now.

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gene bender

03-08-2009 15:44:03




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 Re: Model H charging system in reply to Stumpy, 03-08-2009 15:03:17  
No domt put batt volts on the field. Do you have batt volts on the bat terminal of the cut-out Thats the first place to check. Then you can polarize the gen by touching a wire from the batt terminal to the ARM post on the gen. Make sure you dont touch the field. Then start the tracroe if it doesent chow charge then ground the field that shlould make it charge. There are more things to check but do these first.

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Bobby in SC

03-21-2006 09:19:15




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 Re: Restore or not restoring in reply to Farmall Ed, 03-21-2006 05:22:48  
I think you answered your own question in the last four lines of your question. If you are happy with it, that's all that matters. I'm 63 and I learned a long time ago to do what makes me happy. I think all of us tractor lovers like to look at our toys with a sense of accomplishment and to say that "we did it and we like it". Enjoy it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.



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arod

03-21-2006 07:59:22




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 Re: Restore or not restoring in reply to Farmall Ed, 03-21-2006 05:22:48  
well said,

"if it ain't broke, don't fix it"


I do what it takes to get a tractor running strong and leave it at that. If it means replacing the clutch I do it, if I must install new sleeves, I do it. New pto seals if leaking etc.. BUT, if a component works, by golly leave her alone and let it keep on working for ya! Though no matter what I put on all new electrical. That is the only caveat to my rule I suppose.

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BillyinStoughton

03-21-2006 07:35:42




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 Re: Restore or not restoring in reply to Farmall Ed, 03-21-2006 05:22:48  
I'm with you Ed! If you are happy with em'...that's good enough. I recently picked up an H that was in great original shape. At first I thought I would get some fresh gaskets in it and some paint...but it ran so good and was so d*mn functional, why would I? It might get restored someday, but for pulling a rake and some tobacco wagons, it's already more than enough. I have a tractor that starts as quick as you can hit the button and doesn't "mark it's territory" too bad...why mess with that?

This is a great topic! Let's see how everyone else feels...

Billy

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DJL

03-21-2006 07:15:54




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 Re: Restore or not restoring in reply to Farmall Ed, 03-21-2006 05:22:48  
Farmall Ed,
I enjoyed reading your post. Sometimes us younger guys (34) fall into this trap of thinking....well, I'm already half-way into it, might as well keep replacing things. What we don't always remember is it's held up for 50+ years, through some heavy work/usage, and not caused a problem. We need to remember that this old iron doesn't usually go out and plow for us day in and day out. Most of us don't rely on these antiques to make us a living everyday. My dad, whose 70 years old, and I go around about this every once in awhile. We're working on our 3rd tractor now. To him, it's good enough if it starts and runs okay. (If I'd leave the painting to him, he'd paint em with a gallon of paint and a broom! LOL. To me, I error on the other side and can be too aggressive with wanting to fix things towards the perfectionist level. The answer, is somewhere in between, which sounds like where you are. You've evidentally got very mechanically sound tractors that look good and operate safely and correctly. That's good enough. If you're happy with them, that's what matters.
DJL

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gene bender

03-21-2006 05:36:20




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 Re: Restore or not restoring in reply to Farmall Ed, 03-21-2006 05:22:48  
Its always easy to spend someone elses money. Those belong to you and you are happy so why would you tear them down and spend money useless. If it aint broke dont fix it. There was a guy on this post who didnt like the noise his B FARMALL made in the transmission. Him not knowing they were noisy when new due to the straight cut gears they used. Said he spent 600 replacing stuff and when he was done it made the same sounds.That is what happenstaking others foundless advise.Enjoy your tractors and have fun.

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