This picture was taken shortly after purchasing the tractor and getting
her home. Normally kept in the barn, she is parked here for some
fluid checks and to sharpen the blades on the bush hog mower. A great
runner with plenty of power when you need it, particularly for a vehicle
that is over 40 years old. I have no idea exactly how many hours are on
the tractor, since the tachometer/hour meter is broken, but it died with
over 3700 hours already on it. The previous owner seemed to have maintained
fairly well, and had replaced the fuel injector pump, fuel pump, fuel filters
and seat before I purchased it.
Here is the right side of the tractor showing the rebuilt starter in
place. You can also see the new fuel pump and filters, which were put
in just before I bought the tractor, by the previous owner. The battery
is located in what appears to have originally been a tool box frame or
something similar.. I plan on moving it back to it's original location
after the metal work is fixed. It is remarkably clean for a tractor of
it's age. It appears that whoever did the 'construction orange' paint
job really did some good prep work. Pay no attention to the chickens
scratching underneath.
This is a good picture of the left side of the tractor. Here you can see
the new injector pump, also installed by the previous owner. He told me
that his mechanic replaced it after the machine stopped running. Turns
out that there was nothing wrong with the old one, and instead it was a
bad fuel pump, which was then replaced as well. Since the injector
pump was already installed and adjusted, he just left it in. It's not
original, but I think I'll leave it in as well since it's brand new and
works just fine.
A good shot of the blown water pump just after it happened. You can still
see the water under it and on the front of the engine block. Notice that
the 4 cyl. engines had a two piece water pump, while the newer 3 cyl. ones
had a single piece water pump that bolted directly on to the engine
block. They also have a water outlet gooseneck that bolts directly on
top of the water pump as shown, which houses the thermostat. Of course,
there was no thermostat when I pulled it, so a new one will have to be
installed.
Another shot of the left side of the engine, which shows the routing of
the injector tubes and the injector pump. The spring is attached to the
kill lever and is rigged using a piece of wire from the air filter
housing. I guess this modification was made due to differences in the
original injector pump and the replacement one. It definately has to
go, so I need to figure out another way to mount the return spring.
The control levers which need to be fixed can be seen in this picture,
along with some of the damage a previous owner did to the seat frame
with a cutting torch. I'm not sure what I will do here, since I'm not
exactly sure how it's supposed to be. This may be one of those areas
that gets a 'custom' treatment and isn't restored to it's original
configuration. The lever on the left is the parking brake, and the
traction control knob is just to it's right. Foot pedal on the bottom
is the diferential lock which locks both back tires for additional
traction.
Here are a couple of shots of the rear of the tractor. The first shot
is a close up of the left rear where the tilt lock is located. This
appears to be broken, so I'll need to tear it apart and see whats going
on inside. You can also the P.T.O. and the P.T.O. gear selector. The
lever enables either 540 R.P.M. when pushed forward, 1000 R.P.M. when
pulled back, and a netural setting (no P.T.O.) when in the middle.
Since it looks like there might be a gasket leak around somewhere, this
will also need to be pulled apart and cleaned up.
On the right side of the tractor, you can see the leveling adjustment
and a way too short stablizer bar that pulls the implement too far to
the right. I'm missing the P.T.O. shield, so one will either need to
be fabricated or perhaps I'll get lucky and find one somewhere in my
search for other parts. The top link here is not the original for
the tractor, but a standard replacement top link. The original top
link has a spring assembly that a cable attaches to for draught
control. I'm still trying to figure out all the different ways to
adjust the hydraulics, but I've been told that I'm very limited without
a functioning, original top link and working cable. Something else
that will need to be addressed as the work proceeds. You can also see
some of the cutting torch work on the seat frame and the back of the
non-original seat. While the seat that is on there is quite comfortable
(it's spring loaded and adjustable by weight), its mounting bracket
sits too far back, which allows the top link to hit and push it up
when the implement is raised fully.
This is the location of the serial number on the top front frame, just
in front of the engine and just behind the radiator.
The remainding pictures are some various shots of different parts of the tractor for future reference, so I know what it used to look like. The guages all appear to be original, but due to wiring problems, only the oil pressure guage seems to be working. The light control switch may work, however I don't have any lights that work on the tractor, so it will need to be tested with a meter at the moment. You can also see that the seat frame has been totally hacked and will need some TLC to get back in shape. I still haven't figured out why a previous owner decided to move the lights back from their original position either.
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