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Alberta Phil 
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 Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 10:36pm |
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I've got two operating WDs here and one has a much noisier drive train than the other, but it's been that way for the last 20 years and hasn't gotten any worse!
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wjohn
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Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 10:22pm |
 trace wrote:
notice no flip up seat, when they start the flip up seat? love that on my 55. |
Dad's '52 WD didn't have it either, so I guess I don't know what I'm missing!
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1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45
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wjohn
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Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 10:17pm |
CTuckerNWIL wrote:
It wouldn't hurt a bit, to drop the final pans and clean out any sludge in there. Ya never know, it might have the original lube in it.
Then while the pan is off, you can eyeball the final drive gears, and maybe pry around a bit to check for loose bearings. Straight gear WD's always did have more gear noise than the later model with constant mesh trannies.
There is no "shear pin" in the PTO. Anything run off it, needs a slip clutch or a shear pin of it's own.
The bolt that connects the PTO output shaft to the long shaft, is a case hardened shoulder bolt.
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Good point... It probably isn't designed as a shear bolt, but sometimes you get lucky and they do shear. I wouldn't be counting on it.
I do plan to drop the final drive pans. This tractor is definitely noisier than the WD I grew up on, which was also a straight gearshift tractor.
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wjohn
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Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 10:14pm |
garden_guy wrote:
Looks like a pretty good find!
What's with the welding of the drawbar area? |
I'm not sure. Someone must have broken that side of the bail at some point. It's not very clean looking but it seems to be solid, so I'll leave it for now.
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Lonn
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Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 7:22pm |
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As far as I know the flip up seat was an after market item.
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trace
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Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 5:49pm |
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notice no flip up seat, when they start the flip up seat? love that on my 55.
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 4:56pm |
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It wouldn't hurt a bit, to drop the final pans and clean out any sludge in there. Ya never know, it might have the original lube in it.
Then while the pan is off, you can eyeball the final drive gears, and maybe pry around a bit to check for loose bearings. Straight gear WD's always did have more gear noise than the later model with constant mesh trannies.
There is no "shear pin" in the PTO. Anything run off it, needs a slip clutch or a shear pin of it's own.
The bolt that connects the PTO output shaft to the long shaft, is a case hardened shoulder bolt.
Edited by CTuckerNWIL - 07 Apr 2019 at 4:58pm
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garden_guy
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Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 3:20pm |
Looks like a pretty good find!
What's with the welding of the drawbar area?
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 1:48pm |
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Being mechanically sound usually trumps being pretty, and it sounds like it won't take much, and it'll be mechanically sound. Good snag! Darrel
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wjohn
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Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 11:48am |
The seller just dropped this off today. Not exactly pretty, but it runs pretty well and everything functions minus the PTO that's missing the shear bolt. "Supposedly" the engine was rebuilt later on in its life.
It's going to need a number of leaks fixed (including what looks to be the rear main seal) and hoses, a belt, etc. The drawbar bail has been welded on but looks fairly solid. Rims look good. It'll need a front tire soon, and it sounds like there might be some bearing noise or something back around the axles or final drives.
Otherwise I'm hoping I can get out and disk with it soon and get some grass seeded with my JD drill.
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