Ran When Parked...

plummerscarin wrote: Daaannngggg, I thought I was ambitious

We are working under a very LOW budget situation here so don't expect to see a fancy restoration

We need (or at least I think we need) another power plant engine; the combine engine itself could suffice as it has the PTO gearbox, but it has no provision for electric start, and it would be more convenient if it were self-propelled rather than needing to be hauled around for different applications. The derelict tractor should solve both of those problems.

This tractor belonged to a dear family friend and neighbor; I first saw this machine when I was about four years old back in 1962, and I remember helping in the hay fields where it was being used.

The neighbor sold the farm in the late 1960's and passed away a few years later. Subsequent owners neglected the tractor and the block cracked from freezing water.

Somehow my Dad acquired the tractor and it has sat on our place ever since; he wanted to fix it up but passed away far too young. My Grandson and I hope to make it roar once again if the Lord is willing, so this is a labor of love as much as anything.

Lars(wi) wrote: Would it be more advantageous to convert the combine to PTO?

I did not mean to be misleading; the combine will probably never run again and never has since I have owned it, I wouldn't even begin to know how to run it. I bought it from another neighbor about 40 years ago, I do remember seeing it run back in the 70's when the neighbor put in about 20 acres of oats. He had his Father bring the combine up from Coeur d' Alene for the job and it never left the place. I bought it mainly for the engine as I had a Model C at the time.

The engine was stuck when I removed it this winter, but not too badly, and it turns over quite nicely now.

The blower engine is another story, good thing it was cheap. But I got another magneto, which was worth the price in itself.

Jay said "at 71 I'm not in a hurry....though it'd be nice if ONE of my 2 big toes healed up soon..."

Jay, 'ya got me beat in that category... I got one healed big toe, and aside from a few owies along the way, that's the way for the last 43 years...

That crank is pretty rough.  I know guys that could clean it up, but I don't think it could be done as economically as finding a usable replacement.  Getting the sleeves out... probably scrub it out as best I could, unbolt the rods and shimmy the crank out, then long hardwood block on the pistons, and drive the sleeves, slugs, etc., all out together.

If it froze, I would be surprised if it didn't have freeze fractures along the beltline zone between the crankcase and lower end of the liners... and probably the webbing between cylinder liners... but 'ya won't know 'till you got it pulled down and cleaned up.