kenbob

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I am back in MO where I live. We go to NW Iowa every month for 4 days so my wife can visit and care for her sister. I have a lot of free time and have been invited by the local tractor club to ride with them on rides. I had been driving the family's 1650 Oliver or cousin Jerry's MM's of which he has too many to ride. But then my brother saw this tractor parked out in a yard. After much thought, I made an offer and got it. I knew I was buying a rare tractor. I didn't realize I was getting a well cared for tractor. We picked it up Friday and drove it 20 mi to Marcus. Tinkered with it Saturday morning and then took it on a 30 mi supper ride.

No sludge in the engine, not much rust in the bowl. Will do cooling system next visit. No smoke, all the gears and Eagle hitch work. About 15 degrees of slack in the steering as measured from the steering wheel with no shake at high spped. Tires are pretty good but 1 car tire on front . Tin is pretty good except the hood. IT has hinges rewelded and a bolt and bungy holding it closed. The incorrect domed gas cap is the cause and I think to much trying to close it over that cap as screwed the hood up for good.

The bad: a little starved for gas. Took the carb off yesterday. For sure the butterfly shaft is leaking a lot of air so a kit is in order.
Only oil guage works. All the needles are free but not even any cables to the speedo and tach. Oil guage reads low I think. Took line of at the block and oil shoots out at idle so I think the pressure is better than it shows which is almost nothing at hot idle.

Gasket on the top plate of the tranny is gone and oil sloshes out when running fast. No side curtains. No side rails/
Probably will have more questions so if anyone wants to chime in I am all ears. Questions like will the gear shift come off when i take the plate off? Where do the tach and speedo attach to the tractor. We were having so much fun with it, we never had time to trace down the entry points to see if they are capped or what. One more weird thing. Solenoid goes into click mode once in a while. Noticed both heavy cables are attached to one side of the solenoid. None to the side closest to the block. I have seen lots of these Ford style solenoids and never one hooked up that way.

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Only oil pressure, but the needles rattle around when you hit a bump so maybe there is hope. One thing I forgot is the rubber boot on one brake is missing and it is locked in the unbraked position. I sprayed pb blaster into the hole and after a couple of days it seems like it might loosen up. Those side braces--how important are they? Are they mostly to hang impliments on or do they help keep the tractor from breaking in half. This will only be a ride tractor with some occasional fun plowing.
 
Do you mean that the solenoid looks like this one of mine?
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Lousy pic, I know, but hopefully you'll get the general idea, most have the large studs on opposite sides of the main body but this one has them just on one face. This is what Ford sells for their HD diesel trucks and I figured that's the one I want. Wiring is the same. Speaking of wiring, it looks to me like it's time to undress that old girl and look at that, all of it, without all the tin in the way, maybe you'll gain a gauge or two. Short the fuel sender to ground, if the gauge goes full then the problem is the sender. Ammeters are usually pretty reliable so I'm guessing you'll find it bypassed. Is temp electrical or straight? The straight ones must be replaced as a complete unit, electrical usually need a sender which is diagnosed the same as the fuel.
 
Thanks, my solenoid looks like a ford one with one post out each side and one of those posts faces the engine so both heavy cables on the outside
post. I am guessing it is because the inside post is hard to get to. Never saw one like that before so at first I was surprised that it worked that
way.
The fuel guage is 0 when off but full as soon as power is on so it is already shorted I think! Yes on the next trip or two the battery comes out
and I start chasing wires. I know there is power to the light switch but we found broken wires so no lights. Probably others.

I think the heat guage is mechanical. It has a sheathing around it like my sc had. It doesn't move but until I check the thermostat we won't know
if the tractor is even getting hot enough.
 

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