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.
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.