Some pics of my newly rebuilt 901

baxternick

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This forum was a god send for my crash course into the world of tractors. Everyone has been super helpful. Hopefully this baby last another 50+ years now. I purchased this 901 with the purpose of pulling a finish mower around my new home property. We built on 5+ acres and the old 54" ride on wasn't up to the task each week. The tractor was purchased for a great price with the mindset it would need some work in the near future.

Well 2 mows into the season that future became the present. The tractor was pouring oil out the valve cover breather. I knew it had blow by on the cylinders but it went downhill quick. The engine reached the point it wouldn't fire or run with the lack of compression.

I had the engine rebuilt and the head rebuilt. While apart I did new seals on input shaft, and a new clutch. The amazing (super sarcastic) Rossa Master pump also got a rebuilt at home as the metering valve stuck closed ALOT. The leaky PTO shaft got the upgraded shaft with new seals and bearings. I also rewired the entire tractor with fresh wiring, new LED lights, alternator, and starter. The last piece of the puzzle was all new wheel bearings.

I have a few classic cars and love driving/fixing them in my free time. The tractor has been more rewarding and honestly puts a smile on my face every time I climb onto it. Here are a few pics from yesterday.
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That is a labor of love, Baxter.

You might want to consider a higher stack as you will get lots of fumes in your face from your short stack.

Just curious. I'm also a classic (50s-60s) car aficionado, though I own none at this time. Would be interested to hear about yours.

Dean
 
I would be interested to hear about the classic cars that both of you are enjoying. I have a 1980 Datsun 510 that I purchased new and have enjoyed now for nearly forty years. I also have fun with three antique farm tractors here in Indiana. Thanks for your posts. The Ford looks fantastic, by the way.
 
(quoted from post at 10:05:20 07/16/18) That is a labor of love, Baxter.

You might want to consider a higher stack as you will get lots of fumes in your face from your short stack.

Just curious. I'm also a classic (50s-60s) car aficionado, though I own none at this time. Would be interested to hear about yours.

Dean

The exhaust stack is on my list for my next day off. It is horrible.

My current daily driver is a 54 Chevy 210. The car isn't close to perfect, but I drive it EVERY DAY! I removed the tired straight 6 last year and swapped in a Cadillac 500 from a 71 Eldorado into it with a automatic. I love my little sleeper. Close to 500hp that nobody expects.

My Wife and I are currently putting a 53 belair back on the road for her. Previous owner swapped out to a SBC. Hopefully we get it done this summer/fall.

I also had a 55 Belair follow me home last spring. The car was converted to a BBC for drag racing in the 80s. The owner kept the original powerglide/265 combo so it will go back to stock at some point. Maybe next year. We took all the glass and trim off and started body work last summer. Then my wife found the 53 and it went to the back burner.
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Thanks for posting.

I, too, am a Chevy man from the late 50s - 60s.

I had a friend that swapped a 1963 Cadillac 393 (391?) and 4 speed hydromatic into a 1957 Bel Aire convertible in the late 1960s. Memory is faulty, it could have been a 64, 429. It, too was a sleeper.

Later, he swapped a 1962 dual quad 409/409 into the same car. It was quite the runner but no longer a sleeper.

I built quite a few SB Chevys in the day, some well over 400 HP but at very high RPM.

Dean
 
(quoted from post at 12:25:27 07/16/18) Thanks for posting.

I, too, am a Chevy man from the late 50s - 60s.

I had a friend that swapped a 1963 Cadillac 393 (391?) and 4 speed hydromatic into a 1957 Bel Aire convertible in the late 1960s. Memory is faulty, it could have been a 64, 429. It, too was a sleeper.

Later, he swapped a 1962 dual quad 409/409 into the same car. It was quite the runner but no longer a sleeper.

I built quite a few SB Chevys in the day, some well over 400 HP but at very high RPM.

Dean

I am not a Ford man with cars. Chevy or nothing in that respect. I do however have to admit that the Ford tractors of this era are beautiful. I have always wanted to build a 409 but they are near impossible to come by. My 500 has been bored, cam, intake, larger valves in heads, bowl/chamber work on heads, and upgraded rocker assemblies on the valves. The small block in the wife's car is bone stock. She doesn't want or need more. I have always had a strong love for all things that came from the 50s era.
 
I've long been fond of Chevy's first big block, the W block 348-409-427.

I recently saw a complete 64 dual quad 409 engine advertised for $6,500.

Aluminum aftermarket blocks (using BBC Chevy internals) and heads are available but very expensive.

FWIW, my Father had a 1958 Oldsmobile 98 with tri-power 371 J-2 engine and 4 speed Hydramatic when I first earned my drivers license. It was the first air conditioned car that I ever saw and was quite a ride for a 15/16 year old.

Dean
 
My current daily driver is a 54 Chevy 210. The car isn't close to perfect, but I drive it EVERY DAY! I removed the tired straight 6 last year and swapped in a Cadillac 500 from a 71 Eldorado into it with a automatic.

So it's front wheel drive now? That's trick.

Speaking of classic cars, I've been looking for a 1969 Eldorado with the 472 ci factory super charged engine for a while. I've only ever seen two in person and those were at meets and the owners weren't interested in talking about a sale. I'd be particularly interested in a rag top if any of you know where one might be sleeping in a barn.
 
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My current daily driver is a 54 Chevy 210. The car isn't close to perfect, but I drive it EVERY DAY! I removed the tired straight 6 last year and swapped in a Cadillac 500 from a 71 Eldorado into it with a automatic.

So it's front wheel drive now? That's trick.

Speaking of classic cars, I've been looking for a 1969 Eldorado with the 472 ci factory super charged engine for a while. I've only ever seen two in person and those were at meets and the owners weren't interested in talking about a sale. I'd be particularly interested in a rag top if any of you know where one might be sleeping in a barn.

The engine is Eldorado. The transmission is 70 Deville. Car is still RWD. You definitely know your Caddis.
 
You definitely know your Caddis.

I've had a few. My favorite so far was a '72 Fleetwood Sedan Car. 500 ci engine. Man that thing floated like an aircraft carrier. I did have a '69 Eldorado at one point but it only had the standard 472ci, not the one with the blower. The doors were so long that it had the electric rear window control, cigarette lighter and ashtray for the rear passenger on the rear end of the door mounted armrest.

The only ragtop caddy I've had was a '68 Coupe Deville. It had a 429 and was way too squirrely in the corners.

My favoriite ragtop so far was a '71 Buick Electra 225 with a 455. That thing cornered like it was on rails compared to the Deville.
 
OK, folks. I'm a muscle car enthusiast and am well aware of the Cadillac 472/500 engines, largely spent in air boats in the 1980s, but have never heard of an OEM supercharged version.

You are going to need to prove it.

Dean
 
Sorry... I cannot find any proof. My brother-in-law was the first one that told me about them, and he had a book that showed it, but he has since retired and downsized when he moved to a retirement community so he no longer has the book. I have seen two, as I said, at car shows/meets. Maybe I am imagining things or my memory is playing tricks on me, but that's the truth as far as I know.
 

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