I can remember as a little boy going with my dad and grandpa in the morning. We ran 6 tractors for plowing. Wee had a L.A., 2DC 3s , a farmall m, 2 Moline zb. All those tractors had magnitos on them. No batteries and some no starters. First we checked fluids, filled fuel tanks etc. Then hand crank the newest tractor and use it to pull start the rest. As they pulled one off he would head into the field, then pull the next off. If I was lucky I'd get to ride with someone on one of those old tractors with those old pull rope opperated plows. I thought i was really doing something pulling that rope to trip the plow. That L.A. brought back memories for me.
Sorry I missed you at the Threshers Convention. It was the first time I had been there in many years. My wife grew up just north of the fairgrounds at Oak shade on US Rte. 20.
The best junk is old junk. I have a 1953 Jubilee Ford my maternal Grandad bought new and a 1952 Allis Chalmers WD wide front my Dad bought new. Neither has ever had a clutch or any major engine work or been apart. A gas tank on the ford and some hand clutch shims on the WD with the head taken off twice for a burnt exhaust valve and regular maintenance. They have the original radiators, brakes, carburetors, generators and are still six volts. Dad was born in 1907 and I have pictures from the 1940’s of his saw mill and 1937 McCormick Deering he bought new in 1937 for $800. I have the bill of sale for it and his atlas plow. The plow was over $200. That was a lot in those years. I remember walking behind the plow in the early 1950’s collecting fishing worms and grubs in a tin can. I never tire of what you do. I am so glad I never sold or traded them away.
Didn’t you say this tractor had a lot of hours running belts ? If that’s the case it would make sense that shaft & bearings would be worn some . Thanks Randy
It sure seems like it ran some kind of belted machine. They cut the floorboard and the toolbox off so you could better see the belt. Thanks for watching!
I’m a new subscriber watching for the first time. Enjoyed your progress on the CaseLA. I have a 1947 Case VAC I bought 14 years ago. Haven’t had it out or running for a long time. It probably needs a battery and some carburator work done on it to get it going. It’s got a foot throttle which I thought was cool for an old tractor. I also have 2 Allis Chalmers tractors. A 1952 CA wide front and a 1960 D 15, Both of which I’d like to sell. I live in SW Mn. I also have a 1957 Massey Harris 333 with a trip bucket loader and narrow front end I’d like to sell. If anyone is interested let me know in the comments. Thanks.
They went to a different style shortly after this. Up on the sides of the transmissions similar to what you see on the 100 series of Farmalls. They look to be much easier to service.
Plow days and hook her up to a triple 16" and do some real work with it, it will love it more than you know 30 Gallon gas tank would tell me it has a high fuel burn rate working hard 4 plus gallons a hour would be a fair guess very interesting video old tractors very rarely die with people like us around
You can always find an exhaust leak by using a piece of old water hose and put your ear up to one end and passing it all over the engine and that’s a good way to pinpoint a leak or engine noise! Just something I learned from the farmers when I was a kid working for the farmers!
I'm assuming cause there's a top hole as well on that piece it's because they needed a throttle return spring pulling back on that armature?? Idk but awesome vids keep em coming I'll keep watching
My guess about the longer lever arm on the carb is that the lever up to the operator was difficult to move. When you get aboard with her running you will see if it is difficult to fine tune the power level. She might have been used to pull a grain buggy along side the combine. You needed to exactly match the combine speed, this extra length made it easier to match speeds. I do NOT like the pto up by the operator.
I believe it was added for some better throttle control as well. I agree the PTO location is not ideal. Extra caution is required. Thanks for watching!
The regulator is positive ground, but the rest of the tractor (amp gauge and battery terminals) were previously hooked up as negative ground. As long as it's polarized correctly it should still operate normally. Polarizing the generator did not solve the issue.
