871 part help

[robojox]

Hey guys could use a little help with tracking down some rear rims for my new project. It is a 871 ford, 61 model. I would love to find new rear wheels for the restoration. I can find 6 hoop all day long, but mine are the adjustable, any contacts or ideas would be greatly appreciated. I am also looking for the pto handle and cable that the SOS models came equiped with.

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[Soundguy]

You are gonna find them are some spendy power adjust rims.. the ones with the ribs on the inside of the rims. I think I'd be tempted to cut-n-paste if I had a set of donor rims. You see those on the 01 seres alot.

As for the pto shifter cable... CNH still carries it.. or did.. but it's a whopper of a price tag..

That's why nobody likes to spend much money buying an SOS tractor.. as you can easilly get into deep pockets fixing them.. depending on what is wrong.

try a salvage yard like wengers of PA..

might also try posting onthe ford board at YTmag.. there is a small following of S&M people that maintain SOS tractors..

soundguy

 

[robojox]

Thanks Soundguy I have exhausted all those avenues I am lucky to have one of the last sos certified mechanics in the country just down the road and a huge wealth of info he is. I have decided to go the route of all new 6 hoops that way i can go up to a 15 inch wheel which will be a nice might of tracked down a used pto handle too. Wengers was a bust but they did have another odd part I was looking for.

 

[Soundguy]

good luck.

SOS mechanics are hard to find.. glad you got one close by.

soundguy

 

[djradz]

Those power-adjust rims look pretty rusty, but are they past the point of repair? Seems a shame to put something (6 hoop) so obviously not original on what will turn out to be a real beauty when you're done.

With all the problems of the SOS, I'm surprised to hear there aren't lots of rims floating around.

 

[robojox]

Well yes in the beginning the sos was brought to the public a little fast and there where problems for the first year or two put the problems seemed to be solved and if you have a good one it lasts a long time. On the 881 model you got a two speed pto 540 or 1000 and it even had a plate for a mid pto nice features. The rims aren't that bad one is okay the other needs replaced, but since you can get the 6 hoops pretty much anywhere you can buy clear up to a 15 inch which is a nice upgrade compared to the 12.4 on it now.

 

[djradz]

We had a '59 971 up until a few years ago. The man that worked on it came out of northern Ohio, but was coordinated through the Ford/NH dealer in Hillsdale.

I'll admit it was a pretty cool machine, but the problems just seemed to be never ending. The 800 and 900 series had a lot of HP to be fed through such a quick responding machine. We didn't much care for the several "free-wheeling" gears either, as our land is a bit hilly.