Looking for advice on BF Avery A,R and V

[Chaser3]

Hi. I am new to this forum and am trying to restore some Averys and a General GG I have. I have what few service manuals I could find. Anyone who can give me a heads up on where to go to find information on rebuilding the brakes would be great. Thank you!

 

[flusher]

The Avery R is the same as the Minneapolis Moline BF. MM bought Avery in 1950 or so and renamed the Avery R since MM already had an "R" tractor in its lineup.

I found the operator, parts and service manuals for my MM/BF on eBay.

Here are a few photos of my MM/BF restoration.



I made this YouTube video of the startup of the rebuilt MM/BF Hercules engine.

Hercules engine run no 1 29jun2012 - YouTube

Good luck.

 

[Chaser3]

The Avery R is the same as the Minneapolis Moline BF. MM bought Avery in 1950 or so and renamed the Avery R since MM already had an "R" tractor in its lineup.

I found the operator, parts and service manuals for my MM/BF on EBay

I will keep looking on EBay for those manuals. I have one from IT and it does not have much. Also have the A and V. They all need restored. They are great tractors. It is a shame not many are around. Thank you for your pictures and You Tube video. I enjoyed your rebuild on yours that you had posted. Thanks for the advice.

 

[flusher]

Not many around--that's the problem with these old Avery's and MM/BFs--hard to find parts and the parts tend to be expensive.

The engine in my MM/BF had zero compression on three cylinders and 25 psi on the fourth. I generally don't buy tractors that aren't running. But I really, really wanted that MM/BF (I collect high crop tractors with bull gear rear axles).

The parts (pistons, rings, valves, etc) to rebuild that 4-cylinder Hercules engine in my MM/BF cost $800 (new old stock (NOS) from Hercano). I spent another $800 in the machine shop getting that engine rebored, block surfaced, head milled, flywheel clutch surface machined flat, reassembled to the short block configuration, etc. These old ladies become money pits in a hurry.

Good luck.

 

[flusher]

One other problem I ran into in the MM/BF restoration--the water pump was junk (a common problem on these 60-70 year old tractors).
I found a replacement for it at TCM Inc. (part #30A153). Cost: $75

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