Old tractor maintenance, 8 hr job

[Oldpath05]

The maintenance on old tractors to me seem to be labor intensive but all can be done with with yesterday's basic tools and mind set. Bet these tractor owners of yester year wish they had youtube>>>>>> Farmall H Tractor: "Care of a Tractor" ~ 1945 US Office of Education; Farm Equipment Maintenance - YouTube

And now I have some idea what Distillate Fuel is, guess it was used mostly in 1940s Farmall tractors. What is Distillate Fuel? - Definition from Corrosionpedia

 

[Wolfy]

That they were. Today's tractors are "easier" to maintain-assuming you do not have circuit board or computer issues. Then it becomes out of reach for the home mechanic.

 

[fried1765]

That they were. Today's tractors are "easier" to maintain-assuming you do not have circuit board or computer issues. Then it becomes out of reach for the home mechanic.

Yup......"circuit boards or computer issues"

That is PRIMARILY why I have two completely refurbished tractors, instead of new.

 

[Jstpssng]

They were designed with the farmer in mind, so that he could do most of the work required with minimal tools. Contrast that with the new JD ag tractors and their proprietal software; you need to have one of their techs work on it.

 

[Oldpath05]

Some things I noticed about that video, there is no compressed air for cleaning but there was plenty of kerosene, and how'd that radiator accumulate so much debree.......... and using grease gun for greasing the throwout bearing, that sounded like a good idea to me along with greasing the rear wheel bearings, but the front bearing have to taken off and out, clean and regrease with grease all over your hand, messy. Oil in the basket under the air filter, that sounded like a not so good idea, no wonder so much kerosene was use. And nuts to hold the spark plug wires on, now that's old school.

 

[RalphVa]

It's great now, especially with cars, to just look up how to do a job online.

Ralph