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Here is a shot of my new project. It came with an old JD 127 mower deck, a 3ph road grader blade, and a 3ph log boom, all serviceable. I paid $2500 for the lot, which is about as good as I have found in this area. I didn't have to pay for trucking something else from farther away.
I will be going over this tractor in the winter months, ready to make use of it next year. I am not sure how many hours it has, as the tach is not working. But the engine seems strong, good oil pressure, not overheating, no smoke in the exhaust, instant start. There seemed to be some level of care taken to keep it running, but only the minimum. Today I used it to move some gravel around on the driveway, and the loader seems to be strong enough. Mainly it just needs some small repairs, TLC, cleaning and painting. I prefer a clean machine.
Here is a list of what I am planning, and I would appreciate any advice on how to best proceed:
1. Change all the fluids. From my reading it looks like I will use UTF for everything, and some generic motor oil. I won't use it in winter (too wet here), and maybe 20-30 hours total a year. Mowing a field once or twice a year, road maintenance, log pulling, blackberry clearing.
2. How to drain the loader oil? I have not seen this style, where the tubes of the framework are also the reservoir. Possibly replace the seals on the rams, if I can find the parts. For now there is only small leakage at the dust seals, and not much sag in use. Some of the hoses appear to be original, which is amazing.
3. How best to drain the rear tires? They are filled with sodium chloride. I might have to replace a rusty rim. The local tire company will do the work, but I have to get it there.
4. It needs a new exhaust. It had an underneath pipe, but I suspect it got ripped off in the brush, and might have the same thing happen again if I push into the blackberries. I would use a vertical pipe, but have to make sure it doesn't interfere with the loader.
5. The engine needs basic tune up. New tachometer. I might convert to 12V system, but the 6V certainly works well enough. Given my low projected number of hours, it might not be worthwhile. It starts instantly, but man it sucks the fuel while running. Maybe that is normal. My previous tractor time was on a smaller nimble Kubota with 4wd and hydrostatic. In comparison, on this thing I feel like Fred Flintstone running a brontosaurus.
6. Replace PTO oil seal, which drips a bit.
7. General de-greasing and de-rusting. Anyone have particularly worthwhile products for that now? I haven't done a project of this size before. I suspect lots of frozen bolts to remove.
8. I'll need some rear weight for loader use, I can tell already. I am sure I can find something suitable in someone's junk pile.
Thanks for any input. I'm sure I will have more questions as the project progresses.
I will be going over this tractor in the winter months, ready to make use of it next year. I am not sure how many hours it has, as the tach is not working. But the engine seems strong, good oil pressure, not overheating, no smoke in the exhaust, instant start. There seemed to be some level of care taken to keep it running, but only the minimum. Today I used it to move some gravel around on the driveway, and the loader seems to be strong enough. Mainly it just needs some small repairs, TLC, cleaning and painting. I prefer a clean machine.
Here is a list of what I am planning, and I would appreciate any advice on how to best proceed:
1. Change all the fluids. From my reading it looks like I will use UTF for everything, and some generic motor oil. I won't use it in winter (too wet here), and maybe 20-30 hours total a year. Mowing a field once or twice a year, road maintenance, log pulling, blackberry clearing.
2. How to drain the loader oil? I have not seen this style, where the tubes of the framework are also the reservoir. Possibly replace the seals on the rams, if I can find the parts. For now there is only small leakage at the dust seals, and not much sag in use. Some of the hoses appear to be original, which is amazing.
3. How best to drain the rear tires? They are filled with sodium chloride. I might have to replace a rusty rim. The local tire company will do the work, but I have to get it there.
4. It needs a new exhaust. It had an underneath pipe, but I suspect it got ripped off in the brush, and might have the same thing happen again if I push into the blackberries. I would use a vertical pipe, but have to make sure it doesn't interfere with the loader.
5. The engine needs basic tune up. New tachometer. I might convert to 12V system, but the 6V certainly works well enough. Given my low projected number of hours, it might not be worthwhile. It starts instantly, but man it sucks the fuel while running. Maybe that is normal. My previous tractor time was on a smaller nimble Kubota with 4wd and hydrostatic. In comparison, on this thing I feel like Fred Flintstone running a brontosaurus.
6. Replace PTO oil seal, which drips a bit.
7. General de-greasing and de-rusting. Anyone have particularly worthwhile products for that now? I haven't done a project of this size before. I suspect lots of frozen bolts to remove.
8. I'll need some rear weight for loader use, I can tell already. I am sure I can find something suitable in someone's junk pile.
Thanks for any input. I'm sure I will have more questions as the project progresses.
