Though not technically the tractor, removed the rear shield from the 90I/901 brush hog which was dented up pretty bad apparently from having been backed into stuff over its' life. Beat up bad enough so the thing would barely raise or lower.
Hammered it flat and squared the corners back up.
New hardware, greased up the ears, bolted it back together and VIOLA! Functioning rear shield that lifts easily and drops back down under its' own weight.
Before:
After:
While I was at it, right side skid shoe was wasted so I removed it along with the left side skid shoe:
Those may have been original, "narrow" shoes.
Poking around, found OEM replacements from Messicks who had the narrow shoes as well as wide shoes with curved sides so as not to carve up a more finished lawn if the mower is riding the shoes while making a turn.
Ordered a pair of the wide shoes.
New Holland (91-SERIES) - FORD 6" ROTARY CUTTERS (1/62-12/79) Parts Diagrams
While I was lighting my money on fire, the front shields on the mower were gone, probably hung on a nail some years ago and forgotten. Had thought about cutting up an old flat belt to secure along the front but...
Ordered up the chain style shield kit for the front instead:
New Holland (91-SERIES) - FORD 6" ROTARY CUTTERS (1/62-12/79) Parts Diagrams
Stuff should be in later this coming week.
With 20 bucks left in my pocket, jumped on ebay and found an original manual for the mower. That'll be here next week too.
As far as the tractor itself goes, I just a couple days ago replaced the long ago broken proofmeter cable, as well as the plug wires, distributer cap, and rotor.
Dang I'm having a heckuva time locating the original 3 horizontal bar front bumper correct for the 641. If anyone has a line on one - either new or used, please let me know.
I understand that's the one we should have.