[AJD] AR update #2

[Tommy Wilson]

Making more progress on the AR. But the brakes are about to eat my lunch! 
Haven't been able to get much pressure on them so I decided to take off the 
fenders and cowl. I need to take them off anyway in order to repair the 
worst rust damage on the tractor which is between the battery boxes. This 
meant removing the steering shaft and the pto lever. The pin in the lever 
is very tight and there isn't much of a way to get to it so we ended up 
making a slot in the cowl to lift it out over the lever. This wasn't too 
big of a deal in that we could make the slot with just a screwdriver 
through the thin metal. I intend to add a new piece of sheet metal over the 
existing piece.

Now that the fenders and cowl are off, I could get to the brakes. From the 
opposite side of the tractor I took a piece of rebar and a hammer and drove 
the brake assembly out with surprisingly little trouble. What a difference 
it makes when you can get to it! Tomorrow I plan to take the other brake 
off and then take it and have the drum pressed off. (Note to self: need a 
shop press!)

We did find one disturbing thing today. We were feeling pretty good about 
the engine. Drained the oil and I didn't feel it had an unacceptable amount 
of water in it. Nothing in the radiator. When I removed the plugs the other 
day I didn't have a strong flashlight. Well, this afternoon my wife brought 
a light down and looked in the plug hole. BOTH cylinders have water in 
them! It is obviously below the spark plug level and it must be below the 
valve level since no water came out when I bumped the valves. Not sure 
where it came from or what step to take next. Any suggestions? Thanks....TW


Tommy Wilson
Ruston, LA
1950 IH H
1950 JD AR
1951 JD B
1952 IH SC