[AT] looking for ford belt pulley (Somewhat related)

[charlie hill]

What amazes me is that those innovations are still going on.  I saw an 
article in Farm Show last night about a kit to add live PTO to Ford tractors 
in the 8N, 9N, etc. era.   It is driven off the crank pulley and the pump is 
hidden in a case that looks like a front end weight. (so they said.  No 
picture of the case).   It was about 1500 bucks but WOW live PTO on a 
vintage Ford.  The article said they are also working on models for other 
tractors.

Charlie
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From: "Greg Hass" <gkhass at avci.net>
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Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] looking for ford belt pulley (Somewhat related)


> This post brings up a subject which has always intrigued me, namely the 
> number of items made to improve, fix or correct problems made by the major 
> manufacturers.  Take, for instance, the Ford pulley and the 2 sizes of PTO 
> shafts which were available.  I just looked in a Montgomery Ward farm 
> catalog from 1961 and it lists and adapter which allows you to use your 
> 1-1/8" Ford pulley on the newer 1-3/8" PTO tractors.  It consists of an 
> adapter shaft which goes from 1-3/8" to 1-1/8".  Also included is a 
> casting which you bolt to the pulley and then to the tractor, which moves 
> the pulley back about 5" to allow room for the adapter shaft.  Includes 
> all bolts and mounting hardware for a grand total of $13.50.
>
> Over the years we have owned an IH Super C, an IH 230, an IH 340, and have 
> worked on a neighbor's IH 200, none of which would start correctly until 
> changed to 12-volt.  However, at one time they advertised a kit (of which 
> I personally only ever saw one) which mounted between the starter motor 
> and the bendix, and was a speed reduction of 2 or 3 to one.  This allowed 
> the starter to turn over faster instead of stalling out and actually 
> started the tractor much faster than direct drive.
>
> Another item was a set of gearing for the IH M-series which changed some 
> of the gear ratios, filling in one of the speed gaps and making it more 
> useful.  All of these things were made by aftermarket companies.  I am 
> sure that there are hundreds more that I am unaware of and it would be 
> interesting to see a discussion of some of the other improvements and 
> aides that were available.
>
> Just received my copy of Original Farmall Cub and Cub Cadet by Kenneth 
> Updike.  According to Amazon it was just published January 29, 2006. 
> Great reading!
>
> Greg Hass
> From the tip of Michigan's Thumb (not frozen) 
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