[Farmall] RE :one thing leads to another

[Andy Wander]

John:

>From what I understand, copper is a bad idea, as vibration will cause it
to work harden, and eventually crack. You might be better off to get a
piece of steel fuel line on there.

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Andy Wander | 

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Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:15:56 -0400
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: [Farmall] one thing leads to another
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A couple weeks back we were straightening up the mess the rats caused to
my 
clutch on my I-20. Once we got everything reinstalled and started to
hook up 
the linkage, I found a ridiculous amount of slop in the pedal. Too much
to 
even attempt trying to get the free travel right. Off comes the pedal to

reveal this tractor has started and stopped so many times it has
probably 
wore out 3-4 clutches. The hole for the pivot in the pedal  had already
been 
filled in with brass and rebored and it had worn out. The hole for the 
linkage to connect had officially become a slot. The pin might as well
have 
been a bent nail. And yes, there was a bent nail in the pedal that they
used 
to hook the return spring to.

I decided to sleeve the pedal so I bored it out to fit a thin walled
steel 
sleeve I made. The shaft that the pedal goes on had bad wear as well
however 
it isn't simply removed. It is somehow hooked to the inner workings of
the 
transmission and I didn't want to get into all of that!! I took my
Dremel 
and ground off a couple of high spots until I could get the sleeve to
just 
slip on. You just got to love trying to machine parts to fit something 
egg-shaped! As for the linkage  hole I welded up the worn areea with
nickel 
rod and used the Dremel to make that side of the hole round again. 
Everything fits well now--just got to set my free travel.

Oh Yeah. While putting the clutch back in, dad  spotted that the fuel
line 
had rusted in half. I don't mena no pin hole--it was two pieces with a
gap 
in between. Don't know how it happened or when. I last drove this
tractor no 
more than 3 years ago when I put it under the shed. Anyway, the original

steel fuel line has now been replaced by copper. I did salvage the ends
off 
the old line and soldered them to the new. I duplicated the loop and
bends 
in the line as best as I could. Maybe when this tractor is painted in
20?? 
the correct police won't find the copper!

We'll try cranking it next week. If it does, I'm almost afraid to put it

back under the shed. After all, it was field ready the last time I put
it 
away!!

John Hall 




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