[AT] Farmall B hydraulic

[John Hall]

Sounds like you have quite a bit of work in getting your tractor "dried 
out"!

John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Farmall B hydraulic


> There is room to run a power steering pump off of the fan belt along
> with the alternator that has been installed.  I probably will go the
> front pump route for handling a hyd sickle mower, or other implements.
> However, it will be a while before this one is going.  It looks like
> this flood was only the last one it was in, the engine is stuck pretty
> good.  I spent a couple of hours draining the fluids out and blowing air
> in the spark plug holes to get the water out.  It had about 4 gal in the
> crankcase, and 2 gallons in the transmission.  The final drives have to
> have the lower pans removed to drain them.  but I got a gallon out of
> each one.  The clutch appears to be silted in pretty bad and somewhat
> stuck.  I took the manifold off and poured Marvel Mystery Oil on each
> plug hole and each intake and exhaust port.  I is now sitting until I
> can get a horse trailer rebuilt for a client and get my 2 4-wheelers
> rebuilt.  Have to completely rebuild both engines.  Hopefully I can get
> a trade made for some rear tires also.  It looks like the anti-freeze is
> still there.  It must be heavier than water.  I also drained over 5
> gallons of water out of the gas tank.
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
> John Hall wrote:
>> If your B has hydraulics, you can tie in to it to operate a remote 
>> cylinder.
>> A friend of mine wanted to do this on a C several years back. The part 
>> you
>> need bolts onto the side of the hydraulic resevoir if I remember
>> correctly--it goes between the resevoir and the line. He borrwed one so I
>> could use it to copy--unfortunately I didn't make a print. I can't 
>> remember
>> was this an IH part or an aftermarket. It worked, but he didn't keep the
>> tractor long--it was just a playtoy.
>>
>> Have you considered also a PTO hydraulic pump? I think Prince used to 
>> make
>> them.
>>
>> Don't know how desperate you are to use this particular tractor but a 
>> pump
>> off a small combine may work as well if you can rig it to run off the fan
>> belt.
>>
>> John Hall
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 7:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Farmall B hydraulic
>>
>>
>>
>>> I brought home a Farmall B yesterday that has been flooded by the recent
>>> Hurricane leftovers that hit our area.  It had about 3 ft of water over
>>> the hood.  It was supposed to run before this happened.  It was in the
>>> barn when this happened.  It was supposed to be complete, but when we
>>> pulled it out of the barn the seat and air cleaner were missing.   I
>>> also noticed that it had been converted to 12 volt alternator system.  I
>>> have a belly mount sickle mower from an AC tractor that I think I can
>>> mount on it...
>>> I need to get a hydraulic system on it to pull the grain drill.  Was
>>> there a system that mounted a hydraulic pump between the distributor and
>>> the engine for the B series??
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>
>>>>
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