[AT] Case DH Christmas present

Mon Dec 29 14:35:12 PST 2008

    Hi Ken;

    Glad you got it running good. Once the grease gets the seals softened 
up, the water leak should stop.

    I mentioned my special grease for my LA water pump. It is old, thick 
grease from an old grease bucket I have had for many years. Thought it would 
work better if it had some fiber in it. Just so happens I had just finished 
trimming my dog and had lots of fine hair from him. Mixed some in the grease 
cup and it really seems to hold longer now.

    I had a model C and the clutch was the same on that one. Hard to get 
used to that one too. Had good brakes that saved a couple unwanted 
occurrances. Was pretty careful driving it on and off the trailer. 
Apparently a few of the early D tractors used the leftover C parts.

    I mated the 700 back together today after getting the new clutch disc. 
Good to see it back on all 4 wheels again. Doesn't take up so much shop 
space now.

    Still have to put the engine together as soon as I get my new sleeves. 
Going to replace the tach cable while I have the fuel tank off. Want to take 
the injectors to a diesel shop and get them tested and set for pressure. I 
took them all apart and cleaned and lapped them. Always makes it start and 
run better. Still have a ways to go, but spring is 3 months away.

                        Gene

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Knierim" <ken.knierim at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Case DH Christmas present

> Hello Gene,
>
> Looks like a shot of grease slowed or stopped the leakage. Thanks!
>
> Yesterday was a day spent chasing leaks and driving up and down the
> street breaking things in. Fixed the fuel leaks and the leaking oil
> pressure gage but found a leak on the clutch shaft where it goes into
> the side of the bell housing. During this overhaul I found that the
> neoprene PTO shaft seal can also be used as a replacement for the
> leather and felt seal on the crankshaft snout and that seems to be
> holding good so far. (knocking on wood).
> The clutch on this beast is going to take some getting used to. It
> works backwards (pull back toward the operator to engage) and is on
> the right, next to the hand brake. Sure love the sound of that old
> Case engine purring along. It started on the 4th pull of the crank
> yesterday. I think it would have fired on the second pull had I got
> the choke to stay put long enough to start it.  I rinsed the points
> off with alcohol and the mag hasn't given me any more trouble since
> then... yet, anyway.
>
> Thanks again for all the help.
>
> Ken in AZ
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 8:34 PM, Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net> wrote:
>>    Ke;
>>    Wanted to tell you on the leaking water pump. Before you do anything
>> with it, grease the fittings on the hub. Case uses a grease pressure seal 
>> in
>> these pumps and may be all you need to do to it. All these years of 
>> setting
>> has surely let the grease dry out of the seal. Apply grease till you feel 
>> a
>> positive pressure. Any more will only pass by the seal.
>>    I use a special heavy grease in my LA to control the leakage in it. It
>> has a cup greaser and have to screw it down every time I shut it down or 
>> the
>> coolant will all run out. It will run all day and not leak at all till it 
>> is
>> shut down.
>>
>>                        Gene
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ken Knierim" <ken.knierim at gmail.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 10:58 AM
>> Subject: [AT] Case DH Christmas present
>>
>>
>>> Folks,
>>>   I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! After spending some
>>> time with the family for breakfast and opening presents, I went out
>>> and took a shot at firing up the DH I've been tinkering on for years.
>>> Well, after a relatively short period of time I had it running
>>> smoothly. There were a few kinks along the way but after all it's been
>>> through, it was good to see the tractor run and drive. I believe the
>>> last time this was actually driven was 1981 or thereabouts. I still
>>> need to get the correct front end for the tractor (it has a DC front
>>> axle on it right now) and some other minor issues but it fired up,
>>> drove around the yard a bit and did what it was supposed to. The
>>> typical minor issues (a couple leaks found after everything warmed up)
>>> coupled with a light drizzling rain (Rain? in Phoenix? on Christmas?
>>> naw!) and what looks like an intermittent magneto (something in the
>>> timing advance setting cause it to loose fire sometimes, especially
>>> when you want to start it up) caused me to park it back in the shop
>>> and wait for better weather.
>>>
>>> It was one of my many great Christmas presents. I hope everyone else
>>> had nearly as good a Christmas day as we had here.
>>>
>>> Ken in AZ
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