[Farmall] Whats new(old) in your shop

[olmstead at ridgenet.net]

Most of the F4s I've rebuilt have been pretty nasty; I deliberately chose
the ones missing the distributor cap at first because they were in such
horrible shape that I wouldn't have felt too badly if I had destroyed them
while learning how to work on 'em.

But after I began rebuilding better magnetos, on two occasions I opened up
an F4 that had obviously never been touched before.  It was almost like
visiting a shrine.  Who would have guessed that IHC put little dabs of
paint on some of the screws 70 years ago when they assembled the mag,
probably to keep the screws from vibrating loose?

Doesn't often happen that you find some component on an old Farmall that
has never been touched.  But it's sure fun looking!

Haven't done much in my shop other than change radiator hoses and oil on
my Kubota lately.  And used a broom to push most of the water out; it's
been raining and water runs in under the walls of my shop.  Not
complaining, though; we had less than one inch of rain last year.

-Karl
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>  Seems kind of quiet to be winter when most folks hibernate in the shop.
> Anybody got anything exciting going on?
>
>   I'm rebuilding an F-4 for a guy. I always love working on a mag after
> someone else has been working on it. The previous mechaic had assembled
> the
> top cover and used blue silicone for a gasket. OK except he let it cover
> the
> brass tube that feeds oil to the rear bearing. Also put a huge blob of
> solder on the primary leadout connection to the coil. He filed it flat on
> the bottom. The problem with this is he only had a point of contact
> instead
> of allowing the loop in the wire to drop down over the coil. And to top it
> off he painted it that ugly orange that Chevy uses on engine blocks.
>
> So what red item are you guys working on?
>
> John Hall