[AT] Fw: 350 u Was now helpers

[Roy Morgan]

On Jul 28, 2008, at 9:12 PM, <oldiron62 at gmail.com>  
<oldiron62 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes she is quite the helper Roy, A big three years old.

(Shorter reply than I had made up when my foot kicked the tenuous  
power cord to the computer and dumped it all):

my 6-1/2 year old likes to type on the teletype machines I have.  I  
did start up the tractor with her a few days ago.. soon she may be  
starting it up by herself!


> ...
> Roy is the tractor your calling A W4 A 6 cyl tractor?  like A W40 ?  
> Oh I
> would love to have A WK40


I don't know much about tractors yet, or what a WK40 is.

It's an International Harvester Corporation McCormick W-4.  Has 4  
cylinders, I am pretty sure.  20+ horsepower.  Has:
- rear PTO
- plow with lift hydraulics
- no three point hitch - only drawbar on rear.
- cracks in rear tires, and chloride in the tires.
- 12 volt conversion electrical system (tin snips used to make new  
alternator fit!)

I have LOTS of questions:
- I think a sand blaster is in order.  Hopefully a heavy duty  
industrial one used (we also need to blast a big old fireplace.)
- I assume o-rings are available to fix hydraulic leaks
- what hydraulic fluid should I get to replace what's leaked out?
- pins in draw bar are bent (presumably by running over big rocks): do  
I just whang them back more or less straight with the well known BFH  
(big foolish hammer)?
- I got no manuals: are the I&T SHOP MANUALS from Intertec Publishing  
Corp the best idea to start with?
- It has no roll bar: I'm not a hot rod, and the land we have is quite  
flat.  Just the same, I'd think about a roll bar.  would the plow  
frame support a top  piece big enough to be reliable?
- former owner used Lead Substitute in very imprecise quantities -  
good idea?
- Should I use regular gas?
- I'd like to bush hog the 15 or so acres we have of grown-over  
pasture (All grass and weeds, no small trees yet), though for now I  
have a Cub Cadet with bush hog rear attachment.  Can I expect to find  
a bush hog for the W-4 at any reasonable price?
- the rear tires are cracked (and have chains on for plowing).  Are  
they likely to fail soon?
- what wire should I use to replace the old worn out stuff on the  
thing now.
- any one in the Finger Lakes region of NY that I can apprentice with  
to learn more about this thing?

oh the list will go on and on.


Roy Morgan
13033 Downey Mill Rd
Lovettsville, VA 20180
k1lky at earthlink.net

NEW address:
529 Cobb St.
Groton NY, 13073