[AT] still on the job

[John Hall]

No,I haven't tried anything like that, but I am afraid its worn out, oil 
seeps around the spark plug and down the head. Pulling that 
culti-mulcher in 4th with the teeth down is about the load it wants 
(should have) on our hills. I suspect one of the rings may be broke. I 
may could get away with rings and rod bearings, but its one of those 
situations I feel I need to be financially prepared to go all in. The 
crank is the only thing I feel good about, it still runs about 65-70lbs 
oil pressure so I doubt it would need  grinding.

John

On 10/26/2016 11:48 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> John have you tried putting something like Wynn's oil or Marvel
> Mystery oil in it and working it real hard for a while? Is it possible it
> just has some stuck rings and carboned up valves?
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hall
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 9:08 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] still on the job
>
> Tyler all I can tell you is we ran the crap out of every piece of
> machinery we had, but when the field work was done and it was time to
> service equipment, all needed repairs were made and almost always OEM
> parts were used. There is no telling what all has been fixed on this M.
> I'm certain it has had a couple clutches, I think some rear end work,
> The engine has been rebuilt a time or 2--it needs it now but buying oil
> is a LOT cheaper as I think it would need piston and sleeves as well as
> a complete head rebuild. It probably only saw 15-20 years of hard labor
> before it got a life of ease spraying liquid nitrogen on wheat and
> pulling a 4 row corn planter. (occasionaly we used it to roll soybeans).
> Since 91 it has had a fairly easy life as our farming operation is less
> than 10% of what it was in the late 80's. One other thing we always did
> was to keep everything under a shed unless it was in the field. And no
> 12 volt conversion, it is still 6 volt with a magneto. I just put in a
> new battery this spring. It doesn't turn over real fast but the mag is
> hot and it cranks easily and reliably. The kerosene manifold was long
> ago burnt up and replaced with a gas version,  also the small gas
> starting tank was removed along with the radiator shutters (I think it
> had them). The original seat may be here still, I remember the Joy-Rider
> seat being bought in the early 70's.
>
> John
>
>
> On 10/24/2016 11:25 PM, Tyler Juranek wrote:
>> Hi John,
>> How did you keep that tractor maintained as good as you have? You'd
>> think that things would start wearing out after awhile...
>> Is it converted to 12 volt, now?
>> Grandpa still has his Oliver 66 gas that he bought in Lions Nebraska
>> when dad was in high school. He used it for cultivating, and a few odd
>> jobs around the place, but now it just runs an 8 inch auger. But now
>> it doesn't do that to much either as grandpa is starting to retire.
>> But his definition and my definition of retire are two different
>> things. :)
>> As long as the battery is charged up, he can go in the little shed and
>> hit the button and it's a goin'...
>> Take Care,
>> Tyler Juranek
>> IA
>>
>> On 10/24/16, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>> Worth noting, it has the original generator and starter (according to my
>>> dad), although I am certain both have been rebuilt a couple times.
>>> Technically that isn't true, one of them along with the battery and/or
>>> lights were stolen when the tractor was new (before my family took
>>> delivery). Things may have still been in short supply from WWII, or some
>>> sorry SOB just decided to help himself to some free parts.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/23/2016 10:34 PM, Kenneth Waugh wrote:
>>>> John, that is both a neat picture and an even neater history!  Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Gene Waugh
>>>> Elgin, IL
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 23, 2016, at 8:28 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Rolled a 5 acre field this afternoon with dad's 47 M and 12' Dunham
>>>>> culti-packer (mulcher). It has a joy rider seat and a John Blue spray
>>>>> rig. My grandmother bought it new. It has never missed a year farming,
>>>>> although the heavy tillage work went to the diesel Deeres in the late
>>>>> 60's. Today I let my son do the driving, first time he has done any
>>>>> real
>>>>> field work other than baling. I first ran this tractor doing the same
>>>>> thing over 30 years ago.
>>>>>
>>>>> John Hall
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