[AT] 430V update

[Indiana Robinson]

My TO-20 Ferguson used a cork friction disk on the throttle much like the
one they and Ford used on the hydraulic lever. I need to replace the one on
the Ferguson but I won't buy one. I'm going to try using a piece of leather
first and see if it works well. I have several kinds of leather still on
hand from my shoe repair shop days. My cork disk is not compressed, it's
gone.  :-)
You do realize that you will have to replace your disks again in about 50
years...
Many years ago my father and I bought several of those friction throttle
levers from TSC when were building up our Farmall Super M and Super MTA
adding several after market "improvements". We didn't like those throttle
levers at all and took them off and hung them in the shop and put the
original notched throttles back on them. We later used one of them to
control the feed gate on a broadcast seeder. It didn't push back like the
Farmall governors did. To be fair they were after market high performance
governors and may have had more push-back than stock. Those governors were
a major improvement.


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On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 12:25 AM, deanvp <deanvp at att.net> wrote:

> The last time I ordered friction disks for a horizontal 2 cylinder they
> were almost like a cut off disk.  A fiber disk that had the look of fiber
> glass.  I've not see a cork one. But what ever floats the boat.
> -------- Original message --------From: Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net>
> Date: 10/11/17  8:17 PM  (GMT-08:00) To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: [AT] 430V update
> I fixed the throttle tonight. Turns out the friction disks are just cork.
> I wish someone had taken a picture of my face when I picked them up at the
> John Deere dealer. Was feeling real stupid that I paid nearly 10 bucks for
> 2 cork discs I could've made in my shop in five minutes.
>
> In my defense, the old ones were so compressed and glazed I believe them
> to be some sort of composite material. I include the pictures of the old
> ones below.  As you can see from the second one that when I  go ahead and
> break the old one I could see the fresh cork.
>
> Live and learn
>
> These two discs go between three pieces of metal. The middle piece of
> metal has a notch for a roll pin so it won't turn/spin.  Looking back that
> was my clue that they were too compressed. Tightening  the throttle as far
> as I could would not bring that notch up to the roll pin. With fresh cork,
> I could get that notch there with no problem. The throttle acts wonderful
> now.
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> Now that I can get idle and keep it with the throttle I will be able to
> set idle speed, and therefore be able to time the engine properly.  Not to
> mention actually being able to do work.
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> Spencer Yost
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Francis Robinson
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Central Indiana USA
robinson46176 at gmail.com