[AT] Pearl and other tractor updates

[Henry Miller]

I already found lightning magneto on ebay, I just don't know what all
parts I need. 

I got the gas tank off, it was more like a half inch of carbon in there.
A few specs of color make me suspect cork, though why so much I don't
know. I suspect that I should pull the oil pan too, but that is a
project for later. 

Some pictures here
https://m.facebook.com/groups/111139028344?view=permalink&id=10156679232203345

-- 
  Henry Miller
  hank at millerfarm.com

On Sun, Sep 10, 2017, at 08:43 AM, John Hall wrote:
> As far as I know you can still get replacement fuel tanks and oil pans 
> for the Deere E engines---may want to verify before you proceed. Search 
> for Mitch Malcom/Lightning Magneto (going by memory here). I think MOST 
> of them rusted through, I know mine were--but this was close to 30 years 
> ago when I worked on mine. I think you have to orient the oil pan, seems 
> there is a cup to hold oil for the governor? Hey Dave, if you are 
> reading maybe you can provide more info.
> 
> John Hall
> 
> 
> On 9/10/2017 8:54 AM, Henry Miller wrote:
> > Yesterday was busy, though not as productive as I hoped.
> >
> > First order of business was the tire on my hay rack, the steel belts are
> > showing, so even though it somehow holds air it needs to be replaced. I
> > don't have a socket or tire iron big enough so off to town.  While there
> > I stopped by deere for a new fuel strainer gasket. $5, would be a buck
> > online, but $10 shipping and handling. Once I explained that it wasn't
> > the sediment bowl, but the carburetor end they got it.
> >
> > Back home I got the tire off, but half the studs stayed in the lug nuts.
> > This was not planned for. I put some penetrating oil on and I'll let
> > that work for a while before trying to remove them.
> >
> > The closest I got to driving a tractor was next, my wife was weeding and
> > needed my help to move the result. After a couple wheelbarrow loads I
> > got out the uv4. The dump box is a lot easier to use than an unstable
> > wheelbarrow. I let my son do the driving on my lap. We took the most
> > convoluted route possible but there was no hurry.
> >
> > Next off to the pearl tractor. The gas tank was so varnished that fuel
> > wasn't reaching the fuel lines. So over the last few weeks I removed the
> > tank, cleaned it, and put in a tank liner kit. Also I cleaned the fuel
> > sentiment bowl and replaced the fuel filter. Put it back on, a little
> > fuel, which promptly leaked out the bowl, right through the new gasket.
> >
> > While checking the pearl I noticed that the differential has no oil so I
> > filled that. The new oil promptly leaked out the end of the axel. Wheel
> > off, and there is a chain (gear reduction) from the end of the axel to
> > the wheel. Chain is easy to remove, but the sprocket is not, no room for
> > my gear puller. I might need to get a two jaw one, or perhaps something
> > else. I'll think about my options for a bit.
> >
> > Last to the deere model. This has a 1.5 horse model E hit n miss engine,
> > and the fuel tank feels like a quarter inch of sand in the bottom
> > through the tank drain. I figure it is best to remove the fuel tank and
> > clean it good. I can't get sockets in with the engine on.  Un bolt the
> > engine, remove the radiator. Now I'm stuck. The fuel tank sticks out
> > underneath several inches, it was designed to sit on skids (a cart).
> > There isn't a good place to lift, and it is heavy, and I'm not sure how
> > I will set it down once I get it moved.
> >
> > By then it was bed time. I have a lot to think about before I go on.
> >
> 
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