[AT] Long-over-due Update

[milo holroyd]

Wow! Seems good to see a post in here. I'm not as active as I use to be, 
(come to think of it, I was never that active :-) )

Anyway, first thought that comes to mind on the governor issue, is a  
bolt that is too long installed somewhere in the assembly?

On 6/1/2025 6:25 PM, STEVE ALLEN wrote:
> Gentlemen!
>
> I hope this missive reaches folks who are doing well!  Lots of changes 
> in my life in the last year and a half, but, before I get personal, I 
> have a real-life tractor conundrum.
>
> It has to do with my son's '47 B - 207862.  If you'll remember, we had 
> to replace the manifold on it.  This took a while, partly because the 
> cold and wet of winter caught us partway through getting ready to put 
> the new manifold on (broken stud, but that's not the subject of the 
> question, just a cause for delay).
>
> Had just about everything off above the engine to replace the 
> manifold.  Took the governor/fan assembly off whole.  Everything moved 
> just fine.
>
> When going back together we timed it per book instructions.  Got to 
> the point of putting the mag on, and the whole thing was locked up. 
>  Went through the various possibilities until it was time to test the 
> governor.  We unbolted it, pried it up, and everything turned EXCEPT 
> the governor.  Now, everything needs to come back off.
>
> While we're getting it apart, what should we expect inside the 
> governor?It turned when we put it on so that we could put the gears in 
> alignment.  What could have happened when we then set it down and put 
> in the bolts that would have locked it?
>
> Any thoughts welcome and appreciated.
>
> Everything is going well with the '51 A--we used it a couple weeks ago 
> to mow and pull a dead tree oughta the creek.  My son bought a 207 
> Gyramor that we're rehabbing, which really doesn't need much (though 
> it'd be nice to have a set of blades).  The one thing that we'd love 
> to have (but can live without) is an axle--someone buggered up one end 
> of the original, and we can no longer reverse the wheel arms.  If 
> anyone knows of an axle or a parts machine, please send up a flare.
>
> No progress on the '49 EXCEPT that I have determined that the 
> flywheel, which we thought was tight, ain't.  So we gotta get after 
> tightening it down.  I think I will pull the bolts out one at a time 
> and reclean the threads. We'll have to reset the position, but I hope 
> not by much.
>
> We pulled the land wheel off the 4b plow, and I demounted the rotten 
> tire.  Great use of a Hi-lift Jack and a tractor drawbar.  Cleaned up 
> the inside of the bead--not really all that bad--in fact, the whole 
> hub and guts are in durn nice shape--and need to get it to the tire 
> shop for a new tire and tube.  Can't hurry about that, though:  need 
> to put a power steering gear box on my '95 Tahoe first.  Priorities.
>
> Always somethin', ain't it?
>
>
> Anyway, I again hope everyone is doing well, and, as always, I would 
> appreciate any advice or ideas you might have there is such a wealth 
> of info here.
>
> The "original"  Steve Allen
>
> '47 B - 207862
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> '49 A - 641033
>
> '51 A - 670397
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