[AT] Long-over-due Update

[Mike Meulenberg]

Can't be of any assistance with your issues, Steve, but it sure is nice 
to hear something from the ATIS list again!

Regards,

Mike M


On 6/1/2025 7:27 PM, milo holroyd wrote:
> 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
>>
>> '49 A - 641033
>>
>> '51 A - 670397
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