<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://www.novak-adapt.com/"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.novak-adapt.com/" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E9E9EB;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E9E9EB" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(233, 233, 235, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:6px 12px 6px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIconItem" width="36"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.novak-adapt.com/" draggable="false"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Good luck!<br><br><div dir="ltr">Spencer Yost</div><div dir="ltr"><br><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 14, 2024, at 8:25 PM, Kyle Sands <willys_46@hotmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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Nice to see some chatter on the list. I've not made much noise in 20 years (wow, it's weird to say that), but listen in on the conversations.</div>
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Spencer - what's the level of difficulty in rebuilding that transmission? I've been a tinkerer since my grandpa gave me his 1946 Willys CJ-2A back when I was 13. I've always done routine maintenance and minor repairs on most anything. However, only lately
have I dove into some more complex repairs on my newer vehicles (mostly in an attempt to save money, but also for personal satisfaction in getting it done). I learn through Youtube as many of us probably do now. If the video of a repair looks doable, I'll
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I still have that old Jeep, and it's occurred to me that it might benefit from some transmission/transfer case work. I've never torn into something like that, and I imagine it's probably relatively simple. I'm curious if you just jumped right in to that rebuild
project or if you're taking it on slowly as a novice? What sort of references do you use - old manuals, vidoes, other sources?</div>
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Regards</div>
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<div dir="auto">Nice Dean. I always enjoy your pictures. Tinkering myself except on an SM420 transmission for a 57 Chevy 3/4 ton instead of a tractor. Pics below of one of the reasons I rebuilt it. Synchros definitely toasted. Should be done in a week or
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<div>BTW: is the 3point line for the basketball goal in the picture the front of the Farmall or behind the 3020 😂 </div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Mar 4, 2024, at 7:32 PM, Dean Vinson <dean@vinsonfarm.net> wrote:<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">The 3020 was delivered this afternoon, so as time allows I’ll be tinkering with it… changing fluids, looking into why the rear light works but the front lights don’t (“check the grounds, check the grounds, check the grounds,” Farmer would
say), getting rid of the calcium chloride in the rear tires. I’ve got a bit of earth grading/smoothing to do in a couple of spots back in the woods, so the tractor’s first actual task will likely be with a rear blade attached. I’m looking forward to all
of it. 3227 hours on the tractor, practically new given its age, and so far it feels as solid as can be.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I love the older tractors also, like the Super M shown in this photo and a John Deere 620 parked in another part of the barn. But I have to admit, as I get older the level of exposure on those tractors starts to weigh on my mind a little…
I’m increasingly conscious of sitting up there on the seat with nothing around me, and on the Super M in particular not much below me except for the ground and whatever implement I’m pulling. The 3020 by comparison feels like I’m nestled into a cockpit.
Will be interesting to see how the various tractors get used as the months go by and the “newness” of the 3020 wears off, but I can imagine it becoming more and more the go-to tractor. In the meantime, sure is fun to have a new toy.</p>
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