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<div origmsg="yes"></div>On Sun, 1 Jun, 2025 at 7:27 PM, milo holroyd <milo@milosmachineshed.com> wrote:<div class="rteDiv"> </div><div class="rteDiv" style="border-left: 3px #CCCCCC solid; padding-left:8px;"><div style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#454545;padding:5px; margin-bottom:15px; line-height:23px">To: at@lists.antique-tractor.com<br>
</div><div>Wow! Seems good to see a post in here. I'm not as active as I use to be, <br>
(come to think of it, I was never that active :-) )<br>
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Anyway, first thought that comes to mind on the governor issue, is a <br>
bolt that is too long installed somewhere in the assembly?<br>
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On 6/1/2025 6:25 PM, STEVE ALLEN wrote:<br>
> Gentlemen!<br>
><br>
> I hope this missive reaches folks who are doing well! Lots of changes <br>
> in my life in the last year and a half, but, before I get personal, I <br>
> have a real-life tractor conundrum.<br>
><br>
> It has to do with my son's '47 B - 207862. If you'll remember, we had <br>
> to replace the manifold on it. This took a while, partly because the <br>
> cold and wet of winter caught us partway through getting ready to put <br>
> the new manifold on (broken stud, but that's not the subject of the <br>
> question, just a cause for delay).<br>
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> Had just about everything off above the engine to replace the <br>
> manifold. Took the governor/fan assembly off whole. Everything moved <br>
> just fine.<br>
><br>
> When going back together we timed it per book instructions. Got to <br>
> the point of putting the mag on, and the whole thing was locked up. <br>
> Went through the various possibilities until it was time to test the <br>
> governor. We unbolted it, pried it up, and everything turned EXCEPT <br>
> the governor. Now, everything needs to come back off.<br>
><br>
> While we're getting it apart, what should we expect inside the <br>
> governor?It turned when we put it on so that we could put the gears in <br>
> alignment. What could have happened when we then set it down and put <br>
> in the bolts that would have locked it?<br>
><br>
> Any thoughts welcome and appreciated.<br>
><br>
> Everything is going well with the '51 A--we used it a couple weeks ago <br>
> to mow and pull a dead tree oughta the creek. My son bought a 207 <br>
> Gyramor that we're rehabbing, which really doesn't need much (though <br>
> it'd be nice to have a set of blades). The one thing that we'd love <br>
> to have (but can live without) is an axle--someone buggered up one end <br>
> of the original, and we can no longer reverse the wheel arms. If <br>
> anyone knows of an axle or a parts machine, please send up a flare.<br>
><br>
> No progress on the '49 EXCEPT that I have determined that the <br>
> flywheel, which we thought was tight, ain't. So we gotta get after <br>
> tightening it down. I think I will pull the bolts out one at a time <br>
> and reclean the threads. We'll have to reset the position, but I hope <br>
> not by much.<br>
><br>
> We pulled the land wheel off the 4b plow, and I demounted the rotten <br>
> tire. Great use of a Hi-lift Jack and a tractor drawbar. Cleaned up <br>
> the inside of the bead--not really all that bad--in fact, the whole <br>
> hub and guts are in durn nice shape--and need to get it to the tire <br>
> shop for a new tire and tube. Can't hurry about that, though: need <br>
> to put a power steering gear box on my '95 Tahoe first. Priorities.<br>
><br>
> Always somethin', ain't it?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Anyway, I again hope everyone is doing well, and, as always, I would <br>
> appreciate any advice or ideas you might have there is such a wealth <br>
> of info here.<br>
><br>
> The "original" Steve Allen<br>
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> '47 B - 207862<br>
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> '49 A - 641033<br>
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> '51 A - 670397<br>
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