Recent content by Al Smith

Today I worked on a patch of golden rod which is a highly invasive plus gigantic weed .These things can get over eight feet tall and as thick as your big toe .I used a micro chain saw to wittle them down to around one foot and a Stihl weed wacker with nylon blades to take them to the ground .A...

I gave up on line heads years ago .I use blade heads .I might use 5 or 6 sets a season and buy them 50 sets at a time .They are generic nylon blades at a fraction of the cost of name brand items . .

As a suggestion for repairs of torn boots Loctite 401,which is o-ring glue is the hot ticket .O-rings are made of buna n rubber same as the boot .

Information in regard to possibley cracking the engine block of the Continental Z 120 engine .If you look at the installation proceedure of this model 100 of loader the actual weight is carried by the front axle not the engine itself .How the Dearborn and Freeman loaders were made I don't have a...

Out of curiosity I doodled around and found this related to the loader .https://ntractorclub.com/manuals/implements/loaders/Davis%20100%20Loader%20-%20Owner's%20Manual.pdf

I won but it was a battle .I had to get creative because of all the obstructions .I had no way to roll it over by hand so I used the starter .A six volt starter running on 12 volts really scoots so it took several tries to get number 1 cylinder up in nearly the right place . Started right up...

Now regarding the distributor .I had replaced the gear plus the bushing years ago along with the camshaft .Another one of the many times I've had to split that old Fergy .Rebuilt the entire clutch assembley as well ,another time .That wasn't that big of a deal because I have over head crane...

With the mention of 50 weight that's what my Oliver 0C-6 crawler uses in the tranny and for roller lube .Matter of fact I used 50 in the old Harleys . Now wear and tear on the loader tractor caused it to lock up if you stalled it in second gear . Years of using it to charge forward in second...

I think it's got 80-90 but with the loader I haven't used the three point in decades .The other TO 20 I have at the house also has 80-90 and in the winter it gets rather slow .The loader tractor has a front drive Vickers vane pump .I changed the vanes about 15 or so years ago . I had a manual...

I might add these were good old loaders .They'll lift over a ton .How ever with no power steering it's a job to get them to turn with a load on .I had to double plate the center front axle because it spread the tires from being bent from over loading it for years by the previous owner who I...

This is what I have to deal with .not my tractor but close

Now I have turned wrenchs on old rusty machinery since I was15 years when I rebuild my first tractor engine,a1938 Allis Chalmers model B . Then along comes one that is giving me fits .1950 Ferguson TO 20 .Not a big deal except this old antiquie has a Davis /Midwest hydraultic lift .As such you...

I'm not exactly sure what is going on here .It's a leaky seal but every suggestion is not taken seriously .It's been said getting enough torque using a half inch drive socket won't work .Then how about a 3/4" drive or a torque multiplier ? On that the multiplier I have I think is 64 to 1 ratio...

Well why didn't you say so ?--you've got google I suppose -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBpxR8afzrE

There's a proceedure where you check the fit using grease patterns left on the ring gear .Too loose you aren't getting full mesh on the gears which eventually they will fail .Try google .However if I remember correctly the specs give the distance from the edge of the ring to the carrier for...