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Most of the nice warm days this fall i had to take care of things at work so i did not get as much done as i had planed. I primed one 450 this afternoon, i need one more warm day to lay down the finish coat on this one. I think i could be done for the winter but we will see if the weather permits IM...

Sorry we could not chat the other day when i was out. She did say u were feeling better though. U and Rose Mary are getting pretty good on those smart phones. Dave

I dont blame u for wanting to stay stock ! Call me old, tired, or boring, seems to me whenever i get into a custom truck project be it a lift kit, engine swap, or axle change out one thing just keeps leading to another to another. Thats just me getting old i guess. Dave

Man that was fast ! mine took about 3 weeks of messing around. Did u do the grease ? Well ? Did ya ?

Jess, This one was nice, the rear wheel arm was never messed with but it did have a few hairline cracks that needed welding. U r right most i see have a ugly repair. I really think the factory bar that went up and over on the discharge end was a poor atempt at some sort of truss. I ran a 3/8 rod fro...

Just wondering about this "pure" gas. It is sunoco 260 gtx. There is some data behind it and not sure what it means, octane R+M/2 =98 , research octane =103 , motor octane =93 , can anyone clear up the octane ratings ? I picked up a big bottle ($22) of the marine grade sta-bil as this said it has a ...

IMG_1173.JPG Not on this deck, i dont think i have seen these decals for sale. They r a pain to work around, sandblasting i mask it off about an inch bigger then hand sand up to it, then i use thin painters tape with an exacto knife. It takes a while. I see yours r gone but if u do any in the futur...

Looks long for a small cub tractor. mayb a big 154 or something like that. You ran the # into this fancy thinking box and nothing came up ?Dave

Hot Dog ! I called the station about 4 miles down the road and they have it for sale. Its like 98 octain and about $8 bucks a gallon. I will use this in low gas conumers like tiller,weed eater,snowblower,pressure washer, and before storage on bigger things. Dave

a few more things i did to the 44 were to add plates on the inside under the rear hangers as this is a real weak spot. I also ran a 3/8 inch rod all the way around the bottom edge of the deck welded every 3" or so. Then also with 3/8 rod on the discharge side connected the front and back wheel on th...

Steve, Welcome. Last winter i fixed up or restored two mower decks, a 60" haban and a 44 c and i did just what u mentioned, i used grease on every surface where two things touched. On the 44, the stiffening or spindle plate sat pretty flat but i did add one through bolt to pull down a slight high sp...

Hey Tom sorry for teasing.
It just seems like you cant get out of the woods on this rear. What do u think your going to do about that play ? reshim ? Dave

11/9/13
Dear Diary, I love my new super. I just have to fix a small oil leak. Tom

11/17/13
Dear Diary, I hate my new super. I just give up ! Tom

I have heard over the last couple of yrs about some of the ethanol problems but never did any more than use sta-bil in the winter. Last night i had a friend over and we went out to the shop and looked at a few of the new toys. I was telling him about the one snow blower that i removed about 8 oz of ...

This one on CL is only $250 . Look how great someone kept or fix this one up. It almost looks right out of the pic from 1959. Dave

Wow thats crazy ! Here the whole time im thinking this one for sale stole the colors from IH, maybe the other way around. 1959 ? Cubs were still a twinkle in IH's eye at that point right ?

Its on cl philly. Said that it is a 1959 craftsman. My grandpop had something like this i think Montgomery ward ?

Charles, we need an update ! I went down and looked at my 1572 and mine does have a block heater right behind the fan below the valve cover up front, i dont know if its stock who or when installed it. Charles said in the first post that it always ran good up untill this exact point so im wondering i...

Yea Tom i got out the manual today to see exactly what u r doing here. It does look pretty straight forward although the removing of the expansion plug looks fun.... :x . A few questions did come up, i guess when they say "push or tap the pinion assembly" in 6.161 they mean the bearing around the sh...

Thanks Todd that is a very good link and a lot to take in. My father had a bota 12 hp 2 cylinder that was a hard starter, luckly he did not use it in winter or he would have been out of luck. My experience has been more in the constuction field, backhoes, loaders, trucks and some farm tractors. Like...

No you guys r right ! I should not have recomended something so dangerous and controversial to another forum member. Sorry. Dave

Guys im just having fun here and dont claim to know it all. Just for discussion. Dont u want an explosion in the combustion chamber, that is where the glow plugs r on this tractor. Some diesels that i have had do have a preheater on the intake and that may be a little more dangerous, i still however...

Do it ! On paper it might not be good, but i dont know a farmer or excavator who works in the cold that doesnt have a can behind the truck seat. Sometimes thats all it takes when it wants to fire but doesnt. DO IT ! Responsibly . Dave

I havent had a rear apart like this eather, is there a pinion bearing also in the adapter housing or just the clip. I would think that would have two bearings on the pinion, one in the rear and one on the adapter. I was wondering if u could prop the pinion from moving while u do this work but i know...

Im thinking ,i just dont have any answers for u. Did u try ether ? Dave

I knew mine was made somewhere funny

It was so early they were still in the single digits. I like the wooden brake

Hey Brandon, Nice to see you here. I still have your tractor as my screen saver. It looks great. No hard feelings about the rear i hope. im going to get one of those plates from Ray, it looks good in black. Dave

Ah Man that is sweet ! I have never seen anything like that. What do u do raise the loader for attachments ? I have always been a ford man for construction toys , then they were bought out or merged with NH. I now have a NH backhoe. It was made over seas somewhere i forget but is a great machine. Mi...