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Rodney51Cub
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Joined: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:06 pm
Zip Code: 62995
Tractors Owned: 1951 Farmall Cub
1950 John Deere A
1949 Farmall Cub
1943 Farmall H
1940 Farmall H
1953 Farmall Super M
1962 Massey Ferguson 65
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: Southern Illinois

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby Rodney51Cub » Thu Nov 26, 2015 5:06 pm

Well I am at the four year point with this project and still moving forward slowly.
Spent most of this year working on my other tractors.
Did find a parts tractor for this project in August.
Hopefully I can make a lot of progress this winter if the job and weather cooperate. :lol:
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Rodney 8)
USAF 1976 - 1996

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Rodney51Cub
10+ Years
10+ Years
Posts: 517
Joined: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:06 pm
Zip Code: 62995
Tractors Owned: 1951 Farmall Cub
1950 John Deere A
1949 Farmall Cub
1943 Farmall H
1940 Farmall H
1953 Farmall Super M
1962 Massey Ferguson 65
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: Southern Illinois

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby Rodney51Cub » Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:42 am

Getting close to five years on the " money pit ". Had to pull it out of the shop and turn it around to work on rear half and flywheel side. Still a ways off from getting it running. At least I am able to move it now.

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partsguy662
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Zip Code: 54729

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby partsguy662 » Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:51 am

If you need any specs or help with it, let me know..I've been around (and inside) lots of them. :)

Rodney51Cub
10+ Years
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Posts: 517
Joined: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:06 pm
Zip Code: 62995
Tractors Owned: 1951 Farmall Cub
1950 John Deere A
1949 Farmall Cub
1943 Farmall H
1940 Farmall H
1953 Farmall Super M
1962 Massey Ferguson 65
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: Southern Illinois

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby Rodney51Cub » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:46 pm

Another picture of more progress on the "Money Pit".
Hope to have the radiator cleaned, painted and reinstalled in the next couple of weeks.
I have to put a clutch in the Farmall H sitting behind it first.
Already have the pump out. Need to clean the grime out of the bell housing before I start on the clutch.

Rodney 8)

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USAF 1976 - 1996

Rodney51Cub
10+ Years
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Posts: 517
Joined: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:06 pm
Zip Code: 62995
Tractors Owned: 1951 Farmall Cub
1950 John Deere A
1949 Farmall Cub
1943 Farmall H
1940 Farmall H
1953 Farmall Super M
1962 Massey Ferguson 65
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: Southern Illinois

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby Rodney51Cub » Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:14 pm

Another year has gone by on the "money pit". Made a little progress, but again life gets in the way of the hobby. Only three more years until I can retire. Hopefully I will have it done by then.

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USAF 1976 - 1996

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Super A
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Zip Code: 28521
Tractors Owned: Collector of Super As, Corn Pickers, and a buncha other junk. Even a Cub now and then...
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: NC, Jacksonville area

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby Super A » Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:36 pm

Rodney51Cub wrote:Another year has gone by on the "money pit". Made a little progress, but again life gets in the way of the hobby. Only three more years until I can retire. Hopefully I will have it done by then.

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Rodney 8)

You think you have problems, look at this trainwreck I'm working on! It was purchased new in the early 60s by my great grandmother so my granddaddy would have a bigger tractor to keep her farm disked up after she put it in the soil bank. My dad was in the Army and granddaddy was spread pretty thin.....last time it ran was in the early 80s.

Al

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Let us pray for farmers and all who prepare the soil for planting, that the seeds they sow may lead to a bountiful harvest.
Celebrating 75 years of the Super A: 1947-2022

Rodney51Cub
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Posts: 517
Joined: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:06 pm
Zip Code: 62995
Tractors Owned: 1951 Farmall Cub
1950 John Deere A
1949 Farmall Cub
1943 Farmall H
1940 Farmall H
1953 Farmall Super M
1962 Massey Ferguson 65
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: Southern Illinois

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby Rodney51Cub » Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:27 pm

The only problem I have now is trying to find the time to work on it.

Mine was stuck bad also. It got bored .125" over. Head was replaced because it was cracked. Intake manifold was broken. A lot of new clutch and brake parts installed.

I think I have all needed parts except a PTO shield, fenders, wiring and battery. I just have to remember where I put them and how everything goes back together. Still a lot of cleaning and painting to do.

Rodney 8)
USAF 1976 - 1996

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Indy4570
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Posts: 961
Joined: Tue Nov 28, 2017 2:12 am
Zip Code: 65608
Tractors Owned: 49 F cub, donor
50 Farmall Cub bugeyes(dead)
55 Farmall Cub Clementine
55 International loboy
62 140 Industrial The Beast
50s Allis Chalmers B
50 Ferguson TO20 Huppster
49 Ferguson TE20 Fergie
JD 790 4x4 w/backhoe
hinomoto diesel 4x4, early to mid 80s 20HP
73 Pasquali 4x4 diesel 33HP
74 Toro golf course tractor
Gilson 18HP
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: Missouri Ozarks

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby Indy4570 » Mon Dec 11, 2017 12:31 am

I stopped working on this 49 Ferguson TE20 because they were logging across the road and that much good oak was something I could not pass up so close to home. hauled it all on the lil trailer pulled by a JD gator HPX. There is much more wood than this pic shows, that pile is over 8 feet tall and 40 feet long.

I have the same problem, have to remember what goes where and where are those bolts? :lost: :shock:
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AL Farmall Boy
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Zip Code: 35630
Circle of Safety: Y

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby AL Farmall Boy » Fri Mar 02, 2018 11:22 am

Haha, I have around 4 projects like that all at once and other "quicker" or "more important" projects keep getting bumped in front of them!
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Lt.Mike
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Zip Code: 07727
Tractors Owned: 1 -'58 International Cub Lo-Boy
2 - '46 International A's
2 - '52 Farmall Cubs
1 - '53 Farmall Super A
1 - ‘41 Ford 9N with a ‘49 8N Engine
1 - ‘48 (5641) Allis Chalmers G
Location: Farmingdale NJ

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby Lt.Mike » Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:08 pm

:lol: I got a look at a JD A once owned by a fellow I bought a horse drawn sickle bar mower from.
I couldn’t make heads or tails from it. Two cylinder and where the hell is the engine? Weird engine layout but there’s something about it I liked though and I’ve kinda wanted one since seeing it.
I’d doubt if I had a tractor apart that long I’d remember how to get it back together.
Your tractor is showing signs it’s going to be a work of art when it’s done!
Good luck with it.
Mike
Quote by Gary Pickeral I like
"If it can cast a shadow, it can be restored"

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Super A
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Joined: Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:53 am
Zip Code: 28521
Tractors Owned: Collector of Super As, Corn Pickers, and a buncha other junk. Even a Cub now and then...
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: NC, Jacksonville area

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby Super A » Thu Mar 08, 2018 11:43 am

Lt.Mike wrote::lol: I got a look at a JD A once owned by a fellow I bought a horse drawn sickle bar mower from.
I couldn’t make heads or tails from it. Two cylinder and where the hell is the engine? Weird engine layout but there’s something about it I liked though and I’ve kinda wanted one since seeing it.
I’d doubt if I had a tractor apart that long I’d remember how to get it back together.
Your tractor is showing signs it’s going to be a work of art when it’s done!
Good luck with it.
Mike


Horizontal 2 cylinder tractors are a completely different animal for sure. The "block" is just the two cylinders and the engine crankcase and transmission case are one piece. The main gear that drives everything is actually outside of the main case, as is the 6th speed gears! And an octopus coming from the oil pump/filter housing to get oil where it needs to go inside the crankcase. Everything is big and over-engineered but I am amazed that they used the design as long as they did---it's basically 1900's technology.

We'll see if I can figure out how to get this one back together when it's time.

Al
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Let us pray for farmers and all who prepare the soil for planting, that the seeds they sow may lead to a bountiful harvest.
Celebrating 75 years of the Super A: 1947-2022

Rodney51Cub
10+ Years
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Posts: 517
Joined: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:06 pm
Zip Code: 62995
Tractors Owned: 1951 Farmall Cub
1950 John Deere A
1949 Farmall Cub
1943 Farmall H
1940 Farmall H
1953 Farmall Super M
1962 Massey Ferguson 65
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: Southern Illinois

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby Rodney51Cub » Mon Dec 31, 2018 6:33 pm

Still in progress on the "Money Pit". Seems like when I had time to work on it the weather would not cooperate. Hope to have it done by next falls local show.

Rodney 8)
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cjet69
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Zip Code: 00000
Tractors Owned: Family owned: Over 30 antique tractors and 30 garden/lawn tractors
Location: NW Washington

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby cjet69 » Mon Dec 31, 2018 8:11 pm

It looks like its getting close. I have many projects just like this that go on for years or decades. The finish line is near.

Rodney51Cub
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Posts: 517
Joined: Fri Feb 11, 2011 6:06 pm
Zip Code: 62995
Tractors Owned: 1951 Farmall Cub
1950 John Deere A
1949 Farmall Cub
1943 Farmall H
1940 Farmall H
1953 Farmall Super M
1962 Massey Ferguson 65
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: Southern Illinois

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby Rodney51Cub » Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:47 pm

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The "Money Pit" is running and 99.9 % together. Took it to a local show and parade today. Drove it 9 miles to town and it ran fine. During the parade it decided to give me problems and did not make it the full route. Ended up being stuff in the fuel tank that was not suppose to be in there. Cleaned the fuel valve, readjusted the clutch and it ran fine the 9 miles back home. I am normally very careful about keeping my gas cans clean but I must have had an attack of oldman foolishness in trying to get the tractor ready.

Rodney :oops:
USAF 1976 - 1996

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T-Mo
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Zip Code: 63628
Tractors Owned: '40 H
'44 B
'47 Cub
'49 C
54A Blade
42 Woods Mower
Henderson Loader
Cultivators
No. 8 Little Genius 2-12 Plow
IH Running Gear
Circle of Safety: Y
Location: Bonne Terre, Mo

Re: Saved one from the scrap yard.

Postby T-Mo » Sun Oct 06, 2019 6:03 am

Looking good. I haven't read through this entire thread, but from the posts I have looked at, it looks to be an adventure of sorts. Great job.


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