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mp38b 
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 Topic: "B" started with the hand crank. But, then...
Posted: 16 Nov 2009 at 5:57pm |
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With all used parts, I put my B motor together. After help from all, I could crank it by hand. A little tweak of the mag and a lot of sweat - " It's alive!!". First run seemed to be going okay. Just then, fate say's " Oh, hell no" - sparks fly from the bell housing ( It was getting dark, so it was kind of spectacular). Obviously, something in the clutch let go. Time to split her down the middle, AGAIN.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 16 Nov 2009 at 9:24pm |
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"i hate it when that happens". hopefully it will be something simple and you can be back in business in a couple of days. be carfull with the rigging, splitting frame.
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Alberta Phil
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Posted: 16 Nov 2009 at 9:40pm |
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I had that happen with my '47 B a few years ago and the sparks were from one of the bolts I had put in to fill the implement mount holes in the bellhousing. One was just a little too long and the teeth on the ring gear just caught it and fired sparks out the bottom of the bellhousing!!
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weiner43
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Posted: 17 Nov 2009 at 9:11pm |
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I did that with my CA when bought it and hauled it home, had the bolt thru the chain and forgot to back it off. Couldn`t figure out why the engine had seized up coming home.
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God bless our troops and the United States of America.
Pick your rut well, you may be in it a long time.
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Bob D. (La)
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Posted: 18 Nov 2009 at 5:41am |
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Ouch, that had to hurt, at least your feelings. As Dad always said, "Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you". Good Luck and God Bless.
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When you find yourself in a hole,PUT DOWN THE SHOVEL!!!
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Chris/CT
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Posted: 18 Nov 2009 at 5:42am |
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I have good used clutch assy parts from a "B" P/U if you need anything, Chris/CT
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TerryMtAuburnIA
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Posted: 18 Nov 2009 at 8:27am |
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i have fly wheel with a good ring gear. you can have. good luck.
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mp38b
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Posted: 05 Dec 2009 at 12:22am |
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I never did get back to you all on this. It seems to me that 71 year old bolts might not hold up to the torque that was originally intended. One broke off of the pressure plate, and wedged itself in the bellhousing, refusing to leave until I split the tractor and extracted it out like an angry surgeon. Thank God for floor jacks, 4X4's, chain hoists, and pry bars.
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