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  1. J

    Prettiest tractor....

    I've always been partial to Farmalls. The letter series tractors are all beautifully designed, but they're just so common that - I hate to say I get tired of looking at them - maybe too "used to" looking at them. I think that's why I like the 560's better. In my area they're pretty scarce...
  2. J

    Tractors Does anyone dare to do this???

    Oh I have - and that's why I always tell people who are looking for an old tractor to save their money by buying the most expensive one they can find. 9 times out of 10... if not 9.9 times out of 10 - it's cheaper to buy one that somebody ELSE has dumped thousands into.
  3. J

    My dumb question re 10mm

    It's just that they're so commonly used that, of all the sockets in a set that are likely to be forgotten out somewhere, the 10mm is a very likely culprit. Even more so because they're small and easy to overlook. Depends on what you tend to work on of course.
  4. J

    JOINING ALUMINUM TO STEEL

    Oh boy... As a kid fresh out of high school, I designed a splice box for fiber optic lines, and it used steel screws into some aluminum standoffs... Hundreds of those damn things across the country had to be pulled up to have the corroding components replaced. When that's how you first...
  5. J

    Can Cast Pieces Be Repaired?

    I'd epoxy it personally. If you're not comfortable with that, I'd probably try the muggyweld stuff - I'll stick a link in. I've never used it due to the cost, I'm not sure it's sold in quantities for any less than fifty bucks - kind of steep for a simple one off fix. But for something you...
  6. J

    Odd Question, Odd Use for Chain

    I'd soak it with molasses - shouldn't take too much for a short section of chain like that. I also use phosphoric acid a lot on rust - it works well, but you've got to clean it off good right away, otherwise it gets sticky and turns white. Might be a pain in the but on chain, not sure. If...
  7. J

    homemade ratchets

    hmmm... you take a ratcheting sprocket and weld a handle on it to make a ratchet wrench... There's nothing homemade about it!!! You might as well just cut the ratcheting end off another ratchet wrench and weld a handle on it and call it homemade. I'd say to call something homemade, you've...
  8. J

    Welding holes in pins

    And as for grinding them smooth - if you don't have a lathe - use the poor man's lathe - chuck them in a drill press and hold a good clean flat file against them. Not sure I'd want to do 180 of them that way myself, but ... if they really don't want to make new ones... better than doing them...
  9. J

    Welding holes in pins

    I agree with others about A. - tell them to wake up and make some new ones, or B. put a pin in then weld. But just for the hell of it, I'd try brazing. Heat the end up red - stick a brazing rod in, and just melt it in there till it's full. But of course - with any heating/welding technique...
  10. J

    Farmall 706 value

    I have to agree with some of the others - for a non running 706, you're looking at a serious potential money pit. An H or M is one thing to take a chance with. If they need work, there's a reasonable limit to what you'd have to spend even if everything was bad. But with a 706, there's more...
  11. J

    Rolled roofing

    if you're talking about the asphalt kind - I wouldn't bother with it. I covered a roof of a large patio area with that stuff and it shrunk so much it was comical. I over lapped everything properly, and there were still gaps. Of course never going up on that roof I had no idea it had...
  12. J

    1947 M: Rear End Froze? Stuck Brake?

    If you don't want to wait forever while you warm it - put it in 5th gear - ignition disabled - and rock it a little by hand, pushing on the rear wheels. Don't go crazy on it - but some slight pressure back and forth will move the ice once it softens a little.
  13. J

    Farmall 806 Gas

    if you go with a single wire alternator- should be very easy to wire. I believe it's just one wire back to the right side of the ammeter.
  14. J

    Farmall rim paint

    Agreed on the rustoleum aluminum. I think it looks just right - nice and bright and clean. Plus, if I'm not mistaken, it's pretty much what a dealer would have used to paint the rims when sprucing up a used tractor. Otherwise they'd just be plain galvanized steel from the factory. Cheap...
  15. J

    Old Photos

    Great pictures! Also love that ford in the 5th or 6th picture down! Looks brand new.
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