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    MF 240 Intermittent Electrical Problem

    OK. I took the battery cables off and cleaned (file, sand paper, wire brush) every part of the connections at both ends. Hooked it back up and it started. Has started 3 times now... so looking promising. But it has done this before, as I said it is intermittent, so we will see. It doesn't...
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    MF 240 Intermittent Electrical Problem

    Thanks. I today I replaced the battery with a brand new one I had just purchased for another purpose. Symptoms are the same. Tomorrow I'll start going over the cables as you suggest. Question: Doesn't the fact that all power goes out for a few minutes then comes back imply there is a relay...
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    MF 240 Intermittent Electrical Problem

    I may not have been clear on that point. The battery always reads good voltage when it is disconnected. It is when it is in the tractor and the terminals are on that *sometimes* it will read low across the terminals. Disconnect and it is fine. Still, today I'll try another battery and see if it...
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    MF 240 Intermittent Electrical Problem

    I know how hard it is to troubleshoot intermittent problems and that I need to take a methodical approach, and have been trying to doing so... but... no luck yet and I thought it was possible wiser folks than me may have some pointers I can use. (It is too dark and cold to mess with it...
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    New Idea 522 Sickle Mower Adjustment and Release Setting

    I said I'd post once more when it was fixed to confirm, and yes, indeed, that was the problem. I wasn't able to break the roller assembly loose no matter what I did with it, and the roller itself was deformed so I ordered a new one from Rowse, installed it, and was out mowing with it this...
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    New Idea 522 Sickle Mower Adjustment and Release Setting

    Thanks. I've been at this a couple of days now and while it isn't fixed yet, I've learned a few things I thought I'd pass along in case someone else has similar problems. First, there is a discussion of restoring a 1300 (very similar) here...
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    IH 430 Baler issues

    If these are the same knotters as on the McCormick IH #45 I had some similar problems. My observations were: -- "even if it is threaded right, pull out the twine and rethread it." "When you do, don't just reach in there like I did the first time, get a good light and crawl under there...
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    New Idea 522 Sickle Mower Adjustment and Release Setting

    I put 4 leaf springs in, I don't know if a fifth one would fit. Here are two pictures, the first with it untripped, the second with it tripped. When tripping it this time -- just pulling back on the bar with my hands -- I noticed a kind of catch or detent part way through. I hadn't noticed...
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    New Idea 522 Sickle Mower Adjustment and Release Setting

    Well, here I am again... Since my earlier posts I've traded up to a 9' New Idea 522. (I think it is very like the IH 1100, and definitely very similar to the Rowse single.) When I got it I noticed an earlier owner had put a small piece of light chain around the frame at the front right side...
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    Massey Ferguson 41 sickle bar mower

    I'm out on a limb here since I'm probably the world's least experienced sickle bar user, but that does mean I've been learning the hard way lately... So, some "obvious" things which were not obvious to me: The rock guard points are sharp and will catch sticks, old balls of hay from...
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    Hay baler -- Bale chute plugging up

    Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. What I did: Cleaned it out thoroughly. (Yes I had cleaned it out before trying it, but I did a more thorough job this time.) It had a little rust, but it didn't seem like a lot. Backed off the knotter hook tensioner 1/4 turn. Then pulled out...
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    Hay baler -- Bale chute plugging up

    OK, I've done it again... bought a very inexpensive piece of ancient equipment and am trying to get it working well enough to get through a couple of seasons until I can upgrade to something better. I have a McCormick IH #45 baler. I guess that's a confession. :? I've read very mixed...
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    Sickle Mower troubleshooting, bound up

    I thought I'd follow up again to finish the story and in case anyone else has similar problems. I finally determined that this is a McCormick-Deering No. 25. I think someone in another thread told me, but in any event, that's what it is. I took the advice about buying a manual, and while I...
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    International Harvester (?) Sickle Mower -- ID and How to

    I thought I would follow up on this in case anyone is interested or has similar challenges in the future. Yesterday and today I used this mower to cut about 5 acres of hay. It worked very well except for some clogging on tight corners, some difficulty with crayfish mounds, and some user...
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    Sickle Mower troubleshooting, bound up

    Thanks, good info, and yes, the other thread is exactly it. I found the smaller rectangular headed ones at a local tractor dealer today, I got the impression they'd taken them off of something and thrown them in a box rather than throw them away. No luck on the #4 head plow bolts yet, but...
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