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    SMTA PTO fluid

    I am checking fluids on my SMTA. Can anyone tell me what goes in the reservoir that surrounds the PTO shaft? It has a cap that comes off on top but no dipstick. I did not look for an overflow plug but assume there must be one. What goes in there and how do I check the level. Thanks!
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    Some starting help needed.

    I was hoping if maybe I could get some help starting my SMTA. This is a tractor that always starts every year but has not been run since last fall. Battery has been charged. I am able to manually turn the engine over...it is not stuck. I pull out the switch and then pull the starter rod...
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    Back working on the 300 utility - question(s)

    This project goes back a few years. I am beginning to think it is cursed as I have had some serious health issues since starting it. No details on that, just believe me when I tell you I cannot remember something. The memory is not going to come back. Briefly, this tractor had a bad rear...
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    Starting 1586 that has sat idle for years?

    I have a 1586. I cannot remember for sure but I believe it has been sitting a 2-4 years without being run. It was a solid running tractor. I had a series of health issues...much better now....and would like to get some of this equipment running. Before I try to crank it, anything I should do...
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    International 300u...back at it (3)

    It was the intention this weekend to look at the lifters. If they were fine then I would start the work on pulling the head again. I will let you in on a little joke at my expense. I have long thought that the little cover on the side of the tractor was to inspect the lifters. This would be...
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    International 300u...back at it (2)

    Was able to get back to it. I put it in 5th with TA engaged. I'm not as strong as I used to be but I think I can roll this tractor on a concrete floor. I rocked it and the fan does not turn. I have the starter unbolted and backed out about an inch and a half. I know this is second nature to...
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    International 300u...back at it.

    I don't know how many Octobers I have spent working on this tractor but I have posted about it each year if you are interested and want to look back. This is the one time of the year where I can do it and I can never seem to get it done. One year it sat because of health problems. A brief...
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    SMTA throttle

    The SMTA that I have used for hay the last 20 plus years developed a problem where the hand throttle would slip back to idle over and over. It always has done it to some degree but this was constant. The tooth that engages in the notches above it had worn completely off so I replaced it with...
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    My latest "what is it" acquisition.

    Here is one of my winter tool purchases. Bought it not knowing what it is. Doesn't look like anything I will ever use. But it seemed to need a home. Says vise grip on the shiny handle which clearly looks like it is a replacement handle. The duller remainder of the tool has the logo shown in...
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    Shop bell

    I have this dual bell that I am going to adopt into an alarm for the shop. The junction strip has very thin (phone line size) wires. This diagram is inside the cover to the box. A red wire attaches to one terminal, a black at the opposite end. Two terminals in between with a jumper and an...
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    300u block heater

    Looking at the post below about cold weather starting on a 300u. I have one on 12v that would not start in cold weather. I remember looking for a block heater for it but there was some issue...I do not recall what. No place to install it is my memory so you had to do a retro fit of some sort...
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    Allen wrench size?

    I am repairing a Senco framing nailer. I have a cap screw that I need to remove but in all the allen wrenches I have around here none of them fit. The parts list says it is a Screw Shc Slc 8-32 X 1/2. 1/8 is too big and 3/32 is too small for the screw head. Anyone know?
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    What is this?

    I have not posted one of these in a long while, but this turned up in my auction/sale lots that I pick up from time to time. Anyone know what it is? Hazard a guess? It is aluminum and stamped on one end is Baker Made in USA. The crank moves half the unit up and down the scale...to what end I...
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    300U question

    This packet was in the carb kit I bought. Can anyone tell me what it is?
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    IH 300U Carb

    I've been away from this project for about a month. Rainy afternoon so I sat in the shop and put the kit in the carb. I bought the high end kit but the directions are not great. Been a while since I have done a carb and I was never a rock star at it. Less so now than then unfortunately. I...
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    IH 300U - Carburetor...curiosity

    I bought a set of off-shore angled open end wrenches from Amazon. Don't know how I would have gotten the carb off any other way without screwing something else up. I've seen some ugly carbs, but this one wins. A couple pictures worth anything I would have to say. A lot of rust. About a...
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    IH 300U - carburetor

    I pulled the fuel line at the carb and got a good strong flow of very clear, clean gas. Removing the filter from the carb is difficult. The brass fitting has a conflict and it is difficult to get a wrench onto it. It is also turned on hard and the combination is making it want to round over...
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    IH 300U - Back at the no-start issue.

    Finally found my way back to the shop. I had my phone with me and started working down the list of things to try that you all posted in the last thread regarding why it would not start (has new charged battery, new plugs, test light shows spark on all four). I cannot say I made it very far...
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    IH 300U...the volt meter works!

    Actually...everything seems to work fine. I very much appreciate all the help with the wiring! That was a real mess! I wired everything but the lights just as suggested. Only difference was they did not have a 35 amp fuse so I put a 40 in there for now. My phone will not let me pull up YT...
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    300U...Can we revisit the alternator?

    Not arguing, absolutely believe what I am being told, but this alternator has been wired wrong since the day I bought the tractor according to the previous post. And that is a lot of years. I looked at the alternator connections as Jim suggested and the white wire is switched with the red...
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