1941 Case VC Tractor
I bought this tractor for scrap price. The engine and the clutch were stuck.
I removed the plugs and filled each cylinder with MMO and reinstalled the plugs.
After a week and a half I removed the plugs and the starter. I used a big ma moo
screwdriver on the ring gear and rocked the flywheel back and forth to break it free.
After I got it to turn all the way over . I installed the starter and spun it with that.
To my suprise the oil pressure came up to 20 lbs. The book says a max
oil pressure of 20 to 25 lbs.
The magneto was off when I got the tractor and the guy had it rebuilt.
I installed the magneto, rebuilt the carb a TSX43 and started it.
Shut crap and corruption flew out of the vertical exhaust. Pennuts,
corn and what not. The guy I got it from said his dad fed the squilrls
penuts and corn.
The radiator leaked like a sive and the water pump also.
I bought a good used radiator for a VAC on ebay.
The main Rad is the same as the VC but the filler and outlets
are diffrent. I removed the ones from the VC rad and soldered them on.
Some one had the belt pully apart and screwed it up. I bought another good one
frome a bone yard. The bone yard sent my water pump to 3 diffrent places
for rebuild. Parts are not available. The 3rd place made the parts.
No 3 cylinder had 0 compression. I removed the head and found the valves
stuck open. I ground the valves and lapped them in.
I reinstalled the head and started it. It blew oil right out the exhaust stack.
I removed the head again and the pan. Pulled the pistons and removed the rings.
Puting the rings in the bore I found they had 3/16 end gap. I bought new rings
and checked them in the bore. I got 20 thousands ring gap now.
I started it again. No oil out the exhaust but then I noticed bubbles coming
out between the head and block behind the manifold. I got the head trued up.
They cut it 17 thousands. No more bubbles.
I bought 2 new front tires and replaced 1 rear tire with a good used one I had.
Had to buy a new stearing wheel also.
![100_1861.jpg" width=650 height=488](http://"http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/59423/100_1861.jpg" width=650 height=488)
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This is the dash pannel and battery box etc.
![100_1865.jpg" width=650 height=488](http://"http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/59423/100_1865.jpg" width=650 height=488)
![100_1864.jpg" width=488 height=650](http://"http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/59423/100_1864.jpg" width=488 height=650)
I fabricated a new dash pannel out of some auto body sheet metal I had.
![100_1862.jpg" width=488 height=650](http://"http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/59423/100_1862.jpg" width=488 height=650)
![100_1863.jpg" width=488 height=650](http://"http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/59423/100_1863.jpg" width=488 height=650)
I should have just parted and scrapped it out. But I am sturborn.
Dave <*)))><
I bought this tractor for scrap price. The engine and the clutch were stuck.
I removed the plugs and filled each cylinder with MMO and reinstalled the plugs.
After a week and a half I removed the plugs and the starter. I used a big ma moo
screwdriver on the ring gear and rocked the flywheel back and forth to break it free.
After I got it to turn all the way over . I installed the starter and spun it with that.
To my suprise the oil pressure came up to 20 lbs. The book says a max
oil pressure of 20 to 25 lbs.
The magneto was off when I got the tractor and the guy had it rebuilt.
I installed the magneto, rebuilt the carb a TSX43 and started it.
Shut crap and corruption flew out of the vertical exhaust. Pennuts,
corn and what not. The guy I got it from said his dad fed the squilrls
penuts and corn.
The radiator leaked like a sive and the water pump also.
I bought a good used radiator for a VAC on ebay.
The main Rad is the same as the VC but the filler and outlets
are diffrent. I removed the ones from the VC rad and soldered them on.
Some one had the belt pully apart and screwed it up. I bought another good one
frome a bone yard. The bone yard sent my water pump to 3 diffrent places
for rebuild. Parts are not available. The 3rd place made the parts.
No 3 cylinder had 0 compression. I removed the head and found the valves
stuck open. I ground the valves and lapped them in.
I reinstalled the head and started it. It blew oil right out the exhaust stack.
I removed the head again and the pan. Pulled the pistons and removed the rings.
Puting the rings in the bore I found they had 3/16 end gap. I bought new rings
and checked them in the bore. I got 20 thousands ring gap now.
I started it again. No oil out the exhaust but then I noticed bubbles coming
out between the head and block behind the manifold. I got the head trued up.
They cut it 17 thousands. No more bubbles.
I bought 2 new front tires and replaced 1 rear tire with a good used one I had.
Had to buy a new stearing wheel also.
This is the dash pannel and battery box etc.
I fabricated a new dash pannel out of some auto body sheet metal I had.
I should have just parted and scrapped it out. But I am sturborn.
Dave <*)))><
