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labman

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This winter I purchased a WD from a gentleman that I met at a sportsman club. This person is a retired farmer and the tractor is his sons and they had it running 2 years ago, but it was running very roughly. It has been stored in his machine shed out of they elements.
This person that I bought the tractor from has been very nice and helpful and I trusted him.
Here is my plan and I would like some advice or direction. I need to get this tractor running well enough so that I can plow and seed about 20 acres this spring. I have taken the carburetor off of the tractor and I will have it rebuilt and then clean-out the old gas from the tractor and add fresh gas.
It needs a new 6volt battery and I will buy a new battery and once my food plots are in this year I will see if my budget will allow me to change the tractor over to a 12 volt system.
I am not a farmer or a mechanic so I have limited experience, but I am very motivated and resourceful.
Let me know what you think of my game plan and how I should change it if necessary.
Thank you, in advance labman
 
Sounds like a good plan. I'd add checking the spark plug and point gap. Maybe just replacing the plugs, wires, cap, rotor, and condenser/points. That can be done for $50 or so. Might just want to convert to 12v now. No point buying an $80 battery now only to replace it this fall. Duey Schutter has a good wiring diagram with NAPA part numbers needed to do the conversion. You could also unhook the generator and run a good fully charged 12v battery. Starter doesn't need replaced and once started, the only draw in the coil. Probably run all day easily on a charged battery.
http://dueyschutter.freeservers.com/photo3.html
AaronSEIA
 
My advice goes right along with Aaron's. What does this WD have for ignition? Battery or magneto? How's the charging system? If you're wanting to go to 12V, don't waste money on a 6V battery. Magneto won't care. If it's a battery ignition, you could put on a 12V coil, or put a resistor before the coil. If the charging system is a good 6V one, why not stay with 6V?
 
Take the plug out of the bottom of the carburetor and see if you have good steady flow of gas may need to clean sediment bowl also. good luck. Randy
 
I'd like to add that the 12 volt coil number for Napa is ic14sb. It's printed
right on the side of it "no resistor needed." Worked for me.
 
On an unknown poor running engine, step #1 is always run a compression test with a battery charger on the battery and hand throttle wide open. You must have good compression before anything else will work right.
 
If you want to go 12 volt right now but can't afford to convert generator you can disconnect the
generator and run on the battery for a day's work and charge it at night. You can run all day on a
battery if it is in good shape. Check what the others have said. Maybe check for sticky valve,
checking clearance while doing this. If boot on shift lever is cracked check for water in
transmission, drain on pto under tractor, if water there are two more drains under rear end and
transmission. At some point check oil in final drives, it can be ancient and very nasty.
 
Yes, I did the daughter's one some time ago. Splines were really bad and the po had tried to weld them up!
Machine off 3/16" from the back of the hub. And turned up some special washers that allowed the spline room to push through the outside of
the hub due to the wear. It worked perfectly, and the tractor has done quite a few hours since without any sign of movement.
PM me for more info if required.
Cheers
Rx
 
Comment/question on 8V battery suggestion? Do you want/need to change the voltage regulator setting to assure charging the battery fully?
 

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