Video Belle City Thresher powed by steam engine

Gang,
This is the moderator portion of the thresher video. Sorry for the following errors:
1 Not "spring tooth cylinder", when everybody knows it "Spike tooth"
2 Somebody staring 4 cyclinder tractor behind camera, when I wanted steam engine noise.
3 Duster grain is really "Moldy grain"

Thanks to Jim in Wisc, that sold me 62' X 8" belt.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByO71z9wFNNHanBfUWI2MENVbGs/edit?pli=1

Copy and Paste to view as I have figured out how to do "Cick here. Hope somebody can do it for me.

Charles Krammin SW MI
 
Appears to be a little different than my Belle City. Yours has straw racks and mine has straw walkers.
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Jim,
Whats the difference between "straw racks" and "straw walker"? I always called them all "straw walkers".
Construction on this serial # 406000, must make it one of the last produced, like 1940. Whats your guess?
The straw walker on this one is:
1. Three throw crank, fore and aft.
2."U shaped heavy sheet metal connection, between throws, with holes under underneath (grain falls thru to metal plate slide), with wood strips on top, with "alligator backs" (to catch straw and throw it toward back). Grease fitting for wood bearing blocks, are on 8" 1/8" pipe extension and have to be accessed, by crawling thru top, and knelling on these "alligator backs" (or rug) and getting into a fetal position (hard for 77 year old with replaced hip) (also repairing missing pipe).
two items I need to repair.
1. Lower "sieve" "screen", adjuster rod to side of machine, has notches to catch side plate. Is there suppose to be some spring to hold it in place? Can't see thru "tailing shield" as tailing shield is not hinged.
2. Some slight grain leakage, between sloped steel under sieves, to clean grain auger. Is there some rubber strip here, that might need replacing. If so, would have to pull cross grain auger to access. Currently just put "tarp underneath.
Is my belt receipts, "In the mail?
Charles Krammin SW MI
 
The Bell City threshers were made a lot later than 1940. I have a friend that has one his dad bought new off a dealer lot in 1954 on factory rubber tires.
 

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