Vague title I know, but here's the story:
Had a 730 diesel (standard) with pony, rare tractor I know, but had no 3-point hitch and needed lots of fender work, steering work, and tires. Had the opportunity to trade for a 730 Row Crop with good back tires, sheetmetal, and a 3-point hitch, only problem was the steering didn't work/fan didn't spin.
I HOPED it was a simple problem such as a gear stripped or fan shaft broken, of course this was not the case.... So I had the whole frontend torn apart, even disassembled the radiator--I am going to replace the core I guess. I figure while all the parts are off I will get everything blasted/painted, no sense doing it twice...
So I have come to the conclusion something in the governor housing is messed up, luckily it seems everything I already removed would have had to come off to get the governor housing off anyways I guess. I have the pony motor lifted a little for governor bolt access, the governor housing will not lift off, I didn't want to force anything. I have the I&T manual ordered and it should be here hopefully tomorrow.
My question now: While I am this far along what else should I go ahead and do? I didn't really plan to do a 'full restore' just yet, but since pretty much everything is already off I figure I might as well go a little further if there is something that is not easily accessible when everything is back together. I really do NOT want to go through this again!
I can't believe how horribly these things were designed, they are not hard to work on it seems, but to take one thing off it seems you have to first remove ten other things...
Also, where is a good place to get new gaskets, and are the O-rings in all the metal coolant/oil pipes replaceable?
Thanks for any info
Had a 730 diesel (standard) with pony, rare tractor I know, but had no 3-point hitch and needed lots of fender work, steering work, and tires. Had the opportunity to trade for a 730 Row Crop with good back tires, sheetmetal, and a 3-point hitch, only problem was the steering didn't work/fan didn't spin.
I HOPED it was a simple problem such as a gear stripped or fan shaft broken, of course this was not the case.... So I had the whole frontend torn apart, even disassembled the radiator--I am going to replace the core I guess. I figure while all the parts are off I will get everything blasted/painted, no sense doing it twice...
So I have come to the conclusion something in the governor housing is messed up, luckily it seems everything I already removed would have had to come off to get the governor housing off anyways I guess. I have the pony motor lifted a little for governor bolt access, the governor housing will not lift off, I didn't want to force anything. I have the I&T manual ordered and it should be here hopefully tomorrow.
My question now: While I am this far along what else should I go ahead and do? I didn't really plan to do a 'full restore' just yet, but since pretty much everything is already off I figure I might as well go a little further if there is something that is not easily accessible when everything is back together. I really do NOT want to go through this again!
I can't believe how horribly these things were designed, they are not hard to work on it seems, but to take one thing off it seems you have to first remove ten other things...
Also, where is a good place to get new gaskets, and are the O-rings in all the metal coolant/oil pipes replaceable?
Thanks for any info