(quoted from post at 09:09:40 03/21/16) Depending on where he is located some clubs ....
(quoted from post at 04:47:08 03/22/16)
I HEAR what your saying...and that was more or less true..BUT..Ray was fighting what could have turned into Pancreatic Cancer at that time....
I do not wish possible cancer on anyone even my worst enemy. At the time I WISH he would have just said something, anything. Even if he didn't want to put his personal business out there I would have accepted anything such as don't have time, not accepting any new work right now or something along those lines.
However you are correct I did get parts back.
If I build another puller I might give him another chance.
A reground camshaft by an established cam re-grinder, using proven specs for duration, split, and lift will improve a tractors’s performance. Some claim 7-11 HP, but for an otherwise stock engine, that may be optimistic. I have not compared an old bone-stock cam to a fresh regrind by dyno testing for the same engine, so I cannot speak to the HP claims. What is seat-of-the-pants noticeable is the low end torque improvement. Before rebuild, my JD A was lucky to start out on my uphill driveway in 5th gear, after the rebuild, including a re-ground cam, the tractor can easily start out in 6th gear and keep on going.(quoted from post at 18:13:40 03/20/16) I am looking at a creeper gear John Deere B to pull Div 1 and 2, stock stroke, 125 over M&W, head and block shaved .050 each. Any thoughts on the cam?
The camshaft in my “warmed over” JD A was re-ground for a moderately improved application. Basically the configuration gives the tractor around 50 HP from its original 38, but the compression ratio was also raised a little, so I could not say how much each improvement contributes. At one time I knew the cam duration, lift, split, and spread, but did not save the information. For all-out pulling cams, I have cams from two different places, lobe heights are identical, difference is in duration, lobe separation, and split. Restoration and antique pulling have been around long enough now, so there are probably a number of profiles which work very well from established suppliers. Lifters should be refaced if the cam is re-done. I could not recommend sending a cam for re-grind to someone that does not have experience in antique engines, unless you are looking for new frontiers to conquer. As I found out, antique specs are completely different than high performance racing engines.(quoted from post at 21:01:50 03/23/16) Did you go with a stock regrind or something custom?
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