Posted by Crazy Horse on February 08, 2013 at 10:40:00 from (75.158.38.154):
We are continuing to reassemble a '29 JD D for a nearby family, having started some months ago with a pile of parts. We are fitting the gas tank & hood (new one) and have run into a puzzle with regards to things that don't seem right nor do they fit properly.
When all is together, the hood is not elevated high enough to match the height of the radiator tank. The support brackets (which support and hold the tank in place from underneath) do not seem tall enough to get the tank up to a proper level. It's almost as if the tank we have (which seems correct in all ways) is perhaps a smaller tank in height and maybe a bit wider than what it should be, at least for the brackets that are supporting it. If the whole works (brackets and tank) were raised about one inch, then things would seem correct.
One other thing, the support brackets that we're using from the pile of parts when we arrived have the outer bolt holes (that are used when the anchor bolts pull the hood down onto the tank with the four pivoting hood clamps) are near the outside end of the support brackets, and not in about 2.5" like in a photo of a JD D that someone has supplied. We are even missing those four hood clamps, but with the brackets we have, even they wouldn't work properly. It almost seems as if the support brackets are either the wrong ones, or the tank is the wrong one for the brackets we have. Mind you, the tank seems perfect in length and in the location of the fuel fill holes, it just sits too low while supported by the brackets.
I'm wondering if somewhere along the line, some parts got mixed up or maybe there were two versions of the system used to support the tank and hold down the hood? I hope this isn't too confusing but it is definitely a head scratcher.
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