Well.......almost but no Cigar.......

Tom Fleming · Sep 25, 2011

Hard push to get the Regular running this weekend. Got the head on, valves adjusted, manifold on, Magneto timed, carb on. Only thing left to do is fuel tank and lines, plugs and wires, and get the radiator hooked up. I did get the brake covers off the F-14 and replaced the welded up draw bar also. busy until my 2 daughters showed up.......

My daughters came over and wanted a dinner "date"........they are the only thing that'll make me take my "eye off the farmall ball"........ 8)

ForeverRed · Sep 25, 2011

Tom,

I know exactly what you mean, I have two myself and when they are around nothing else matters....

sflem849 · Sep 25, 2011

We want pictures... :lol:

Tom Fleming · Sep 25, 2011

Uh, of the Regular or my Daughters!?!?!?!?!?!? How about my daughter's ON the Regular!

Rumplestiltskin · Sep 25, 2011

Absolutely! Tractors are important, but daughters (and sons, and granchildren) are even more important. Some guys would say wives, too ;-)

Mark W. in MI

sflem849 · Sep 26, 2011

(quoted from post at 18:19:16 09/25/11) Uh, of the Regular or my Daughters!?!?!?!?!?!? How about my daughter's ON the Regular!

Now that's a plan!

Tom Fleming · Sep 26, 2011

SweetFeet · Sep 26, 2011

Wow! What a beautiful carburetor on your Regular!! What did you clean her up with? My husband is just beginning restoration of a 1931 Regular - she will be a functional lawn ornament... weatherized for winter to look cool parked near our 1930's style cedar outhouse (he built it for me last year), but once she's running - he will use in in the summertime to take to threshing/plowing shows.
Congrats on two great daughters. We have two also and one son... and we wouldn't trade any of them for a billion dollars.

Tom Fleming · Sep 27, 2011

SweetFeet, first off, welcome to the site. I just used a fine wire wheel on the bench grinder to clean up the parts. I used a Dremel for the smaller areas. Didn't spend too much time on it, as I was cleaning off the crud more than anything else.

Nebraska Kirk · Sep 27, 2011

Looking good, Tom! My 1929 Regular is almost done after working on it off and on for almost a year. That poor thing saw a lot of hard work, I had to replace almost all the gears and shafts in the final drive. Plus weld up worn shafts and install bushings in wallered out holes, even had to carefully weld up and grind to shape the splines on a couple of shafts.

Tom Fleming · Sep 28, 2011

Thanks Kirk. right now, my focus is to get it running so I can move it around under it's own power. I'll worry about paint and such next spring. The worst part on this one (that I have found so far), was the clutch. Not sure I will be able to salvage the rad core, but will soon see. this one also had some hard work, but it appears that the owner took care of it. It also looked like the sleeves and pistons were replaced at one time, as there was little to no ridge in the sleeves........I don't think that a working tractor from 1928 would have no ridge.......

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