I had posted a problem with one of my TO30s the other day where the Delco-Remy froze up. After getting a window in the rain here in Louisiana, finally got to pull it.
Attached are some pictures. Before cleaning and after. Mainly because I had never seen the inside of this part and probably others havent either. I really wanted to try and save it. Heck its been there since 1953. Pretty damn tough piece of equipment if you think about what it does.
When I pulled it, I dropped the distributor off my other 30 after inspecting the gear timing gear on the motor with a camera (had a few shiny teeth but they were all there). Rough timed it and it fired up fine. Seems to be back the way she was before.
I cleaned up the one I removed and will drop it in the green 30 today between rains.
My take away from all this and it just my short coming but when I got this tractor 4 years ago I cranked and ran on the first start so basically being a if it aint broke guru, I never even knew this distributor had an oil reserve, so I never checked it.
Anyway, here are some pics.
Attached are some pictures. Before cleaning and after. Mainly because I had never seen the inside of this part and probably others havent either. I really wanted to try and save it. Heck its been there since 1953. Pretty damn tough piece of equipment if you think about what it does.
When I pulled it, I dropped the distributor off my other 30 after inspecting the gear timing gear on the motor with a camera (had a few shiny teeth but they were all there). Rough timed it and it fired up fine. Seems to be back the way she was before.
I cleaned up the one I removed and will drop it in the green 30 today between rains.
My take away from all this and it just my short coming but when I got this tractor 4 years ago I cranked and ran on the first start so basically being a if it aint broke guru, I never even knew this distributor had an oil reserve, so I never checked it.
Anyway, here are some pics.
