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pojo

08-30-2006 09:43:37

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Well, the restoration project as begun! This thing has sat in the brush for nearly ten years. I have removed the hood, radiator,gas tank (all in excellent shape), and all fluids. The antifreeze looked very clear, no sign of oil or "crud". The engine oil was dark, but no sign of water. The hydro oil had a small amount of water that come out of the center drain plug, but the other two drains were fairly clean oil. The gas tank is a mess inside. It appears to have a baffle inside that is no longer attached. The varnish from stale gas is heavy. I flushed it with water, then put a number of 1" size stones in the tank and shook it back and forth. From what I can see, it is doing a good job of loosening up the crud. Any other suggestions? The question I have is with the lift arms. Under the seat, where the lift arms come out, there seems to be alot of play back and forth. It is worse on the left side. Is there a bushing inside that is worn? Should I be concerned with it?
Thanks to all members of this board for all the informative posts.

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John in MS

09-02-2006 13:21:41

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Re: T030 Restoration in reply to pojo, 08-30-2006 09:43:37

I had the exact same problem with gas tank on my TO-20 that sat up for about 15 years with a half tank of gas. After a couple of weeks of effort using all sorts of things such as chains, rocks, etc, only two things finally did the trick.

I know this will be heresy but I finally resorted to using a power washer to blast most of the crude and varnish out of the tank. After draining the tank I blew air in to dry it. Then I used lacquer thinner to dissolve any varnish I missed. I allowed it to sit in the tank for several hours with occasional agitating and then draining. I did this with the tank in different positions to reach all surfaces over several days until the thinner drained out clear.

I installed a new sed bowl and screen filter, and still got some very fine sediment in the bowl, which I drained every few days. It was a long and messy process, but the only alternative was to buy a new tank.

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John (TR)

08-31-2006 02:13:01

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Re: T030 Restoration in reply to pojo, 08-30-2006 09:43:37

I replaced the bushings on 2 lift covers on the Fords, It's kind of a personal thing. Even with a lot of play they continue to run without mechanical problem, I changed mine as it was a source of oil leakage and I was rebuilding the lift cylinders anyway. While I don't consider removing the top cover as a lot of work some might and the real challange is getting the upper lift arms off. I have a cover off now for another tractor and can not get the arms off. I've heated them, beat on them, and have it in my 20 ton press now and they still will not move. I'm guessing that the culprit is the internel casting the cylinder pushes against is forze up also. My experience is the arms either fall off or do not come off. If the bushings are the same as the Fords and I think they are they are redily available.

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Jerry/MT

08-30-2006 10:16:41

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Re: T030 Restoration in reply to pojo, 08-30-2006 09:43:37

I too have a broken fuel tank baffle on my TO-30 so i believe it's a common problem The design looks a little light with regard to the attachments in the tank so that's probably why they are sheared off. Make cleaning the tank a real priority because mine is still shedding fine "silt". I cut the fuel line, did avery slight flare on the steel tubing, attached some rubber fuel hose and a lawnmower filter to my fuel delivery system to get what the sediment bowl doesn't catch.
Drain the fuel out of the big bolt at the bottom of the fuel bowl and consider taking the carb off, cleaning it well and putting a kit in it.

Check the throttle shaft for significant wear and if it is bad make sure the kit you get has a new shaft and seals. It's not unknown to have so much crap and corruption in the carb fuel bowl that the float can't drop, causing restricted fuel flow.
Mine is a working tractor on our ranch and I have play in the right side rockshaft bushing causing the joint on the lift arm to contact the rear axle trumpet. I have the bushing and I have to find the time to pull the lift cover and replace them.

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