The Sickle Bar Saga...more info for Festus

I am back to the begining, can't figure out what this thing is. Went over it agan with a fine toothed flashlight, found ONE number on a bracket. There's a diamond-shape with what might be a "D" in it, then "5MO-1309" Any ideas?

--->Paul

Have your dealer do some checking, i will bet the farm that it is in fact a model 60, post back if u find out anything.

Jim

Can you double check me on some more data? There is a breakaway pivot on the left, but another up-down pivot next to that. The drive asm. swings up-down relative to the 3-point frame. There's another pivot for the bar. The way this was set up, the big coil spring on the back is relaxed while the mower is down, then pulled apart when raised. It only seems to lift the drive unit a little, no real lift to the bar.

There's a pulley and cable arrangement too: one end attaches to the same bracket as the coil spring, on the right, then a cable runs above the spring to a pulley on the upper left of the drive frame. Then down around another pulley and forwards. This is where my cable is broken, but my friend dug up another bracket w/pulley that he thinks bolted to the left axle. What did the cable do? Help lift something?

Still sound like a Massey and/or Ferguson 60? Did you ever get a manual? Any idea what color it once was?

Thanks again for your time and help.