Pony troubles... and troubles...

The engine smoked and the entire tractor leaks from every crack, seam, on it. Wiring was shot, and I replaced all that with new wires and switchs, it runs ok, but smokey. Cuts grass very well with the mower. Just took the engine apart, the crank will need welded and ground, it is scored badly on the 4th cylinder. Two of the connecting rods are slightly bent, all valves are shot. I am feeling a little down right now but I keep telling myself I will find all the parts and it will pur like a new kitty one of these days. Go back to cutting a nice 10acre lawn in style. One reason I bought this tractor, love the looks of it compared to a new riding lawn mower that I could of bought.

Anyways, My local autoparts claims he can get all the parts, I am going to talk to him tonight, hope he can do what he says.

Anyone have any links for pony parts? Post your links here? I'm thinking of starting a pony website that can a little more informative, since I can't really find a site geared towards the pony, would anyone be interested in this?

I paid 1100, but mine had the woods L59 belly mower on it, hooked up and ready to go. Very nice mower, and in really good shape so that made it worth the money I paid.

Thanks Irv

Anyways, I live in Cadet, Missouri about 70 miles south of St Louis.

I stopped by the local autopart store and the same old guy that has ran if for many years said he can get all the parts I need. That makes me feel a little better. I should of never caught this old tractor fever.

I felt sorry for this tractor and feel it deserves to be restored. The owner before me really abused it, I found the oil dipstick that was missing all ground up and laying in the oil pan. The oil pickup tube had a homemade screen on it that had cloth hanger wire wrapped around it. It would shift into 2nd gear without being in reverse also which bends it all up, and naturally it had a couple broken teeth on the 2nd gear. I purchased all used good gears and shift forks from rusty"s acres, good company and guy. The shift forks I had were all welded up and not reaching the gears to hold them in place.

I"m very grateful that my father and brothers are all metal workers, welders, machinist. They made me a pair of side panels. Made a custom clutch pedal with a "S" bend in it to go around the steering rod and not rub on it. Fix the clutch rod which was welded very poorly back together. Now you can"t even tell it was broken. They are working on a modified battery tray to set in the orginal battery area. I just worry about all the leaking going on in the rear, around the PTO, PTO on/off rod, rear wheel seals bull gear area, out the sides of the transfer case into the brake housing. If it holds fluids it leaks, I don"t even know where to begin looking for those, every site I see don"t have any of those seals. I hear that old tractors like that actually may use a piece of cloth of some sort, felt, leather or something to seal with, is that true? I forgot what material they said it was exactly.

Anyways, as for the end play of the crank in the N62 I don"t know, all I know is my crank moved a lot, way more than the maximum limit. My manual says to use shims to adjust the end play to the listed amount in the book.

I think I will start up a little pony site just for the heck of it, I will put up restore of my tractor and start collecting info, links and pictures.

Just a thought.

I will see what I can dig up on it. Sorry I don't have more info, but I will try to go there soon and look at them again and maybe find a part number.