Funny repairs on old iron that withstand time.wheels...

JohnDeereJimOhio · Mar 24, 2013

Yesterday I posted late that I was having trouble pulling a wheel off a John Deere B.. It was late and I have up.. Went back to the garage and used a different jack and dad and I got the wheel off in about 30 minutes, pretty uneventful and happy it came off easy.. I had to pull the wheels to get them blasted however the right axle was leaking oil so we tore into that today.. When I got the rear cover off I was shocked at what I found.. Aparently at some point someone had the rearend apart before because instead of having cotter (sp) keys in it they had drive nails in both to hold the nut.. I"m sure this isn"t how they came from Deere.. There was also a lot of end play but everything else looks good.. Here are some pics.. Would love to hear other stories of odd fixes you have found..

Gene Davis (Ga.) · Mar 24, 2013

I was raised in a Deere service shop,(Dad"s) and you would be amazed at the tools we got out of crankcases and the rear cases. We got a lot of side cutter pliers and wrenches out of the crankcases. Dad always had us tie a string to one end of the wrench or what ever we were using. Most awful thing was that you dropped the 5/16" wrench used to tighten the shifter rail setscrews and my dad did not let you leave tools in the oil in case the wrench went through the gear teeth. He had you take it down till you got the wrench out.

Paul from MI · Mar 24, 2013

I found the spider gear shaft on my M38a1 Jeep held in place with abroken tip of a phillips crewdriver. Only one of many fixes on it.

FBH44 · Mar 24, 2013

My red tractor was owned by an IHC mechanic, and I"ve found lots of 8-d and 10-d nails. They work better than cotter pins sometimes, easier to get out.
I found two short lengths of solid copper ground wire bent over, holding the hydraulic pump coupler sliding clamps in place.

IrvIA · Mar 24, 2013

This was the oil pump repair on a tractor I bought after a rod went through the side of the block. Wonder how come?!
Irv

JD Seller · Mar 24, 2013

I hope you had the blocked dipped. That silicone could have plugged a oil port some where in the block.

jon f mn · Mar 24, 2013

I had an 84 ford f150 with a 300-6 in it. Was in downtown Minneapolis on Hennepin ave. once and it just died. After a little research I found the roll pin in the gear at the bottom of the distributor had sheared. The only thing I had to put in it was a tine from a dinner fork that was laying in the truck box. I got home, bout a 1 1/2 hour drive, and then back to town for the part and back home to fix it when it finally gave out just before my driveway. I was able to coast right up to the garage.

JK-NY · Mar 25, 2013

On my Ford 4000 around 1 valve stem hole on the rear wheel it was rusted out quite a bit. The tire also had a puncture repair that caused a leak after I"d owned it about 16-17 years. When I took the tire off the rim I found why I never had a problem with the valve stem- there was about a half roll of duct tape used around the inside of the rim over the rusted area, with a hole poked thru for the valve stem . If it hadnt leaked in another spot I bet it would still be OK , but I replaced the rim while it was apart.

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