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RockyBusk

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Hi there guys,
I have been fortunate enough to be given my Great Great uncles Farmall F12. I intend to do whatever work needs to be done to get it going again. I have 1 small problem, someone has taken the Magneto drive and bracket for the magneto. Without this you know the rest. Is there anyone out there who may be able to point me in the right direction of one? By the look of this site I can get the magneto and everything that hangs off it so that part should not be a problem. It has sat outside for the past 40 something years so there will be a lot of penetrene and WD40 getting shot around. Fortunately for me in Central Queensland the dry air means there are very little serious rust issues. I also have his Massey Ferguson 1957? FE35 and a McCormick International AW7 from around 1957 as well. I would like some good news. I should also add I'm in Australia.... So yeah.. That may create some issues. Cheers. RockyBusk.

This post was edited by RockyBusk on 01/25/2023 at 10:09 pm.
 
RockyBusk , Has the exhaust pipe been kept covered on your F12 for the 40 years it has set.Or has the exhaust been exposed to rain if so good luck getting it freed up to turn over.
 
(quoted from post at 00:34:52 01/26/23) RockyBusk , Has the exhaust pipe been kept covered on your F12 for the 40 years it has set.Or has the exhaust been exposed to rain if so good luck getting it freed up to turn over.
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No mate. I don't think those thoughts even crossed anyones mind back then. I'm pretty certain it'll be sleeves up and get into it. Start at the start and eventually get to the finish.
 
Congrats on your F-12. Family tractors have a special place in people's hearts.

Here in the States, Rice Equipment is THE place for parts for F-series tractors.
https://www.riceequipmentinc.com/store/index.php

Good luck on your project. I have the F-12 my dad bought back in '69 to help maintain the land around his cottage. Still a
fun tractor to get out & drive.
 
Hello Rocky welcome to YT! To maybe be more direct
in regards to what Den N is saying if the engine is
locked you have a long way to go before you need the
magneto. I understand the possibility but of abandoning the project if parts are not available but most are. As with most machines that are nearly a century old some parts are more difficult to find than others. Send me an email and I will give you a link to
some helpful documents. I will attach a working link to
Rice Equipment.
Rice Equipment state of Wisconsin USA
 
I think its maybe SadFarmall who also is in Austalia. Maybe hje will see this and give you locations there that may
be able to get parts cheaper than shipping there from the US.
 
Welcome Rocky!

If I were taking on this project, I would begin with getting the engine unstuck, be it with oil in the
cylinders or a tear down to find out what it will need.

Once you get a bigger picture of what it will require, then begin your parts search. You may find a
magneto along the way.
 
Probably ought to see if you got a good (as
in rebuildable) block and head. If those
have been frozen up and cracked or busted,
your project might be doomed. They can have
cracks that you might not be able to see
from the outside. If they do have cracks,
and ones that can't be fixed, then you'll
need a replacement head or block. Being in
need of those, it might make more since to
just scratch the idea of fixing it up. Not
wanting to rain on anyone's parade here,
but it'd be useless to find the simple
parts now, and run into bigger troubles
later that might change your plans.

As for the coupler and the other peice,
those would be easy to find here in the
States. I know you could find them in
salvage yards. Not sure how available they
are new or remanufactured. Neither peice is
very big. Shipping wouldn't be a whole lot
I wouldn't think. Going half way around the
world might be a different story.
 
I was just in the Post Office this morning; someone was shipping a 32lb. box to Australia, cost was $464.00
 
Yes Sad is from there and I used to have his address but it is lost. A few years ago he was going to try to get up to Ohio but never made it.
 
Bloody hell guys,
You have no idea how blown away I am by all the responses.
I don't know how to respond to you all but thanks.
I knew you guys in the States liked you old gear but WOW.
I'm sure if I'm patient I'll get the magneto drive and bracket from somewhere. Where I am in Central Queensland the winter temps do not go below freezing more than once or twice a year and the summer temps regularly sit between the 90's and 110's in Fahrenheit. Around the 30;s and 40's in Celsius. From what I am getting from you guys is the water in the head and valves leaking into the bore will be the problem. I'll get the old girl out of the paddock shortly and have some fun. Cheers.
 
Do you get weather that is cold enough to freeze water down
there? One poster said about checking block and head for
freeze dammage.
 
Most of the States see freezing winter time
temps. Except in some of the South.

Tractors that sit with uncovered exhaust,
gets rain water into combustion chambers. A
tractor that has set for years might also
have weak antifreeze coolant in it. Freeze
cracks are not un-common here in the
states. Especially on a tractor that has
just set outside for years being untouched.

Might not be as big of concern where you
are at, if temps barely get down to
freezing.

A locked engine is one thing. That can be
fixed by re-sleeving. But a locked engine
here in the states, may very well also be
freeze cracked.
 
Rustred. If I had a plane I'd be hauling my rear end over there to say Hi.
As a few of the guys have said. Better off getting the engine out and doing some work before I think about the magneto drive and bracket. I'll be back in the future once I know what I'm dealing with. Cheers.
 
I can agree that you guys have a little more to worry about as far as leaving a tractor out in the weather. For us here in Central Queensland the worst thing is the gear gets that hot in the sun it's hard to touch without getting burn't. Over 100F is not unusual where we are.
 
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