Farmall B

grandpa Love

Well-known Member

• Feb 8, 2023

• #1

Finally got to drive the 'Jigsaw Puzzle ' B . Almost done. Bought it October 15. Opened the motor up end of October. Got the parts in the barn January 10th. Here we are February 8th.

We cleaned the motor, soaked it with transmission fluid and decided that Deep Creep and Free-All would work better. It took a couple weeks and it broke loose. Cleaned it some more, ran a hone down each cylinder and she's running. Had to remove all the valves, clean them and lap them. Good oil pressure, no smoke. Runs great. Old Farmalls want to live!
A running B

 

wh

Well-known Member

• Feb 8, 2023

• #2

Hard to kill a farmall! Glad the stop leak worked.

 

Tgrasher

Well-known Member

Location

South Southern illinois

• Feb 8, 2023

• #3

Your ability to do a restore on a tractor is remarkable.

 

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Hoofer B

Well-known Member

• Feb 8, 2023

• #4

I like it. My lifelong friends father had one, only his had a single front wheel Bill

 

formerly ny bill

Well-known Member

• Feb 8, 2023

• #5

man that purrs so nice! hard to believe it the same tractor that was scattered across your trailer.

 

wingnuttx

Well-known Member

• Feb 8, 2023

• #6

Kevin. You and your pretty wife have a God given talent. Id say you are both the CUB WHISPERERS! Not too many people male or female can take a trailer full of nuts and bolts and parts and pieces and turn it into a running tractor. Great job. Wingnut

 

Vito

Well-known Member

• Feb 8, 2023

• #7

X2

Vito

 

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Sprint 6

Well-known Member

• Feb 8, 2023

• #8

Nice job! You're lucky to have the time to work on your projects. I'm jealous.

 

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Masseyharrisnut

Member

• Feb 8, 2023

• #9

Great job grampa. Keep on doing what you and your wife do. And post about it. Thanks.

 

J Hamilton

Well-known Member

Location

Southern Illinois

• Feb 8, 2023

• #10

Looks good, you saved another one! Any particular reason the rear tire tread is reversed? Just curious.

 

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GermantownGreen

Well-known Member

Location

Montrose MO

• Feb 8, 2023

• #11

Wow, that's awesome, thanks for sharing the update and picture.
Good luck finishing it up. GG Wes

 

Stroby

Member

• Feb 9, 2023

• #12

Keep doin' what you're doin', it is working for you. You two should be proud of yourselves. May God continue to bless.

 

Geo-TH,In

Well-known Member

• Feb 9, 2023

• #13

x2

 

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larry@stinescorner

Well-known Member

• Feb 9, 2023

• #14

x3!!!!

 

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grandpa Love

Well-known Member

• Feb 9, 2023

• #15

J Hamilton..... Nope, I just got so excited to work on it that I didn't notice....... I will eventually swap the tires.

 

UncleTom

Well-known Member

• Feb 9, 2023

• #16

Very good job. The cylinders look really bad. Thats a lot of work im sure.

 

RBnSC

Well-known Member

• Feb 9, 2023

• #17

Great job! I'm having a hard time visualizing that the cylinder with fluid in it would clean up and hold compression.
Ron

 

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JWinIndiana

Member

• Feb 9, 2023

• #18

Top notch work for sure. Congratulations to you and your bride for this wonderful tractor.

 

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grandpa Love

Well-known Member

• Feb 9, 2023

• #19

RB ... Amazing, ain't it? Zero smoke, good compression. Ran the tractor up and down the road for 30+ minutes yesterday and then let it sit in the yard running at a fast idle for another 45 minutes..... Just as sweet running as a new one! It's better to be lucky than good!

 

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Rich'sToys

Well-known Member

Location

Southern MN

• Feb 9, 2023

• #20

I'm constantly impressed by the way you rescue these things and bring them back to life! Nice job!