1949 Farmall Cub
They don't make them like they used to.
This all started on a boring Sunday. The tractor was sitting in a friends "fallen" barn when we decided it should be resurrected.
As far back as we know, the tractor was parked inside the barn about 11 years ago "while the barn was still upright" and hasn't been touched until now. About 8 years ago the barn fell during a storm, since then the vines and plantation has taken over.
This is what the tractor looked like before we started the task of trying to get it out.
A close up before it was moved.
Once we started to un-cover the tractor of the shrubbery and debris, we decided to squirt a little oil in the cylinders and see if it would turn over...... and it DID! It turned over like it was started yesterday.... not bad for not being touched in 11 years.
[12V jumpack on a 6V system]
[the oil in the crank case looked great]
There were attachments on the tractor from the last time it was used, and it was pretty hard to get to there mounting locations, so with the use of a few tie downs, we suspended them in the up right position.
Finally with the use of some 2X8 we were able to get the tractor up on top of the ruble.
After about an hour, the tractor was finally free. The body of the tractor is mostly rust except for the bottom of the tractor where oil and grease has leaked and preserved the paint. There is only one minor dent across the top of the gas tank from where one of the main beams of the barn fell and hit it "and the one headlight". The pto spins freely, the brake petal, clutch petal and gear shifter work, and the pto and motor spin freely. Over all we belive that this is a perfect candidate for a restoration project.
7/8/08
We have finaly had a chance to continue on with this project.
This is when it first arrived at our shop, before we were able to dig into it and start to clean the parts.
Once the hood came off, it was clear to see that everything was covered in dirt and grease, which at this stage of the project, is actually a good thing. The dirt and grease has helped to preserve the metal underneath.
Once the spark plugs were broken free, we were able to take a better look down into the cylinder and valves. The cylinder still had the nice honed shine to them surprisingly. So to reduce any damage to be done to the cylinders, we poured some trany fluid into them, as well as on top of the valves. After an hour of sitting, the valves still held all of the fluid back.
This is still looking like an excellent project!!
11/3/08
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