mcallen474
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Hello tractor friends. I'm joining up now cuz I have a bit of a problem. Finally got my tractor last year after years of dreaming about it: 1986 Ford 1710 with less than 400 hours on it and well taken care of. I bought a bush hog to keep the orchard and field mowed, and a rototiller for the garden. I spent a lot of time researching the tractor, and very little time researching the attachments. Neither of the attachments has a brand name on it. Not so smart when it comes to trying to find a manual or parts. Mostly though it has served me well so far. I'd like to get a chipper---a few hundred old apple trees that should make good wood chips for the smoker or the grill. And I could go on with the list, but wont.
So, here's the problem. Broken chain in the rototiller. I figured that out by taking off the chain housing...never done that before. This baby has two chains, one from the PTO shaft to a turn gear, and one from the turn gear to the tiller shaft. (By the way, it is orange and looks to be 20-30 years old)
I've hunted around on the internet and it looks like I should be able to fix the chain if I get a chain breaker and a length of chain or some chain parts. Maybe at Tractor Supply Company.
Inside the chain housing, in addition to the chains, I found half a dozen other parts floating in the grease at the bottom of the casing. Two wider metal cylinders, two narrow metal cylinders and two plastic cylinders. The wider metal cylinders look like spacers and they are in fine condition. Maybe the narrow ones are also spacers. One of the narrow ones looks fine and the other has been ground down more than a third of its diameter. One of the plastic cylinders fits neatly over one of the wider metal spacers and its in fine condition. The other plastic cylinder is totally chewed to pieces and I can't figure out where it fits into the picture.
I would love any help that any of you out there can give me. Thanks much.
So, here's the problem. Broken chain in the rototiller. I figured that out by taking off the chain housing...never done that before. This baby has two chains, one from the PTO shaft to a turn gear, and one from the turn gear to the tiller shaft. (By the way, it is orange and looks to be 20-30 years old)
I've hunted around on the internet and it looks like I should be able to fix the chain if I get a chain breaker and a length of chain or some chain parts. Maybe at Tractor Supply Company.
Inside the chain housing, in addition to the chains, I found half a dozen other parts floating in the grease at the bottom of the casing. Two wider metal cylinders, two narrow metal cylinders and two plastic cylinders. The wider metal cylinders look like spacers and they are in fine condition. Maybe the narrow ones are also spacers. One of the narrow ones looks fine and the other has been ground down more than a third of its diameter. One of the plastic cylinders fits neatly over one of the wider metal spacers and its in fine condition. The other plastic cylinder is totally chewed to pieces and I can't figure out where it fits into the picture.
I would love any help that any of you out there can give me. Thanks much.