OldSchoolGirl
New member
- Joined
- Sep 22, 2014
- Messages
- 20
- Location
- Duncan, ID
- Tractor
- Farmall H, Farmall M, JD Model 70, JD Skidsteer, other JD's
Greetings!
New members here, Thelma and Louise. We have a 1953 JD Model 70 that had been parked for quite a few years. We got it started yesterday, removed the old loader, and per our intro in the New Members post, we got it hooked it up to the mower, which was the object of the exercise.
LOTS of drips and leaks, but everything is working at the moment. Need a dust cover for the clutch as you can see.
Now the first problem we need to address: we got it started, but it's not safe or right. The starter was replaced sometime...hard to say when, because my BIL passed away some time ago and he would have been the one who did it. We don't have a manual, (will order one shortly), so I don't really know what the parts are all called, but perhaps if I describe the problem, someone can chime in with what we need to do.
When you stomp on the stomp peg (?) nothing happens. Nada. Only by lying under the tractor (that's the not-safe part) and manually pushing on the starter switch with a screwdriver will it turn over - the part that is supposed to compress that switch when you step on the starter peg is too short to close the gap. Why? Is the replacement switch too short, or did something happen to the part that is connected to the stomp peg to shorten/bend it to it's current ineffective length? How can we fix that?
Pictured is the switch area, with the gap. Also a few pics of the tractor before and after the loader.
Thanks for any ideas,
T&L
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New members here, Thelma and Louise. We have a 1953 JD Model 70 that had been parked for quite a few years. We got it started yesterday, removed the old loader, and per our intro in the New Members post, we got it hooked it up to the mower, which was the object of the exercise.
LOTS of drips and leaks, but everything is working at the moment. Need a dust cover for the clutch as you can see.
Now the first problem we need to address: we got it started, but it's not safe or right. The starter was replaced sometime...hard to say when, because my BIL passed away some time ago and he would have been the one who did it. We don't have a manual, (will order one shortly), so I don't really know what the parts are all called, but perhaps if I describe the problem, someone can chime in with what we need to do.
When you stomp on the stomp peg (?) nothing happens. Nada. Only by lying under the tractor (that's the not-safe part) and manually pushing on the starter switch with a screwdriver will it turn over - the part that is supposed to compress that switch when you step on the starter peg is too short to close the gap. Why? Is the replacement switch too short, or did something happen to the part that is connected to the stomp peg to shorten/bend it to it's current ineffective length? How can we fix that?
Pictured is the switch area, with the gap. Also a few pics of the tractor before and after the loader.
Thanks for any ideas,
T&L
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) will show up as follows. And maybe the cover over the flywheel will come off easily (a few cap screws IIRC) and hopefully just the nut on the end of the lift rod has come off. Should be able to see what is wrong with that cover off.
