DrJC
New member
Greetings from a happy new 1949 8N owner! I am currently looking at purchasing a used Walco rotary mower from a neighbour and am curious if the old girl can handle it. It is a 6" Walco Whistler and from the spec sheet appears to weigh 672 lbs (http://www.walcoequipment.com/file/mowers-rotary_walco_ l1.pdf). Will this work with my 8N?
FYI .. Following all of your advice on this forum, I recently started to change the seal on the PTO, as it was leaking. After taking her apart, I could not remove the seal as it was on there good. Took down to my local dealer and they could not get it off with a 50 tonne press and lots of heat! At this point, due to the fact the bearings were shot and it was a 1 1/8" shaft, ( and I figured maybe they overheated it and weakened the metal!), I took Soundguys' advice and replaced the whole shaft for $120, which I would have spent half on for parts on the old PTO. I now have a brand spanking new1 3/8" pto shaft. I cleaned all the sludge out of the system with the help of some good advice from Steve in Texas, cleaned her out with a few gallons of Diesel and by hand, removed 60 years of sludge, filled her up with some good new oil. Hydraulics working strong again! Thanks all for your great wisdom and advice. I have never worked on a tractor prior to this in my life. A very satisfying experience!
John from Nova Scotia
FYI .. Following all of your advice on this forum, I recently started to change the seal on the PTO, as it was leaking. After taking her apart, I could not remove the seal as it was on there good. Took down to my local dealer and they could not get it off with a 50 tonne press and lots of heat! At this point, due to the fact the bearings were shot and it was a 1 1/8" shaft, ( and I figured maybe they overheated it and weakened the metal!), I took Soundguys' advice and replaced the whole shaft for $120, which I would have spent half on for parts on the old PTO. I now have a brand spanking new1 3/8" pto shaft. I cleaned all the sludge out of the system with the help of some good advice from Steve in Texas, cleaned her out with a few gallons of Diesel and by hand, removed 60 years of sludge, filled her up with some good new oil. Hydraulics working strong again! Thanks all for your great wisdom and advice. I have never worked on a tractor prior to this in my life. A very satisfying experience!
John from Nova Scotia