My 1966 Massey 135 Tractor (Pics)

[MasseyWV]

As some of you may have heard, parts of the east coast suffered major damage from recent wind storms, the worst of which was on June 29th, where massive power outages and gasoline shortages were commonplace, all during a heat wave. In fact, I've never seen anything like it in my life.

Unlike many others who were caught completely off-guard, I'm fully prepared for virtually anything that comes along, and have ample food, water, and gasoline stored for emergencies, plus a large generator to use in the event of extended power outages. If things were to ever get really bad, I also have several guns and lots of ammo to protect my property. People were... crazy, making things much worse than they might have been otherwise.

My area was hit especially hard, and my restoration project was temporarily delayed, but now that things are slowly beginning to return to normal, I look forward to resuming it again. After eight days without the internet, I finally feel somewhat "connected" again, although being without the internet does have it's advantages...

 

[vegaome]

Howdy Massey,

I'm glad your ok. We feel your pain and then some. We still don't have power and this is the seventh day. My wife is fit to be tied. She is almost seven months pregnant draggen a two year old around. The power company keeps moving the restore date on her to and that is like rubbing salt in a wound. Hopefully we all will get power back and we can work on our tractors. Have a good day.

v/r

Mike

 

[Soundguy]

yep.. coastal areas are always targets. just glad I don't live int he carolinas.. they get hit more than florida even...

 

[Mike476]

Glad to hear you're through the worst of it, thought you were taking a break to catch up on some of the other work on your to do list while awaiting parts.

 

[dex3361]

As some of you may have heard, parts of the east coast suffered major damage from recent wind storms, the worst of which was on June 29th, where massive power outages and gasoline shortages were commonplace, all during a heat wave. In fact, I've never seen anything like it in my life.

Unlike many others who were caught completely off-guard, I'm fully prepared for virtually anything that comes along, and have ample food, water, and gasoline stored for emergencies, plus a large generator to use in the event of extended power outages. If things were to ever get really bad, I also have several guns and lots of ammo to protect my property. People were... crazy, making things much worse than they might have been otherwise.

My area was hit especially hard, and my restoration project was temporarily delayed, but now that things are slowly beginning to return to normal, I look forward to resuming it again. After eight days without the internet, I finally feel somewhat "connected" again, although being without the internet does have it's advantages...

I feel your pain and my power is still out and I am running a generator as I type. I am better prepared than most I know for weather events. That said this was a really wide area outage and as Massey said people were going a bit nuts. Having no preparation will do that I suppose. Though I will say I saw a lot of people taking care of others in need. It brings out either the best or the worst in people. This evening will be 8 days without power and I could go another 10 days without going for fuel after getting 100 gallons in barrels. This was an eye opener for the wife as to how crazy things can get.

 

[MasseyWV]

Glad to hear you're through the worst of it, thought you were taking a break to catch up on some of the other work on your to do list while awaiting parts.

I'm glad too, and my hope is that power is restored for everyone very soon. This is one storm event that I'll remember for a very long time, especially the moments as it approached. It seemed so unreal, yet all too real.

Since I'm still waiting for parts, I haven't done much to my tractor in the last week or so, but using an engine hoist and chains attached to the bell housing, I did manage to turn it around and move it to the back of my garage so I could use the front part of my garage to perform maintenance to my vehicles. I've also done a little work towards restoring my tractor's 12 volt generator. With any luck, the parts should be here in about a week, but only time will tell.

 

[Soundguy]

don'tya love the set and wait for parts gig..

 

[MasseyWV]

don'tya love the set and wait for parts gig..

It's a pain, but sometimes one has no choice but to wait, and wait, and wait. Restoring an old tractor definitely takes a lot of... patience.

 

[frankroberts]

It's a pain, but sometimes one has no choice but to wait, and wait, and wait. Restoring an old tractor definitely takes a lot of... patience.

As long as you (we) have to wait for more parts (and more pictures) maybe you would tell some first hand stories about the storm (Derecho?) at your place. Did you have any warning? Did you have any idea what was coming? Trees down at your place? etc.

Derecho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[MasseyWV]

Today, I disassembled the Spicer dual clutch assembly to inspect the PTO clutch and pressure plate, but ran into a little snag.

It turns out that one of the retaining pins had mushroomed as it was driven out to release the pivot pins, causing a small piece of the cast pressure plate cover to break off. Closer inspection revealed that the clutch discs were moderately worn (about half) so I would have replaced them regardless, which means a clutch kit will also be ordered in the near future. A complete clutch kit isn't much more money than a new pressure plate cover and two clutch discs, so I'm opting for a complete clutch kit, for added peace of mind.

A new clutch kit combined with the cost of getting the flywheel ground will be about $400. I had planned on replacing the clutches so it's not that much of a surprise. There goes the tractor budget... again.