I made some repairs and tests, step by step.
My wife took the two straps, flap and spring to the nearest Case-IH dealer. He flipped to the L-22 Sickle parts manual and sold us a spring. The other components were not overly worn (lucky day).
First, I used by wood fired blacksmith forge to...
Thanks art. I know what you mean by the middle. The cracked one was, but the new one didn't have a slit. I can cut it. I was thinking of removing the 4 bolts to remove the plate to make flattening it easier, however, I didn't know what kind of preload and bearings are inside. Any special...
I would like to buy a manual for this mower, but I haven't been able to identify the model. It's a very recent purchase.
3 photos should be appearing here..
I see some cast part numbers.
451490R3
IH
451491-R (updated 7/16, there was another 1 in the P/N)
The wooden pitman arm was...