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Another nice find, Kirk! Makes me want to look for a 9N myself...

Those are lead blocks, former counterweights, I forget their exact weight though I believe they’re right around 80lbs each At least the first one is, they sure seemed to feel heavier by the time the last one was set!

And the white oak, sorry I didn’t grab pics before we layed it up…

And sometimes easy to forget, centuries of old growth trees both standing live, dead, and fallen rotten along with their stumps & roots had to be removed before they could start pulling stones & rocks, man I can’t even imagine Picked up the white oak planks for the bed and the two pieces for...

Sacrificial runners are a good common-place idea to save your metal for sure ‘Cal, they’re on my old brush hog for the same reason if it ever kisses the ground Restoring this old piece is more a sentimental mission for me, and something that will probably see more mileage on a trailer going to...

Six years have passed and as with all of us, much has happened hasn’t it? If you’re reading this, I deeply hope you and those you care about are doing well - and if you haven’t spoken with some of them in a long time, please take a moment just to let them know you’re thinking of them I...

Heya guys. I'm trying to track down a good condition instrument panel for our VAC-14 Case and I'm about out of ideas. The VAC instrument panels all rot from the battery shelf down, and although I can find decent VAC instrument panels the difference with the -14 panel is that the steering...

Aftermath, the clean-up: That was the first of 7 such trees we lost in that macroburst a few weeks ago, 3 of them being 200+ year old Maples

Evening, Gents. Finally broke down and bought a drawbar to tug this stone boat of ours. Drove up to MacFaddens in Sharon Springs NY for it yesterday (Friday). Drawbar, Front mount clevis, pin and retaining clip all came to 100 bucks. In installing it earlier today, I noticed a difference in...

Tossing around the idea of replacing the rear rims on the 641 with new, and a little wider while I'm at it. Have an unjustifiable want to put 13.6 Goodyear turf tires on the back... Looking at Steiner https://www.steinertractor.com/WHS013-rear-rim-12-x-28?&TF=76B28A681CAB their price on a...

Man, y'all had me crackin up! Turnkey, I mentioned skidding em out on the snow because it kept em clean so the sawyer wouldn't lose it over how the dirt wreaked havoc on his equipment. A stone boat of this design could absolutely - much like an old car hood - be used year round to do the job...

For those of you not from New England or "Stone Central" lol: Stone-boat - Wikipedia So, many years ago an old-school retired farmer friend and tractor "mentor" of mine used to use an old Oliver OC-3 (man, I wish I had that old crawler)...

So, figuring after nearly 8 months that either no one reads the wanted to buy forum (though with over 3800 views to this thread I guess that ain't it, lol) or that no one had any 6x16 steel wheels collecting dust in a corner somewhere that they wanted to sell, I took a drive up to Jeff Gibsons'...

Been awhile since I've been able to spend any time on this old Ford. Guess my Wife was feeling guilty ( yeah, right... :D ) about putting me to work on other things because while I talked about it a few weeks ago I never expected this hydraulic top link to be sitting next to my chair when I...

Drain cock arrived with todays' mail, and while I was right there anyway I figured I'd take the sight glass off for cleaning. All that's left is fill her up, run for a couple hours to flush any old crap through and let the filter do its' thing then swap in a new filter. Should be good for a...

Happy Friday, y'all. Heat-shrink hose clamps arrived last night. Got them on this morning, hit 'em with the heat gun and slid these t-bolt clamps over top. Cranked 'em down - just before it started raining - and so that's one more item off the list. Those heat-shrink clamps don't put the...

'Kusch, looks like you were having a pretty good time there. Hows that old girl run for ya? Wife left to go spend a couple days with our bookends - the daughters, that is. One's 31, the other 21. The eldest is up visiting the younger at her place so Wifey figured visit 'em both while they're...

Yessir, the HD has a taller beam and the table "hooks-in" as I remember. Drilled and through-bolted today, grade 8 flanged bolt and nut, that oughta keep her.

SR, it's a 3. Was looking for a 3HD but talked myself out of it. Don't really need the capacity or the pricetag that goes with it so with the money I saved when I found this one I was able to cover the cost of the table, wedge, and the maintenance items I'm doing. All in I'm still close to a...

Had a little time towards the end of the day. Parked the 901 to get it ready to install that chain shield up front, and hooked up to the splitter. Have a couple odds and ends to do to it: dumped the old oil and picked up 15 gallons of ISO 46, put new hoses on it, slipped the new table on it...

Lookin' good, Kirk! Something about those little guys... Just got Home from road tripping up along under the Canadian border through NY, VT and NH First order of business was repairing this gash in the mower so off to the local weld shop I went (in 4 Hi, thanks Kirk) Next thing...

Skid shoes and patch panel arrived late last week, having a heck of a time finding 5/16 - 18 plow bolts though and the new skid shoes didn't come with them. Had one of those too-full days today, but wanted to get something done on the tractor so I installed the new exhaust pipes from YT...

Front shields showed up today, still waiting on the skid shoes, and that flat plate patch for the top of the mower.

Good to know. Set out to get that weed patch knocked down and found the dang clutch on the mower was set too light. Had Wifey bring me a set of hex keys so I could make an adjustment and just as I finished there was thunder and the skies opened up. Boy, a guy can sure get wet on a three mile...

Found this on craigslist this morning - a bumper to use until the right one comes along. Hit up Fastenal for some hardware and we're in business. Heck, I may have a couple uprights welded into the corners to stretch some expanded metal between to further protect the grill and radiator, I don't...

Kirk, forgot to say thanks for the intel on the differences between those two very similar bumpers. I'll keep my eyes peeled, hopefully something comes up soon. Waiting for those pipes to get here, had to do something so broke out the pressure washer, a pot of warm soapy water, and Wifes...

Manual arrived today, still waiting on those pipes.

Though not technically the tractor, removed the rear shield from the 90I/901 brush hog which was dented up pretty bad apparently from having been backed into stuff over its' life. Beat up bad enough so the thing would barely raise or lower. Hammered it flat and squared the corners back up...

I'm totally stealin' this idea from another forum, but whatever! I, and I'm sure other TBN users, wanna know what YOU did to your Vintage Ford Tractor today. Work it? Work on it? Soup it up? Give us the low down. :wrench: :hammer: :bandaid: :thumbsup:

Thanks, 'Vanders. I may have just answered my own question just by looking at an old pic of that proofmeter. *EDIT* And now that I've started this thread, I see all the way at the bottom of the screen there's a collection of "Similar Threads" which further discuss the engine/pto RPM's...

Fellas I swear the search and advanced search here mess with me just for the sport in it... Flipped back through 13 pages of posts in this vintage ford forum also and couldn't find an answer. Proofmeter cable arrived today and I installed it - happy to see the 'meter works, probably hasn't in...

Well, been a few months so looking back I figure it's time for an update huh? Tractor is Home, tried plowing with it this past Winter but man even with loaded tires and chains on, downhill blacktop driveway just wasn't giving up the gription (yup, I said gription, lol) to have any fun pushing...

Looking to replace a couple odds and ends on this 641 (exhaust pipes, proofmeter cable) Steiner Tractor and Yesterday's Tractor come in less than 5 bucks apart. Wondering what experience y'all have had with quality from either of them, or if there's another source I should be looking to for...

Finally stopped raining long enough to peel the tarp off and run the old girl up and down the road a bit. Here's my pics from today, same as yours, 'cept no oil leaking. Click on the pic to make bigger.

Roger that, it's like you're a mind reader sometimes souNdguy. Any idea what this lever and these little 1/8" pipe plugs are for on the right side of the top cover remote?

Gents, Hoping to not spend another Winter where I'll be tempted to use this beautiful Dearborn model 19-3 snow plow again. Plan is to put the plow and all it's periphery up for sale, to be replaced with a proper bumper to help keep us from even thinking about putting anything back out front...

Gents, Wifey is asking for a front tire with more float. The 4.00 - 19's ain't cutting it. Or, maybe they are and that's the problem... Anyway, we're on the hunt for a pair of OEM 6x16's with decent original factory paint. Not ready to do a resto or even a paint job on the tractor so we're...

I could be mistaken, however I don't see the sherman lever on your acquaintance's tractor like this 641 of ours has. Click on that image to open it up.

Click or double-click (?) on the image to expand it. Easy to see why some would be missing, looks like it could be a pretty harsh environment under there...

I'm really not as lazy as it sounds, lol... Tractor ('58 641 Ford) is close to Home but not close enough to run over and measure the lower radiator hose to figure out which in-line 120v heater I need to buy. Does anyone know off the top of your head, or have a radiator off that you can...

So, FINALLY was able to make my way back up to the 641 for a few hours this morning. Flushed, drained & filled the crankcase and the hydraulic section. Ran out of time so I'll get to the transmission and differential next go round. Pulled the sparkplugs, ran a compression test and installed...

Roger that. Thanks souNdguy, all good stuff there, I'll report back with pics to help out the next newb in line :) *EDIT* Thought y'all'd enjoy a pic of our "B" and the beautiful Lady who I'm surprising with this '641. Pic was taken in August of 2011 just as Hurricane Irene was coming up...

Stopped up at NAPA earlier today, they had one 1004 filter on the shelf and this fluid. Bought 'em both and ordered two more filters for tomorrow morning. Plan is to head up to the tractor tomorrow late morning but with the heat up here in the 90's the past week A/C service calls are coming in...

Safe bet that you're right about the hydraulics getting neglected, not knowing any of the service history now that the old boy has passed-on. Been a while since I've mixed up cocktails, thanks for the encouragement. If by "wet" you're meaning stored outside exposed to the elements, fortunately...

Dang, 'Crawler, that's some good looking work. Reminds me of a friend of ours up at Forest Road welding in NH, that guy makes nearly everything he needs. One day I'll be able to do that, if I can ever get the heck out of CT... Here's a couple more pics:

Poking around CL and such looking for miscellaneous accessories for this '58 641 of ours, more especially a front bumper, I've seen all sorts of variations and wanting to learn more about them I started saving the images, figuring I'd put 'em up here after searching for a "bumper thread" and not...

Seen this one on a couple tractors off CL, anyone know anything about it? I've seen maybe four different styles so far in my looking, have no idea whats factory and whats aftermarket.

Kind of a feeler I guess, not knowing how many different configurations there are out there either OEM or period aftermarket. Thinking maybe something I could hang suitcase weights to, though I'm on the fence about that...

So that's pretty much it for pictures, for today at least. I'll be heading back up there a couple / few more times to do some basic maintenance things to it and try to figure out the 3pt hydraulics problem. The top of the fuel tank is pretty badly rusted from those darn mice so I'll have to...

Gents, Brand new member here. Friend of mine is wanting to let go of his 1958 641 with a dearborn snowplow and a unknown name 6ft bushhog, and I guess I'm his huckleberry. Not knowing much about these old Fords I've been reading up on them and there's one thing about this tractor that really...