Creating a Lake

[Renze]

There was a diver, still in his wetsuit and SCUBA tanks found in the hills burnt to a crisp.

Another famous one is the story of the water skier on an early spring day, who was overrun by the speedboat, after he fell, when his pal turned around going to hand him the rope again.

When they found the waterskier, reanimation was started immediately.
After a minute or two, an old farmer who worked in the nearby field, walked by, looked, and said: "you can toss him back, this one is still wearing his ice skates..."

 

[patrick_g]

Renze, If you are not familiar with snopes.com, you should check it out. They are a treasure trove of urban myths. Some very funny stuff in many instances.

Oh by the way... hows the car coming? Driving it yet? Any more pix?

Pat

 

[Renze]

Oh by the way... hows the car coming? Driving it yet? Any more pix?

Pat

whihi no, at this moment the buggy has moved to the back corner of the shop.. I bought a tractor, a 1967 Zetor 3011, which is a 3 cylinder 39 hp tractor, one of the last models with the classic round nose look.

The engine was purring like a cat, the clutch worked fine and the gears 2, 3 and reverse shifted smooth...
When i took it home and drove it around the next day, i found that the 4th gear made a flick-flick noise... I took off the gearbox cover saturday and found that a teeth on the 4th gear is missing...
I wish i had tried the 4th and 5th gear too on my test drive before buying it...
Anyways, a tractor with perfect engine, good clutch and brakes and reasonable tinwork, complete with all the original factory emblems, for 900 Euro means that i didnt pay too much, it just wasnt the bargain i thought it would be..

This sets all my schedules back a day or 3... to take the gear off the layshaft, i'd have to split the transmission from the engine AND from the rear axle. Then take out both clutch shafts and the PTO gears from the front part of the transmission. Then take out the layshaft of the high/lo range with a special Zetor tool, drop the big gear through a window in the transmission bottom, and then pull out the main layshaft with a threaded rod.
I am pretty sure i can pull the 4th gear alongside, without removing the main shaft and the pinion shaft.

Because this tick aggrevates the heck out of me, the tranny has to be fixed before i'll finish the buggy. When the buggy is finished, i'll do all the cosmetic work on the tractor.

The oil in the tranny looked like coffee milk, and thinner than the cutting oil i use on my band saw...

I've never been deeper than the PTO gears and primary clutch shafts, which is fairly simple...So this will be the first tranny surgery where i really need that shop manual !!


(btw, when i took her home with my trusty Volvo diesel, i drove 5 hours at average 100 km/h, total empty trip and loaded return, i did 9.5 km per liter, which surprised me)

 

[patrick_g]

Renze, I'd be tempted to clean the trany box, refill with oil, close it up, and drive it in the gears that are OK unless there is danger of an expensive failure. Then later when the weather prohibited having fun in the car I'd work on the tractor.

A wise man once said, "Life is uncertain, eat dessert first!"

Pat

 

[3RRL]

Eddie,
Sorry to get your thread off track.
I should never have replied to Pat's post about the diver. I apologize.

What else is happening with the fish in your lake?
Do you have any more photos of the kids fishing and such?

 

[Renze]

A wise man once said, "Life is uncertain, eat dessert first!"Pat

Another, even wiser (dutch) man said: "from delay comes cancelling"

... i've partly disassembled it already, and when i delay it it will never happen... I'd like to bite through the tedious jobs while motivation is still fresh....

I will buy a workshop trolley crane this week and get going.
with the right tools and manuals, there is no job too hard.



I just want my tractor to have all gears, to forget about the disappointment of not test driving it in 4th gear to find out that i could have bought it for 400 Euro less ...

Well i think i know what you're after: you're just curious for dirt buggy pictures, and dont care about my tractor at all

 

[patrick_g]

Well i think i know what you're after: you're just curious for dirt buggy pictures, and dont care about my tractor at all

That is a consideration but I'd hate for yo to miss out on the buggy fun when the tranny isn't a crisis.

Now that you have given me insight into your work ethic and motivation, I concur it is best to do the drudge work first.

You are only the second person I know with a Zetor. The friend who helps me with haying has a Zetor that seems to work well for him, almost as good as his smaller Kubota and with less maint than his large Case.

Patrick

 

[Renze]

Patrick, you should have a look at my website Zetor World : The world wide hang-out for Zetor drivers...
There are a lot of enthusiasts of these early models, especially in England, Ireland and Scandinavia.

I know a shed full of parts in a nearby town. The dealer has been selling Zetor for at least 30 years, and after they moved their shops to the local cheese factory across the street, the old shop is loaded with parts wreckers. they have a collection of classics in the other half of the old buildings.
Even if i couldnt get parts from a wreckyard, i could get brand new parts from Zetor, or get parts from India or Iraq where these old models are built under license.

 

[Goldchaser]

Eddie, I have spent about 3 hours since last night reading through this thread and looking at the photos you have posted of the beginnings of your lake on through. Your accomplishment was/is amazing. Not surprisingly I read the number of naysayers who said you couldnt do it, you shouldnt do it, and of course the nebulous "they" wont let you do it or complete it. "they" being the government or some government agency. You exemplify the spirit and ability that built this country. Your land, and yet...far too many feel that you shouldnt have the right to do what you have done without dozens of approvals, an evironmental study to take sure you wouldnt affect some worm or magget by building your lake.

You have built something of beauty and I salute you sir.

 

[EddieWalker]

Goldchaser,

I apologize for taking so long to reply to your post. I somehow missed it and just read it for the first time just now.

Thank you for your kind words. From where I came from, to where I live now, it's night and day as to what you can do with your land and how much interferance there is. We still have too many rules here, and I fear there are those who want to create new ones, but fortunately, there are still enough Texas that fight for land rights and mininmal government intervention. I honestly think that has allot to do why Texas and especially this area of Texas, was never affected by the 2000 Recession.

Eddie