Ever feel like it's not your day?
 

Do you ever feel like it's not your mechanical day? Normally I don't have a problem working on anything in the garage, but today was an exception.

I wanted to get the tiller mounted up to see how that looks/what type of shape it was in after sitting for years.

Here is the lift pin that b.balk got me. Fits perfectly and was what I was looking for.
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...psf4057707.jpg

I started off with removal of the mower deck, which involved the undercarriage. The front rod did not want to come out.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...psfa0a69f2.jpg

Taking hitch off.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ps4a653a7b.jpg

Forgot how ungodly long this belt is.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ps3c6ca73c.jpg

I could not get the tiller mounted. I suspected something was wrong with the tiller box. Yup, I was right. Bent.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ps8dede4ab.jpg

I took it off the tractor; didn't want to be wrenching on the rear end. I could not get it bent back (the rear holes do not line up) so I opted to put it back on and use a smaller diameter rod. It gave me an opportunity to finally get my serial number and date it. http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...psd283bcb2.jpg

I suspect it's made in 1970, unless I dated it wrong.

After much struggling, I had forgotten how much of a PITA these are to hook up. I did however get it to go.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...psad062576.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...pscac10ba6.jpg

Want instant power steering? Install a tiller.

I didn't do any yard work with it as we've gotten approx 8-10" of rain in the last few days and everything is flooded.

Here is a short vid of it in operation on the driveway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NqQt...ature=youtu.be


Do I need a spring assist? Naw. it's lighter than I remember.

Would I like a spring assist? You have no idea.

Tiller looks good mounted up Daniel!:beer2:

Dan

I have a couple springs off a 2000 series if these will work for you let me know.

Sam

Sam

Thanks for the offer, but I'm in the need of a narrow frame IH assist. I'm waiting out for Red Power Round Up in June and hoping I can pick one out there. It's not that heavy. :biggrin2:

Daniel I'm glad things finished up better then they started for ya. You need to make your video unlisted so we can watch it. Right now it's set as private and we need a password to view it.

ahh the long belt tillers. does anyone else remember the farmall A with the woods mower that EVERYTHING was powered by ONE reallllllyyyy long belt? imagine buying that. would make this IH tiller belt seem cheap.

not bad. i suggest hydraulic lift in the near future

Oops. I (think) I fixed it.



Hydraulic lift? Expensive........... although tempting. At this point I'm happy with the manual lift. I really enjoy watching everything move with this set up. The belts/pulleys/shafts and gears are appealing to me.

That worked thank you!:beerchug:

Great vid! Thanks for sharing.