Archive through November 22, 2009

[aschumacher]

OOPs...Did I break it ??

 

[bbrigham]

What ? Someone call for this ?

 

[acoffey]

hello guys, well i am almost done my rebuild on the k-241a. the manuel states the connecting rod bolts should be torqued to 200 ft lbs but i cant find any torque wrench that goes up to 200 ft lbs. I wasent sure if thats a misprint or if its right?

 

[fcurrier]

Andy: Are you sure that isn't inch/pounds?
OK, 300 inch/pounds on a K241. Then back them off and retighten them to 280 inch/pounds.

 

[acoffey]

Frank: Im pretty sure,but ill chek again. I asked my auto tech teacher where i can find one considering the four we have in our shop only goes up to 150 ft lbs and he asked what it was for and i told him and he said no way thats right so i thought id ask the pros on here?

 

[thoobler]

scott,I have a friend that is a machinist,made it for me,and the price was great!! freebie

 

[fcurrier]

Andy: I added under edit to my last post, if you didn't get it all. That's from my Kohler Manual. There's a way to convert foot pounds to inch pounds, but I'm not sure just what it is. Bet someone here does, though.

 

[acoffey]

Frank: just looked at the manuel and i read in/lbs as ft/ibs many times and just read it as in/lbs :/ oh god im 19 and still cant read right. i blame it on the add

 

[bbrigham]

To convert inch pounds to foot pounds, divide by 12. I don't have a torque wrench that reads in/lbs so I do this a lot.

 

[fcurrier]

Just be glad you didn't have access to a 200 foot pound torque wrench!

So, Brendan, we're talking 25 ft/lbs, then retorque to 23 ft/lbs?

 

[bbrigham]

yepper

 

[dross]

Hey guys the steel bolt pull right out of the alluminum at about 50 lbs., don't ask how I know that.

 

[bjrainey]

Allen S,
I have worked on kohler carb before, but this is the first Walbro that i have seen.
I finally pulled the needle valve out(it was gummed up tight).
What I meant was do you put them together, sliding the spring over the tab then inserting them in the bushing... Well I hope so, 'cause thats what I did!
I think it would be pretty tough to put the needle valve in then the float, and try to fish that little spring up over the tab.

Any ways, I got it cleaned up real good and put back together.

 

[wcompton]

Todd-
Nice work, they always look good painted <font color="ff0000">RED</font>.

 

[bjrainey]

Another question for you guys
I brought the 129 home yesterday and found out it was missing the ignition key.
I tried the key out of my 1450, but it isn't the right one.
Did the 129 have a different key than that? I thought most all cubs had the same keys, with the exception of the 70/100 cubs.
The switch that is in there uses the original 3 prong connector in the wiring harness.

 

[thoobler]

wyatt,I built this tractor.and sold it.regreting my decision,the new owner decided he wanted a pulling tractor I had.so six months after she left,I finally have her home.and this time for good!!! I like em red too!! your tractor looks good now,will look awesome finished!!

 

[dross]

Brad the QL series used a murry type key. I was told they did that cause the QL used the electric clutch that needed wired through the ignition switch, They just used a switch that was already cheap and available. Anything before, back to when they used keys, used an IH standard key. Same key on anything IH for years.

 

[jmuncie]

Wyatt & Todd,

You've helped me finalize the decision...the 126 I'm building this winter is going to be red. Still need to decide on the how much is red and what's white or black, but there's plenty of time before it's ready for paint.

What makes a Wheatland a Wheatland? They're not native to Indiana, but some have migrated here over the years. They usually (but not always) seem to have round fenders and the tires are bigger than the standard models around here. Is there more to it?

Thanks,
Jerry

 

[wcompton]

Jerry-
Just a little more - fixed front tread width and no 3-point hitch option. There might be more to it, I'm not 100% sure.

 

[sblunier]

Jerry,

As a follow up to Wyatt's very correct comments, Wheatlands were designed to be drawbar tractors pulling large tillage tools over the central "wheat land" of the US. They were never expected to run in row crops, and therefore were fitted with heavy fixed axles, wide tires, full coverage fenders, and heavy swinging drawbars. Consider the "wheatland" much the same way you might consider the early Steiger 4wd tractors...heavy tillage work and lots of it.....

RPRU this year had one of the neatest wheatland tractors I've seen yet, a neat, very clean, 756D Wheatland w/icecream box cab.......I'd LOVE to own it