That's actually the fan shaft, John Deere relied on thermo siphon to move water in the early tractors, they didn't start using water pumps on their tractors until the early 50's towards the end of the letter series.....just thought I'd throw in that fun fact in for ya! 😁🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@squatch253 It's ok - I forgive you! Ha ha. Awesome and many thanks for helping me with the water pum... Er, uh, fanshaft... Ha ha ha. But seriously, bud - thank you!
Big thanks for the shout out - but very many more thanks for the help on the fanshaft! I'll try to get up there and get it out of your way soon! I, too, have the same Farmall Letter Series book. It is SO stacked full of cool information. Definitely worth it for any Farmall enthusiast.
The definitive answer on raincap placement is: for left side manifold's, 8 o'clock for right side manifold's 4 o'clock this way the exhaust is deflected away from the operator, , also there are no issues with wind getting under the cap. As far as steering wheel spinner knob goes on an "H" , it is placed on the left side of the steering wheel as the tractor is heading straight ahead, for left hand use so that while sicklebar mowing, cultivating or what-have-you, you are able to operate to the hydraulic lever with your right hand. The proper spinner knob is the old-fashioned wooden one, mounted on the inside diameter of the steering wheel on a spoke, so that you can put a couple fingers underneath it to benefit you with its operation. Thanks Squatch fo your terrific videos 😊
I agree, no flapper. The tin can works fine. We had an H as a kid. It was fun to see how high we could launch when we started th H without removing it.
On the topic of spinner knobs…. My opinion and my opinion only!!! If you have a tractor with power steering, they can be quite useful, but on my old manual steering tractors, I find them to be more problem than help. Just my .02! Merry Christmas and good to see you getting back to normal!
I love the sound of a rain cap on an H I’ve always heard a H with it on when I was 5 and I just can’t go back and I think an H with out a rain cap to me isn’t an H love the vids keep it cool
From factory, the rain caps were put on at a 90 degree angle (or sideways) on the tractor. This was done so that no matter how the tractor was loaded during transport (forwards or backwards) the rain cap would not blow open.
When I was a kid I was asked to go move the neighbors 77 Oliver to the shed. Worn out old wooden knob equipped unit. I grabbed that knob and spun the wheel, there was plenty of room between the wooden knob and the bolt that it spun on. It took the skin off the web of my right hand between my thumb and pointer finger. 60 years later it's the first thing I remove from anything except a vehicle owned by a handicapped individual that uses hand controls. They actually need them.
OK... On a narrow front ended tractor,I get the NO suicide knob. But on a wide front ended tractor with no power steering ,the knob is a NICE addition! Mine came with my Super M ,and is a great source of leverage when needed.... ;)
I grew up on a farm where we had an H which was the most versatile tractor we had. It was used for light field work during planting to mowing hay to simple little jobs of spreading manure and moving wagons around. Nothing better than a H for backing up to a wagon tongue, everything is completely visible. Unlike when trying to use (what was then) a huge tractor where you can't see out the back of the cab. It was great for backing up to wagons as I could almost turn fully around in my seat as I backed up to the wagon tongue and deftly manage the steering with one hand. The knob was great, can imagine having an H with out one.
Just a quick comment on your steering knob comments. I believe that part of the like or hate for steering knobs depends on the tilt of the steering wheel (angle of the shaft on tractors the age of the H). I grew up on a 21-32 M&M. It had a steering knob that was part of the steering wheel. I used it and liked it, but the wheel was more horizontal that the H. I've been hit in the wrist by a steering knob and understand why you'd not like it at all. It is NOT a peasant experience. I do enjoy your videos. I got started when one of your X231 episodes caught my eye. BTW, I hope that you eye has recovered.
Nice job on this video!! As someone who uses John Deere two-cylinders to hobby farm with, I’ve always been used to the steering wheel spinners. I grew up running hand clutches with them. Like anything else, if you grew up with it, you’re more likely to think it’s “normal.” Merry Christmas to the Squatch family!!
There's a lot of truth in that, if it's something you're accustomed to it just feels natural. I grew up without spinners on anything, and now I can't even learn how to use one - must be something about old dogs and new tricks...lol!
The first tractor that I drove very much was my uncle's. He was an above the elbow amputee. He had spinners on all of his vehicles. A spinner is just how I drive a tractor.
Excellent video the spinner knobs are fine for slanted steering wheel with power steering but not on a narrow front tractor even if it has power steering I dislocated my thumb as a teenager on our 720 John Deere diesel with a narrow front and power steering while plowing the front tires caught and the knob came around and it was not pleasant it got pitched after that happened.. keep up the great videos merry Christmas to you and your parents
My dad taught me when I was young not to stick my arm through the spokes of the steering wheel in an effort to reach the throttle. He said " if you hit a dead furrow it'll break your arm!" I never forgot that lesson.
My familys been involved in farming for quite a few generations, we never use spinners even on modern power steering tractors , combines or earth moving equipment. Everything that comes here even without power steering they get taken off. My Grandad said especially with older mechanical linkage steering boxes they are a safety issue like driving with your thumb over the inside of the steering wheel rim. Yeah great idea until the front wheel hits a hole , rut or other obstruction and spins the steering wheel round out of your hand then the spokes snap bones or rips your thumb off. If you know what you are doing you can drive anything without one and still keep control even operating loader/shuttle transmission controls at the same time. Thanks for all the great video's I've watched this year, Hope the squatch family has a happy Christmas and new year . From Rob in SW Manitoba, Canada.
Great Q&A, those steering nobles may be okay with Power steering, but not many times beating up knuckles. I would enjoy having some old Farmall Original Manuals, and great historical equipment. Thanks
Grew up with a combine like the one in the photo. The clutch action is likely related to the presence of the photographer, etc, but in real life there were many times you had to go slower than 1st gear and slip the clutch to handle the crop. But I see this combine had an onboard engine, so the tractor engine speed could have also been reduced to control ground speed. With a PTO drive you had to keep the engine at a constant speed. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
That’s true (I cut a lot of wheat with old combines) Don’t have that problem myself because the wheat never is that good, but wouldn’t slipping the clutch slow down the pto speed?
It didn't look to me like he was slipping the clutch. It looks more like he was nervous and was keeping his foot on the clutch pedal in case something went wrong so he could stop it quickly.
I remember when I learned to drive a tractor in the early 70s (I was 6yo then...) many of the (older) tractors then had a decal right behind the steering wheel where it was pretty good visible "Fuß weg vom Kupplungspedal!" (german for: foot away from the clutch!). That was as many of the older farmers back then were not used using a machine for their work. And they had the tendency to control speed by the clutch, not by the throttle, not knowing what damage they might cause.
Toby, great video as always. I’m with you on the steering wheel knob. What a great reference book for vintage information. Being able to get those fine details is priceless.
I like the 8:10 comments about the farmer in the picture. He definitely looks pretty tense, with a death grip on the wheel. Good guess about the IH reps photographing a brand new tractor and combine. I'm sure after some seat time he would be steering with one hand watching the combine feed over his shoulder.
Another fantastic episode Toby! You can't beat having nice archive photos for referencing things for a restoration. I personally hate using steering wheel knows as well. Cheers
Thank you for all your good shows, merry Christmas to you, your family and all the viewers. May next year be great for everyone and your sight be as good as it can be.
When IH styled all of their tractors it must have been quite a task to put decals for the customer to know where everything was. Many of the customers did not have telephones. They could not call a dealer and ask for help. Good manuals like you have are worth every penny. When I buy a manual I never let them go if I sell a machine. Original manuals are hard to come by. My dad and the founder of Jensales grew up together in southern Minnesota. He was a great guy to sit and chat with. Great video. Thanks for Q & A. Merry Christmas.
at 10:35...thereabouts.......45 degrees is alright....the question is 45 degrees favouring towards the forward side or the rear side....also....45 degrees towards Port or Starboard side......?????! I think the Tin Can option solves this riddle !!! Lol ! Merry Christmas !
Great channel so glad I found you, God bless you with your eye. Your fix for the bearing retaining dowel is better than cats original design. Love to see a Farmall t-shirt, with your tractor on it. I would buy one
I've always liked rain caps on everything except two-cylinder John Deeres. About the only two-cylinders I might would put a rain cap on are the later 30 series tractors with the oval tone mufflers and possibly tractors like the L, LA, M, 40, 320, 420, 330 and 430. Other than that, all the slow turning, horizontal configuration two-cylinders will have mufflers with no rain caps on them.
we never had rain caps on our tractors because they never sat outside. of course they were used in the rain occasionally for feeding hay etc but were always under the shed when not used. we had a spinner on a narrow front H but not on the 650 or 606 because they had power steering. you always had the spinner in your hand to keep from getting hit with it. it all comes down your preference because you own it. Merry Christmas and happy new year. glad you are able to be doing what you are happy with.
A distillate manifold would give you a better idea of length for your pipe length. No nipple to cut, all standard. Rain cap in case you forget a can . Kenny gets deep into his tear downs and rebuilds. Learn a lot from him .
Merry Christmas, Mr Nelson. Blessings to your family. Continued healing of your eye. I am looking forward to seeing you and your dad at the LSPPS. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
edit: 11:16 i bought the reprints set from Peaceful Creek. Good stuff, got the 5pack (this, the service manual, hydraulics etc). So that's a source. For that sum at that quality they get a gold start review from me. 7:04 yup those shafts are meant to take load at any position on the shaft regardless of how the wheel's oriented. You could even dish out at the very end of the shaft if you wanted. And this is straight out of what the manufacturer told grandpa when he bought a special tractor that could accommodate a small grader like implement mounted mid-ship, with the tractor offset to the side and the right rear wheel about 40~45 cm out (this was back when he set a new tree plantation and in the early years would use this tractor to skip the little ones and demolish the weeds in between). And this is nothing compared to other machinery i've seen over the years where the wheel spacing is even larger - and at the end of the day, let's not forget Go-karts. There's factory sold units from different brands that only support at the center. ATVs too. Proportionally, those ATVs have an even more outrageous axle to gap from support ratio. Pretty much, the only place where spacing counts is with cars. Cars cannot have excess unsprung weight and unfortunately that applies to the type of bearing one can use in that circumstance. So when people add spacers to their front hubs (or rear in a non-axle car), that dynamites the perfectly balanced bearing that's teeter tottering on the very edge between good enough and barely minimum for the job (and they really are once you read the specs -much larger bearings could be used to mitigate that, but they're not required under norm circumstances).
I used a suicide knob on my case backhoe. It was somewhat handy when using the loader but due to the way the power steering worked, it was never in a consistent spot when the front wheels were straight. I eventually took it off and went back to the “palm of the hand, spin the wheel” method. Worked just as well.
Thanks for the video Toby. Definitely a good place to find period correct pictures on how to restore a tractor. Can’t wait for the next Preparation H video!
Merry Xmas and a Happy NEW YEAR to all the Squatches and that's Senior and Momma. Over the Year have enjoyed all your content and look forward to more content. ✌
Nice episode, Squatch Including the restoration/fabrication for other people. I can see why people ask for items to be "Squatched" I recently had to have a heart stent fitted and if I need another I'm nominating you for the job 👍 Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year to you and your family, Squatch
3:00 Those that call the book "obsolete" mustn't care to have physical literature able to be DIRECTLY referenced when needed. The correct term would be closer to "incomplete" as information made accessible with the internet merely allows one access to more than is practical to stuff in a book of reasonable size. Internet does make some searches easier. But I can see there being many reference book...especially ones used by those that service these old machines...that are well worn & stained from use but still readable. Keyboards//phones don't react well when a search needs be done immediately & one isn't always able to do a search with more than rough cleaning of hands with an already dirty rag.
Squatch nice to see you back have merry Christmas and hope for agreat new year for you thanks for keeping your channel going inspite all you went through
Whoever thinks books are redundant haven't tried to find info on old obscure things where the term or combinations of words matches up with something that is currently a popular search, but not related at all. Books are great.
Now we have power steering I like a spinner knob. I didn't find them useful pre power steering they required to much effort. The thing I found was if there is one on, you have to use it or suffer a smacked wrist. All the best
A tip on establishing measurements for things like the length of that exhaust pipe. You must first enlarge the photo and measure the image of a known object like that decal, create a scale based on that decal and place it over the space between the hood and muffler to estimate the space. Can be used to help with positioning decals without knowing the original position. Hope this helps. Jim
I did a full video on this topic over on the Members’ Channel about a year ago, when I was scaling out the Cat parts manual diagrams in order to establish the dimensions for the front bumper and associated brackets build. I only had one piece out of the whole diagram, so I used that as the first known dimension - the width happened to be 4”. I then snapped a photo of the diagram with my phone, and enlarged it with my fingers until the same piece was exactly 1” wide in the photo, thus creating a 1/4 scale conversion that I could easily apply to everything else on the page, easy as that 👍 For this muffler though, just an eyeball measurement was good enough lol 😂
I’ve run into the problem of strong wing blowing the rain cap open when they’re parked and water getting in anyway. So now they get coffee cans regardless of the rain cap
Spinner knob? We had one on our M back in the 50s and it cost me a new wrist watch. The tricycle front wheels hit a solid clump and threw the steering wheel out of my hand,. The spinner knob hit the crystal on my brand new watch, popped both the front and back off, both band pins popped out and all the parts landed on the operator's platform. I just kicked it all off and plowed under. I vote no on spinner knobs also.
Mustie1 usually has a suicide knob on his trucks……to each his own like Squatch says. Been watching LAOL (Life After Our Loss) where Aaron and his Dad Greg are restoring Cat D4 crawlers. (They remind me a lot of Squatch and Senior). Anyway Aaron just did an episode about Manuals and just like Squatch has always said, he stressed the importance of having good manuals and reference materials.
Hey Squatch. Enjoying the Q & A. And I constantly refer to the originality guide for those little minute details. So what will you do about the spot welds securing the hood latch pin retainer brackets? They are very obvious on my Super A hood now that im at the painting stage. I almost applied body filler to hide them , however Ive decided to leave them as is to maintain originality. Gas tank also has some spot welds visible where the baffle is secured. Im leaving them also. And by the way......nice job on that JD shaft keyway and threads.
The spinner knobs only work well on power steering tractors. Could you imagine using one on a narrow front super M and have the front tires hit a dead furrow and ripping the knobs out of your hand? Good set up for a broken wrist.
Agreed. I have one on my Kubota compact loader tractor, and for loader work it is great with power steering. On antique tractors with no power steering you don't have as much control and it would be easy for the knob to come around and smack your hand.
In the interest of authenticity, are you going to wear period correct overalls and white hat as in the photo when you drive the H?
And a pipe!
Thank you for the shout out! I just need to make the time for another video
That's actually the fan shaft, John Deere relied on thermo siphon to move water in the early tractors, they didn't start using water pumps on their tractors until the early 50's towards the end of the letter series.....just thought I'd throw in that fun fact in for ya! 😁🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ugh! I remember him telling me it was the fan shaft now - I completely messed that one up lol!
@@squatch253 LOL...Here I figured I'd just get a response like "smartass" of just a straight up "asshole!" 🤣🤣
@@squatch253 It's ok - I forgive you! Ha ha. Awesome and many thanks for helping me with the water pum... Er, uh, fanshaft... Ha ha ha. But seriously, bud - thank you!
I notice the death grip on the steering wheel also, he’s probably Bob out of accounting. Enjoyed the video!
Spinner knobs = finger breakers.
Merry Christmas to all.
Big thanks for the shout out - but very many more thanks for the help on the fanshaft! I'll try to get up there and get it out of your way soon! I, too, have the same Farmall Letter Series book. It is SO stacked full of cool information. Definitely worth it for any Farmall enthusiast.
The Guy Fay book is getting harder to obtain these days... :(
A merry Christmas to all the Squatchaholics out there! And a merry Christmas for the Algorithm! 👍
Re: spinner knobs. My Dad wouldn't allow one on our MM tractors. He said he didn't want us to be "Hot rodding around ".
For April fools it'd be great to see a spinner knob on the cat steering levers
Some people just want to watch the world burn
The definitive answer on raincap placement is: for left side manifold's, 8 o'clock for right side manifold's 4 o'clock this way the exhaust is deflected away from the operator, , also there are no issues with wind getting under the cap.
As far as steering wheel spinner knob goes on an "H" , it is placed on the left side of the steering wheel as the tractor is heading straight ahead, for left hand use so that while sicklebar mowing, cultivating or what-have-you, you are able to operate to the hydraulic lever with your right hand.
The proper spinner knob is the old-fashioned wooden one, mounted on the inside diameter of the steering wheel on a spoke, so that you can put a couple fingers underneath it to benefit you with its operation.
Thanks Squatch fo your terrific videos 😊
IMO books will never be obsolete as a matter of fact I just ordered the Farmall book.
You won’t be disappointed 👍
I agree, no flapper. The tin can works fine. We had an H as a kid. It was fun to see how high we could launch when we started th H without removing it.
On the topic of spinner knobs…. My opinion and my opinion only!!! If you have a tractor with power steering, they can be quite useful, but on my old manual steering tractors, I find them to be more problem than help. Just my .02! Merry Christmas and good to see you getting back to normal!
lol one commenter dared me to put a spinner knob on one of the steering levers of a Caterpillar here 👍😂
Grew up with a C and a H, we had leather dog collars hanging on axel shafts to keep the raw metal polished up and rust free.
I love the sound of a rain cap on an H I’ve always heard a H with it on when I was 5 and I just can’t go back and I think an H with out a rain cap to me isn’t an H love the vids keep it cool
So glad to see the eye issue continues to resolve, and lets you get back to what you like doing.
You need to find the correct year vintage soup can for capping the muffler. 🙂
From factory, the rain caps were put on at a 90 degree angle (or sideways) on the tractor. This was done so that no matter how the tractor was loaded during transport (forwards or backwards) the rain cap would not blow open.
I listened to every bit of your rambling! 😂
🎄 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ☃
When I was a kid I was asked to go move the neighbors 77 Oliver to the shed. Worn out old wooden knob equipped unit. I grabbed that knob and spun the wheel, there was plenty of room between the wooden knob and the bolt that it spun on. It took the skin off the web of my right hand between my thumb and pointer finger. 60 years later it's the first thing I remove from anything except a vehicle owned by a handicapped individual that uses hand controls. They actually need them.
Good video
Thanks Toby for another year of great content. Merry Christmas.
OK... On a narrow front ended tractor,I get the NO suicide knob. But on a wide front ended tractor with no power steering ,the knob is a NICE addition! Mine came with my Super M ,and is a great source of leverage when needed.... ;)
Nice episode 😊
Spinner knobs work a lot better on power steering tractors then non power steering tractors. My opinion. Merry Christmas
🤷♂️ this household don’t do PC , so from the missus & me !
Merry Christmas Squatch 253 Senior & Ma 🎅 ✌️ 🤙
I like the sound of rain caps on a tractor with a nice low idle. When they are worn out they can be annoying though!
Nothing more to add other than Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Stay safe and warm.
Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and your family...
I grew up on a farm where we had an H which was the most versatile tractor we had. It was used for light field work during planting to mowing hay to simple little jobs of spreading manure and moving wagons around. Nothing better than a H for backing up to a wagon tongue, everything is completely visible. Unlike when trying to use (what was then) a huge tractor where you can't see out the back of the cab. It was great for backing up to wagons as I could almost turn fully around in my seat as I backed up to the wagon tongue and deftly manage the steering with one hand. The knob was great, can imagine having an H with out one.
Squatch I wanna wish you and your family a belated merry Christmas
Just a quick comment on your steering knob comments. I believe that part of the like or hate for steering knobs depends on the tilt of the steering wheel (angle of the shaft on tractors the age of the H). I grew up on a 21-32 M&M. It had a steering knob that was part of the steering wheel. I used it and liked it, but the wheel was more horizontal that the H. I've been hit in the wrist by a steering knob and understand why you'd not like it at all. It is NOT a peasant experience.
I do enjoy your videos. I got started when one of your X231 episodes caught my eye. BTW, I hope that you eye has recovered.
Nice job on this video!! As someone who uses John Deere two-cylinders to hobby farm with, I’ve always been used to the steering wheel spinners. I grew up running hand clutches with them. Like anything else, if you grew up with it, you’re more likely to think it’s “normal.” Merry Christmas to the Squatch family!!
There's a lot of truth in that, if it's something you're accustomed to it just feels natural. I grew up without spinners on anything, and now I can't even learn how to use one - must be something about old dogs and new tricks...lol!
The first tractor that I drove very much was my uncle's. He was an above the elbow amputee. He had spinners on all of his vehicles. A spinner is just how I drive a tractor.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family!
Merry Christmas to you and your family and all the best in 2024
Happy holiday to you. Yours is the first site I click on when I see it is up. Continue to teach us.
Excellent video the spinner knobs are fine for slanted steering wheel with power steering but not on a narrow front tractor even if it has power steering I dislocated my thumb as a teenager on our 720 John Deere diesel with a narrow front and power steering while plowing the front tires caught and the knob came around and it was not pleasant it got pitched after that happened.. keep up the great videos merry Christmas to you and your parents
My dad taught me when I was young not to stick my arm through the spokes of the steering wheel in an effort to reach the throttle. He said " if you hit a dead furrow it'll break your arm!" I never forgot that lesson.
My familys been involved in farming for quite a few generations, we never use spinners even on modern power steering tractors , combines or earth moving equipment. Everything that comes here even without power steering they get taken off. My Grandad said especially with older mechanical linkage steering boxes they are a safety issue like driving with your thumb over the inside of the steering wheel rim. Yeah great idea until the front wheel hits a hole , rut or other obstruction and spins the steering wheel round out of your hand then the spokes snap bones or rips your thumb off. If you know what you are doing you can drive anything without one and still keep control even operating loader/shuttle transmission controls at the same time. Thanks for all the great video's I've watched this year, Hope the squatch family has a happy Christmas and new year . From Rob in SW Manitoba, Canada.
Growing up around old tractors. I seen a lot of tin cans.
Great Q&A, those steering nobles may be okay with Power steering, but not many times beating up knuckles. I would enjoy having some old Farmall Original Manuals, and great historical equipment. Thanks
Best wishes and and have a great New Year. You’re eye seams to be improving week by week. Thanks for the video.
You have had an impact on me that I didn’t realize. I was replacing blades on a rotary brush cutter and my wife asked why I said “click”.
Grew up with a combine like the one in the photo. The clutch action is likely related to the presence of the photographer, etc, but in real life there were many times you had to go slower than 1st gear and slip the clutch to handle the crop. But I see this combine had an onboard engine, so the tractor engine speed could have also been reduced to control ground speed. With a PTO drive you had to keep the engine at a constant speed. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Excellent info, thanks for the comment! 👍
That’s true (I cut a lot of wheat with old combines) Don’t have that problem myself because the wheat never is that good, but wouldn’t slipping the clutch slow down the pto speed?
It didn't look to me like he was slipping the clutch. It looks more like he was nervous and was keeping his foot on the clutch pedal in case something went wrong so he could stop it quickly.
I remember when I learned to drive a tractor in the early 70s (I was 6yo then...) many of the (older) tractors then had a decal right behind the steering wheel where it was pretty good visible "Fuß weg vom Kupplungspedal!" (german for: foot away from the clutch!). That was as many of the older farmers back then were not used using a machine for their work. And they had the tendency to control speed by the clutch, not by the throttle, not knowing what damage they might cause.
@@gusthefarmer5608 You are correct, it would only make sense to slip the clutch if it had a live PTO - ours was an Allis Chalmers WD with hand clutch
You could of thrown a bit of tinsel on the H for this video :) !! wishing you all a very Happy Christmas.
My foster dad used the spinner knob to replace a lot of wrist watches.
Very informative video. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Toby and also to your Mother and Father.
Merry Christmas to you and yours. 😊
Toby, great video as always. I’m with you on the steering wheel knob. What a great reference book for vintage information. Being able to get those fine details is priceless.
I like the 8:10 comments about the farmer in the picture. He definitely looks pretty tense, with a death grip on the wheel. Good guess about the IH reps photographing a brand new tractor and combine. I'm sure after some seat time he would be steering with one hand watching the combine feed over his shoulder.
That’s exactly what I figure too 👍
Another fantastic episode Toby! You can't beat having nice archive photos for referencing things for a restoration. I personally hate using steering wheel knows as well. Cheers
Thank you for all your good shows, merry Christmas to you, your family and all the viewers. May next year be great for everyone and your sight be as good as it can be.
Most of the tractors that I see being restored are in fact better than what came from factory.
A merry end of 2023 for you and yours! Also here's to a good 2024 in the Squatch land!
Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄
Another great video. I don't care for suicide knows either unless I'm in reverse
Tobie it seems if nobody can push you in a corner with any question, you got your ducks in a row👌👌👌👍👍👍
When IH styled all of their tractors it must have been quite a task to put decals for the customer to know where everything was. Many of the customers did not have telephones. They could not call a dealer and ask for help. Good manuals like you have are worth every penny. When I buy a manual I never let them go if I sell a machine. Original manuals are hard to come by. My dad and the founder of Jensales grew up together in southern Minnesota. He was a great guy to sit and chat with. Great video. Thanks for Q & A. Merry Christmas.
at 10:35...thereabouts.......45 degrees is alright....the question is 45 degrees favouring towards the forward side or the rear side....also....45 degrees towards Port or Starboard side......?????! I think the Tin Can option solves this riddle !!! Lol ! Merry Christmas !
Great channel so glad I found you, God bless you with your eye. Your fix for the bearing retaining dowel is better than cats original design. Love to see a Farmall t-shirt, with your tractor on it. I would buy one
I've always liked rain caps on everything except two-cylinder John Deeres. About the only two-cylinders I might would put a rain cap on are the later 30 series tractors with the oval tone mufflers and possibly tractors like the L, LA, M, 40, 320, 420, 330 and 430. Other than that, all the slow turning, horizontal configuration two-cylinders will have mufflers with no rain caps on them.
we never had rain caps on our tractors because they never sat outside. of course they were used in the rain occasionally for feeding hay etc but were always under the shed when not used. we had a spinner on a narrow front H but not on the 650 or 606 because they had power steering. you always had the spinner in your hand to keep from getting hit with it. it all comes down your preference because you own it. Merry Christmas and happy new year. glad you are able to be doing what you are happy with.
Merry Christmas squatch keep up the good work
A distillate manifold would give you a better idea of length for your pipe length. No nipple to cut, all standard. Rain cap in case you forget a can . Kenny gets deep into his tear downs and rebuilds. Learn a lot from him .
Im with you on the crazy nob, all ways felt like they were in the way! Great video!
Toby, as far as the H photograph more than likely the tractor was setting idle. So the foot on the clutch is ok.
Merry Christmas, Mr Nelson. Blessings to your family. Continued healing of your eye. I am looking forward to seeing you and your dad at the LSPPS. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
nice video
edit: 11:16 i bought the reprints set from Peaceful Creek. Good stuff, got the 5pack (this, the service manual, hydraulics etc). So that's a source. For that sum at that quality they get a gold start review from me.
7:04 yup those shafts are meant to take load at any position on the shaft regardless of how the wheel's oriented. You could even dish out at the very end of the shaft if you wanted. And this is straight out of what the manufacturer told grandpa when he bought a special tractor that could accommodate a small grader like implement mounted mid-ship, with the tractor offset to the side and the right rear wheel about 40~45 cm out (this was back when he set a new tree plantation and in the early years would use this tractor to skip the little ones and demolish the weeds in between).
And this is nothing compared to other machinery i've seen over the years where the wheel spacing is even larger - and at the end of the day, let's not forget Go-karts. There's factory sold units from different brands that only support at the center. ATVs too. Proportionally, those ATVs have an even more outrageous axle to gap from support ratio.
Pretty much, the only place where spacing counts is with cars. Cars cannot have excess unsprung weight and unfortunately that applies to the type of bearing one can use in that circumstance. So when people add spacers to their front hubs (or rear in a non-axle car), that dynamites the perfectly balanced bearing that's teeter tottering on the very edge between good enough and barely minimum for the job (and they really are once you read the specs -much larger bearings could be used to mitigate that, but they're not required under norm circumstances).
@15 YRS OLD SMARTASS, PUT SPINNER KNOB ON "A"JD PLOWING ROLL-A-MATIC FRONT, SMACKED WRIST, LEARNED, DAD LAUGHED!!. TOOK IT OFF.
Great video as always 👌just wish to say Happy Christmas and a healthy happy New Year to all in the Squatch house 👍 from 🏴
I used a suicide knob on my case backhoe. It was somewhat handy when using the loader but due to the way the power steering worked, it was never in a consistent spot when the front wheels were straight. I eventually took it off and went back to the “palm of the hand, spin the wheel” method. Worked just as well.
The fanshaft on my DI had the threads strip out and shoot the fan into the radiator while running......good to fix it beforehand!
Merry Christmas to you & yours !!!
Your attention to every little detail is second to none! Merry Christmas to you and your folks, Toby.
Thanks for the video Toby. Definitely a good place to find period correct pictures on how to restore a tractor. Can’t wait for the next Preparation H video!
I didnt see a john deere in the aircleaner precleaner on the original photos. 😅
Merry Xmas and a Happy NEW YEAR to all the Squatches and that's Senior and Momma. Over the Year have enjoyed all your content and look forward to more content. ✌
Toby I can't wait for you to start on the RD 6 looking forward for it I think it will be one of my favorites.
Nice episode, Squatch
Including the restoration/fabrication for other people. I can see why people ask for items to be "Squatched"
I recently had to have a heart stent fitted and if I need another I'm nominating you for the job 👍
Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year to you and your family, Squatch
3:00 Those that call the book "obsolete" mustn't care to have physical literature able to be DIRECTLY referenced when needed. The correct term would be closer to "incomplete" as information made accessible with the internet merely allows one access to more than is practical to stuff in a book of reasonable size. Internet does make some searches easier. But I can see there being many reference book...especially ones used by those that service these old machines...that are well worn & stained from use but still readable. Keyboards//phones don't react well when a search needs be done immediately & one isn't always able to do a search with more than rough cleaning of hands with an already dirty rag.
Great video. Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you and your Family,I always enjoy your content...looking forward to 24.
Squatch nice to see you back have merry Christmas and hope for agreat new year for you thanks for keeping your channel going inspite all you went through
Whoever thinks books are redundant haven't tried to find info on old obscure things where the term or combinations of words matches up with something that is currently a popular search, but not related at all.
Books are great.
Now we have power steering I like a spinner knob. I didn't find them useful pre power steering they required to much effort. The thing I found was if there is one on, you have to use it or suffer a smacked wrist. All the best
A tip on establishing measurements for things like the length of that exhaust pipe.
You must first enlarge the photo and measure the image of a known object like that decal, create a scale based on that decal and place it over the space between the hood and muffler to estimate the space. Can be used to help with positioning decals without knowing the original position.
Hope this helps.
Jim
I did a full video on this topic over on the Members’ Channel about a year ago, when I was scaling out the Cat parts manual diagrams in order to establish the dimensions for the front bumper and associated brackets build. I only had one piece out of the whole diagram, so I used that as the first known dimension - the width happened to be 4”. I then snapped a photo of the diagram with my phone, and enlarged it with my fingers until the same piece was exactly 1” wide in the photo, thus creating a 1/4 scale conversion that I could easily apply to everything else on the page, easy as that 👍 For this muffler though, just an eyeball measurement was good enough lol 😂
I’ve run into the problem of strong wing blowing the rain cap open when they’re parked and water getting in anyway. So now they get coffee cans regardless of the rain cap
Love the Q&As
Loving the content you do a fantastic job working on your tractors and crawlers! Wishing you and your family a happy Xmas!
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas!
Spinner knob? We had one on our M back in the 50s and it cost me a new wrist watch. The tricycle front wheels hit a solid clump and threw the steering wheel out of my hand,. The spinner knob hit the crystal on my brand new watch, popped both the front and back off, both band pins popped out and all the parts landed on the operator's platform. I just kicked it all off and plowed under. I vote no on spinner knobs also.
Mustie1 usually has a suicide knob on his trucks……to each his own like Squatch says. Been watching LAOL (Life After Our Loss) where Aaron and his Dad Greg are restoring Cat D4 crawlers. (They remind me a lot of Squatch and Senior). Anyway Aaron just did an episode about Manuals and just like Squatch has always said, he stressed the importance of having good manuals and reference materials.
Hey Squatch. Enjoying the Q & A. And I constantly refer to the originality guide for those little minute details. So what will you do about the spot welds securing the hood latch pin retainer brackets? They are very obvious on my Super A hood now that im at the painting stage. I almost applied body filler to hide them , however Ive decided to leave them as is to maintain originality. Gas tank also has some spot welds visible where the baffle is secured. Im leaving them also. And by the way......nice job on that JD shaft keyway and threads.
I leave those spot weld bumps too, it’s just how they made them so they don’t bother me 👍
I think we need a m&w dyno now for testing and tuning 🥳🥳👍
For the speed knob on the steering wheel your experience could it have been that there was no power steering for the steering? 11:00
Correct, the only two tractors I’ve ever driven that had power steering were the Super M before we deleted that add-on, and now the Kubota.
The spinner knobs only work well on power steering tractors. Could you imagine using one on a narrow front super M and have the front tires hit a dead furrow and ripping the knobs out of your hand? Good set up for a broken wrist.
Agreed. I have one on my Kubota compact loader tractor, and for loader work it is great with power steering. On antique tractors with no power steering you don't have as much control and it would be easy for the knob to come around and smack your hand.
those steering wheel knobs were known as thumb busters.
i need that letter series book :)
I use spinner knobs on all my tractors that don't have power steering