School me on This Speedex?

[peter lena 10,082]

@Pullstart  looks like a time capsule , personally would get  , a  penetrating  oil recovery going on that paint  , no rubbing  of any kind , just let it soak in for weeks  and retain ORIGINAL PATINA  , would gently rub that stage down with  clean MINERAL OIL  soaked cloth  , again no hard surface  drag , you want to save whats there , will typically be in a perfect darker stage , rest of  mechanical  set up , lubrication  drainage / refresh , especially  fuel system , from tank to carb , like as much  metal line as you can get  ,  eliminate  rubber hose , would go  step by step , helped a guy with a similar  old BOLENS  , Wisconsin engine , that  came out  very well , good luck with it  , pete      

[Pullstart 71,356]

I had a mini competition last year with @Andy N. to see who could run out of fuel the fastest at @WHX?? plow day.  His 2 cylinder aircraft fuel sipper and my 16 horse one lunger with a tiny tank were very close competition.  Today, I believe I increased my capacity.  I might need some longer head bolts and some spacers to get the bottom a bit higher for better gravity feed to the carb.

[Pullstart 71,356]

I found this old fuel cap with a blowed out gasket, and some bracketeering materials and started fabbing a little tink tink too.  I love watching them flop around, and they are practical to keep rain out in the rare occasion a tractor is outdoors when it rains.

[Pullstart 71,356]

The scrapper flapper works!  The new drive belt is also amazing compared to the old one.

 

 

[Andy N. 2,857]

23 hours ago, Pullstart said:

I had a mini competition last year with @Andy N. to see who could run out of fuel the fastest at @WHX?? plow day.  His 2 cylinder aircraft fuel sipper and my 16 horse one lunger with a tiny tank were very close competition.  T

 

So I'll definitely win next month at your place! 

 

And that M18 is more of a gas guzzler than sipper.

[Pullstart 71,356]

After this year’s spring plow day, I couldn’t keep a belt on the Speedex, it kept jumping off!  The Lever Steer started to bother my shoulder at Uncle Jim’s the other weekend and I haven’t fixed the steering either, so I decided to do some work on Speedy tonight.

 

I thought that the set screw style trunion that adjusts the clutch throw (sliding engine) was slipping, so I pulled it off and put a 7/16”-20 die over it.  Now I will have positive affirmation of the adjustment.

[Pullstart 71,356]

However, I’m glad I did a test fire because the belt still popped off the pulley system and I saw the engine pulley quite out of round!  It’s cracked bad!

 

Inferior steel anyway.

 

Unfortunately I don’t have any Wheel Horse pulleys close in size, being 1” bore and about 4” diameter.  Off to TSC tomorrow!  Plow day locally on Saturday!

[Pullstart 71,356]

Also in preparation, the furrow side big fat front tire was flat, and both were tubed when I put them on last year.  Since these Carlisle’s have such a rigid bead area, I can only imagine I did it for future fluid filling ease.  I didn’t have any small enough valve stems for the holes in the wheels, so I drilled it out to 5/8” and ran a multi piece race car valve stems set.  

[Pullstart 71,356]

Pictures for clarity. There is a large spring in front of the engine that pushes it back. The clutch system pushes the engine forward, tensioning the belt.