07-18-2019, 09:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-18-2019, 10:03 PM by heavyhorse.)
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7 hours ago, caikgoch said:
I do have 50 year old tractors
My primary tractor is 58 yo. The wiring and hydraulic lines are new (because the wiring was primarily made of black tape, and the hydraulic lines started getting fat when it lifted a load). And the tires are all new, because the old ones started returning to the environment in large chunks.
I asked the Case guy about using modern lubricants to simplify my life, and he said "Those tractors were so conservatively designed that you could use water for lubricant if it wasn't for the corrosion issue". I took the tops off of the gear cases so I could take the 3-point lift cylinder in to be machined, and I was amazed at the size and fine machining of all those gears. I don't know how they could make that so farmers could afford them.
