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Also got this 450LP tractor to complete my 450 set. Definitely needs serious engine work and a new clutch--transmission and TA work OK. Has a knock, poor oil pressure, and readily overheats. Once I found the correct LP setup, the tractor starts right up. Kind of weird driving this and peering past the fat LP tank. Fun fact, my local LP supplier will and has filled the fuel tank directly.

Pulled this tractor apart a couple weeks ago and got the block cleaned. Found it cracked through the center main bearing web and into the camshaft bore. Block is junk and I got a another one. Crankshaft front bearing was trashed, rest were OK. This is going together with new sleeves and pistons.

Chris B.

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1952 Super A I picked up a couple weeks ago. Have to change the differential in the rear end as the bushing for one of the spider gears is worn out. Have one on the way. Getting prepped for paint.
 

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The the crank and bearings came back last week and got the 450LP back together this weekend.

I noticed one of the old pistons was cracked in a couple places. That could have been ugly.

I didn't have the LP regulator adjusted quite right. A little reading and I figured the low pressure side was out of whack. I was right.

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I strip my old scrap, cracked castiron parts to reinforce cement.pillars. In my foundation for my new shed. I had 12” x 12” chimney blocks for above the ground and a 400 Chevy block and heads below ground. It was a soft spot so I went 8’ deep with the base and pillar. It never moved in decades.
 
This is a fun thread. Great pics and stories. Hope to have a restoration story of my own someday. For now, here are the ones that run and do work: 1947 Farmall Cub (pulling manure spreader; mowing with Woods 59 belly mower) and 1950 Ford 8N (mowing with 60” Land Pride finish mower or 60” Ford brush hog).

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Future long-term repair projects: 1938 John Deere long-frame B with stuck engine; 1983 Massey-Ferguson 240 diesel with no compression on two cylinders.
 
My three cubs need tlc, one is a build project. We’re firing up cub cadets right now.
 
Forgot to mention grandpa’s old Cub Cadet 125. Mid-late 60s, hydrostatic, 12 hp Kohler. Needs a lot of TLC.
 
Bought a cub cadet 129 / 12 hp hydro. Stripped it for engine and parts. Put the engine in my cadet 108 / creeper tranny she fired right up. These cadets are from the 70’s.
 

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