I got a few more things done on the SS16 last night. I had a spare steering shaft, so rather than mess around with trying to get the old one off (especialy since it had a 3/8" bolt broken in the shaft already) I cut it off right below the steering wheel. Took a couple blades (Cheap ones don't cut well) but I got it cut off and with a BFH pounded the stub out of the wheel. Then I set out to clean up the wiring a little, put a correct throttle cable on it, and a new choke cable, replace the clutch bushing, and replace the motor. I had the motor off the donor SS16 that I bought from Timmy, and it has a lot fewer hours than the one that was in this tractor.
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Three of a Kind
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12mm socket and BFH to get the bushing started moving
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11mm socket to drive bushing out the rest of the way
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New bushing in place
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Using a 3/8" drive extension and BFH to seat the new bushing
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How the bushing sits when installed- I left it the full 1 1/8" long because you don't need washers this way
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...And the finished product
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Old style dash and "New" motor installed
I got it running, purrs like a kitten, but popped a couple times. I think it has an intake manifold leak or bad gasket, so I need to address that, but otherwise, it will be a nice stout machine now! I have to finish installing the steering wheel/shaft, hook up the headlights and put the hood back on (maybe paint it first like the one I am selling), tie up a few loose ends.
I noticed the older motor that I put in had a different wiring harness because the older tractors the wiring harness from the charging system hooked directly up to the VR (rectifier) and the new ones had a short jumper wire from the charging system to the VR (rectifier)- the older motor has a 3 wire harness because the harness plugs directly into the VR (rectifier) and the 3rd wire goes from the rectifier to the ignition- the newer style motor has a 2 wire plug, and the rectifier has a 3 wire- just a different way of wiring the same thing. I opted to use the old harness and rectifier, and I spliced the other wire into the iginition switch.
I need to change the drive belt, and I think it should be good to go! That's 1 down!
