2012 And Beyond

Yeah, I have been gone…away…missing…..is anybody reading the blog anymore?  If you are you must be desperate for reading material!…

Well a lot has happened since the last post…two more job changes, one relocation, an addition to the family…The rebuilds are one down and the other almost done. The IH 37 Disc…well there is always hope I can get it done this winter…

But some good news…I am hopeful to have a bona fide all-crop harvester discussion board set up in the next month or so. So that means this blog will be replaced by the forum…We have relocated back near the farmstead so I am no longer a “exiled hobby farmer”.  The parts business is being restocked at the farmstead which will be of great benefit.  Also planning on  a LOT of new parts on the shelf…so things are looking up; this will probably be the last post here.  Look for a link to the new discussion forum at www.allcropharvester.com soon….

 

Disc Axle Brackets

The brackets that hold the wheel axle to the disc frame were in disrepair. Each of four bracket sets have a upper and lower section that lets the axles swivel as the disc was raised and lowered. The existing brackets on the disc are not listed in the parts catalog I have, but are listed as valid parts for the disc at the dealers; go figure.  Here is the upper bracket of one I removed; (the lower bracket had gone missing):

In my search to replace the above “old” bracket (“Old” in the sense it was an old piece of iron on my machine–it may well be a “upgrade” from the original) I found availability scarce and expensive. So I went back to the part numbers used per my parts catalog and obtained those parts to replace all four bracket sets:

Will get these on the disc over the Easter break!

Is it live or is it Memorex?

In this case its LIVE! Finally got the gang mounts fabricated. Pictured is the last know NOS and one of its clones.  Next up get the Timken bearings  I want to put on them.

IH37 Disk Progress…sortof

I now have a free download of the dealers parts catalog.

Also, I have put up a page of the first few aftermarket parts for the disk I now can get.  Will add more as I go forward.

I will not really get into the meat of this restore till after fall harvest as this is the busy time of the yeard for the All-Crop business

IH 37 Parts – Good News!

Talked to a aftermarket wholesaler; looks like he will be able to supply affordable bearing/spool parts for the disc…I await further details

Bearing Mounts

Picture is an OEM bearing mount that I will need to get converted from the “spool” style bearings to the ball-bearing type. Will need 8 of these for my disc.  International Part Number 652581R91.  These are no longer available from Case-IH; so i looks like I will be having these fabbed. Doesnt look too complicated.

Part# 652581R91

IH 37 Disc

I have created a page dealing with the refurb of my 1950’s era International Harvester 37 Disc