Farmall "Preparation H" Project Episode #3 - Gears Back In, Checking Setups & Axles Back On

[@1234554321ep67890]

Great work and video! I've never seen such a clean work environment putting a farm tractor together. Really fun to watch this process!

[@1crazynordlander]

That was fun to watch. Transmission and rear drive in under 18 minutes. Thanks for sharing!

[@brianlubeck4184]

Turning the differential gear around to reverse the transmission plus the use of a different transmission cover, is exactly what IH did when a tractor was to be set up for service as a cotton picker, !since in cotton picker service they had the tractors run in reverse due to design of the cotton harvesters then in use at that time.

[@deeremeyer1749]

There was a little more to it than that. Cotton pickers have no 4th gear. And just "flipping" the differential ring gear to the other side of the pinion means the wrong side of the pinion teeth is driving the wrong side of the ring gear teeth. There is no correct "contact pattern". They were complete clusterfucks and IH never SOLD a single one. Some went on "permanent loan" or "extended demo" but as shitty as the "chassis" was the picker was even worse.

[@andreblais9960]

You are definitely a pro. and a great instructor ! Thank you

[@vincentbyron7086]

God Bless your parts contributers. There is a place in Heaven for all you great people.

[@normanchristin1923]

Out of Cow Tails, now that is a cause for concern!😲 I cant wait to see it all back together! Years ago, I worked for a landscaping company that had a H with a trip bucket loader. I spent many mornings loading landscape rock and pulling stumps in the nursery with that tractor!

[@FRRitter]

Again, far more concern for quality assembly than used when it was first built! Good video Toby, thanks for taking us along! Anxious for a warm day...when the H can be put to work.

[@geneguenther4325]

Thanks again Toby! Great to see the H going back together. I know it’s not a complete rebuild but enjoy seeing an old Farmall getting cleaned up. That front emblem looks pretty cool being original and steel and wish mine had one on when I got it and not having to get a new one from Steiner’s. Hopefully you hang it up on the garage wall when you get done with Preparation H. Can’t wait for the next video!

[@geneguenther4325]

@@squatch253 that’s awesome! I couldn’t agree more 😁 I don’t have any of them since my cousin restored my 460 utility, the H was done 20+ years ago and my 756 is all original. It’s gonna be nice to see you doing the brake bands on Preparation H and how to adjust them because my H is gonna need them in the near future. New brake pedal return springs are cleaned and painted. Hopefully get them on soon. I’d really like to do the 756 but it’s way more work than I can handle so I’ll fix the little things I can. I wish I could show you the tractors I have. I do need to replace the 460’s fuel sending unit and was told I need a new gauge at the same time but not sure. Thanks for the response!!

[@aaratichaudhary7509]

😮

[@genelong6572]

Your the best. Informative to a very detailed level. Entertaining with humor and history. Hints that save hours and prevent catastrophes. Keep up the great work.

[@av8bvma513]

09:15 "...keeping these shims under control is kinda like herding cats..." One or two Zip-Ties works wonders, for shims with bolt holes and for gaskets. Love your work!

[@JA-ux7dd]

i have to say your production and editing skills are comparable to your rebuild and mechanical skills... Very entertaining and enjoyable videos... Your passion for showing this to us shows... Thanks for the hours that you put toward all you do...

[@KennyKizzleRustyNutzRanch]

You know why I love this? I can laugh at myself for nearly this whole video process on the H rear end. There was SO many times that I said to myself in the last 2 or 3 videos... "YUP, LEARNED THAT THE HARD WAY." Ha ha. Man, the H is going to be a great ride when all done!

[@alotl1kevegas860]

Great video with great information! I have a super h that was restored years ago, but needs brakes. I'll be using your videos for reference in the future. Looking forward to more of this build!

[@JacobASwanson]

I chuckled on the "hold that thought" moment, I do that all the time! You are flying through this project, great job!

[@brianstaude2783]

"Send it"... good decision making along with good workmanship & theory. Great video! I did cringe at the lack of assembly lube.

[@mikestewart7338]

My H is sitting in the barn ready to work on. So I’m paying particular attention to your post.

[@iamrichrocker]

i,too, still use the old trouble lights..mine was used by my grandpa, and brings back many a long night with his face lit up by his light..He is long gone, but memories are still with me..

[@thomashaley7657]

Cool stuff! Thanks, Thomas, Mississippi!!

[@nickslistm246]

Man Squatch you make it look way to easy. Great job.

[@rickyjessome4359]

Great video Toby! It's pretty neat to see the original emblem still on the H. Nice to see this one's not fighting you every step of the way. Can't wait to see how it looks when you're done. Cheers

[@charleslund453]

When I did my first tractor that had many problems I learned to call on a lot of people to help me. I only wish that YT had existed. Now it is so much easier to work on items with the knowledge of so many people shared. Thanks for the step by step sharing. I have been to Jensen Tractor many times. Love that place. Thanks for another great video. Love those cow tails.

[@vincentbyron7086]

That Permatex Ultra Blue was a Godsend when we rebuilt our ageing Triumphs and BSAs with the dribbley crankcase.Never leaked a drop with Permatex.

[@dougkubash8673]

This is the fun stage of a project when all parts are cleaned and inspected and re-assembly is taking place.

[@hturbo1007]

I appreciate how thorough your are when you explain things and how they work. Your videos are the go to whenever I get into a project with my Farmalls. Keep up the great work!

[@byronexley6829]

Liked this episode. Reminded me of a time long ago when we used to reverse that Ring gear on purpose on our old SUPER "Cs" for Hay sweep tractors a we could then drive them backwards worked great in large hay fields I so enjoy your videos thanks

[@Denis-tu1pd]

Another awesome video being a retired heavy equipment mechanic I love watching your videos. Some videos just slap things together but you take pride and have hart when you work on your equipment. Denis from Santa Rosa CA

[@d00dEEE]

Zooooom! Boy, that didn't take long. I love the torque wrench with voice indicator that sounds just like Squatch.

[@tractorhyatt7044]

Hi Squatch! Preparation H is coming along nicely. Hopefully some spring weather is coming your way. Thanks for the video, look forward to the next one. 🚜 👍

[@normsweet1710]

Outta cow tails 😳, I did a bearing change and clean up like you, it went well but I’m sure it took me longer to get everything clean, my H was a 45 also so just like yours, brought back a lot of memories 👍. Thanks Squatch 😃

[@timstouder5149]

As I grew up on an H, I love seeing you going through it. Keep up the good work. Like I said before you would make a great teacher you keep everything thing interesting

[@rolanddansereau6947]

I always enjoy watching your videos. Everything falls into place so well but I can imagine the hours of work done off camera to be able to make this look so simple and easy. Keep up the good work, already looking forward to seeing the top end getting prepped and installed. Won't be long before 1/3 and 1/3 and 1/3 make 1

[@geraldharkness8830]

its a absolute pleasure how the parts go back together so satisfying!

[@akfarmboy49]

Lots of good reminders for when I’m working on my Farmall’s

[@timziegler9358]

You are a joy to watch! You certainly know your craft! Best wishes.

[@akallio9000]

This channel is so refreshing after looking at other sites on the internet! Like eyebleach.

[@shaneharrison4775]

As always another excellent video ole preparation H is under revision and looking fit as a fiddle.

[@texasjetman]

Excellent explanation on the gear setup requirements with multiple bearing interfaces. Well done. Learned a lot. Absolutely think your hoist adjustable design is first class. That really could help in doing various pulls and lifts. 🇺🇸🤠

[@davidhongkong5657]

A sheer pleasure in my life to watch your work. Better words of praise are difficult to utter.

[@keithlincoln1309]

Cannot stress enough the quality and editing of your videos! Super fun to watch. Great job.

[@clydeschwartz]

Excellent video it's nice to see the reassembly progress at least you have not had to make any parts so far

[@thomasbailey8306]

It's looking Good Bud. Great job on it so far...

[@tacticalrabbit308]

Love the video I'm glad you are getting it back together, I was informed yesterday that someone I knew was killed in the line of duty here in Pope county I needed time to process that information the burial is this morning in Glenwood MN. Take care stay safe and I will see you in your next video

[@dieselsforlife3847]

No, thank you Toby for being you, and doing what you love doing. As well as making videos for all of us! Great content as always!

[@mattsmith9600]

your videos are a great resource for us dudes with H's that have never touched a tractor.

[@jpoppinga8417]

@ 8:30 I always wondered if that's how they made reversed loader tractors drive backwards. More specifically, I wondered if it was that simple or if other modifications had to be made to allow the ring to be put in backwards.

[@edspencer7121]

Excellent video Squatch! You've versed me a bit more into the makings of the Red Power! I like that rig set up you made for moving components with the engine hoist.

[@j1166240]

I have just stared following your channel and subscribed. I find your videos top notch and very well done. I can appreciate your knowledge and attention to detail when working on a tractor rebuild/restore. Probably the best I have seen on KZbin! You certainly know how to use the hoist/lift around the work piece! Thank you for putting out great content and in a timely manner! Jeff

[@wesleydill7704]

My H has a significant rattle in every gear but 5th. This video series is extremely informative to me. Thank you. Mine is also a 1945.

[@cliftonblock6899]

Great Video once again. You have a knack for covering the major and sometimes minor items without making it an hour video. Kudos to you

[@monkeybarmonkeyman]

I'm again wanting to see when it all goes together, final assembly and is moving smoothly, quietly under its own power. Looking over that drive assembly, I'd almost put money down those engineers planned for farmers to be able to swap parts around to extend their life, like those bull gears. You even mentioned the ease with which you can assemble the pieces. Tons of planning by those smart engineers/designers.

[@richardphelan8414]

Another great episode on the old H a Friend of mine in Ohio is building building one with his 13 year old grand son so I had Him watch your build

[@apollorobb]

Best Click i ever heard from a Freudian Torque wrench lol

[@aserta]

To add to 12:04, i don't think old Squatch was wrong either. Gasket maker works, you just have to do it properly. I have old engines with complex gaskets under my belt that cannot be fabricated by individuals, and ... silicone did its thing. I've no leaks, i have the right tolerances because i used calibrated spacers distributed across the surface, it works. It gets a bad wrap, because most people who use this kind of stuff (and i hope it's clear from the way i worded it, that brand doesn't really matter) ... they just use the whole tube of it and make a complete and utter mess of it. A little goes a long way, like all things in life, moderation is what makes things right.

[@williamhastings7182]

Gotta be kinda nice not having to rebuild and prototype the parts going back in her, nice straight forward, non fighting job. Good work as always.

[@n00bicon4]

Toby, as a 5+ year viewer and (still) an “advanced novice” mechanic, I’d like to say huge thank you. Your content is huge for me and I’m here for every view minute of it. I would like to make a request for a re-visit of your gasket making methodology, I know you’ve covered it, but I’d like to see the way you go about it with your current ability to produce. Maybe it’s time to pay for your premium content, maybe just as a thank you for how far you’ve gotten me since I’ve been watching. Cheers from northern california. You’ve got a place any time you come visit.

[@timothyball3144]

Ok. So now I know if I'm ever asked to assemble a rear end for one of these, I can quote them 20 minutes. Good to know.

[@MASI_forging]

That was a great work man 👏👏

[@mnfirefighter813]

This project is moving along a lot faster than old Christine!😆

[@stevenfischer5493]

Awesome video. Keep up the great work!

[@michaelvrooman5681]

Looks like a few alignment/ assembly studs would help to get the pinion carrier in a little easier. I use alignment studs on a lot of things while working on semi- trucks.

[@bobpaterson1845]

Another excellent educational video 💪👌

[@bobcrone6151]

Love the way those cleaned parts go back together!💪🏻 I understand why he didn’t paint the inside of the casting, but kinda wish he did for esthetics! 😅 Very cool stuff!👋👍

[@bombardier3qtrlbpsi]

Great job nice clean work 👍

[@lowellbender4263]

Excellent work there bud need to get going on some of my projects like that lol

[@stevea9604]

You make the difficult look so easy.

[@stumpy2816]

Fascinating to watch 👍👍

[@isbcornbinder]

Always phantastic work

[@johnhughes8563]

Absolutely amazing ..

[@douggilroy1188]

Intweresting to hear about the contact pattern and potential movement in the assembly

[@joeromanak8797]

What a pleasant change. You have all the parts, they’re in good shape and you don’t have to guess what the designer was thinking. You made good progress and in good time. And you smiled during the process. You deserve a break today, lol. Good stuff. 🥸👍🔧🔨👀😁✅

[@TawDrago]

Fun stuff, I always wondered what was going on under the seat.

[@maxpuppy96]

I learned something, about gear mesh and deflection.

[@pdmustgtd1013]

Even with tapered bearings still moves and deflects. Big truck rears have thrust bolt and ring gear will push against under load that clearance around 0.040. Not all of them have thrust bolt but these are heavy castings and thick ring gear.

[@eduardodaquiljr9637]

It looks this Farmall transmission is miniaturized and used in several walk behind tillers tractors.

[@1murder99]

That sure went faster than the Moline reassembly.

[@mrfarmall-vk4gw]

Love those farmall tractors 👍👍

[@ironman3406]

I don’t know how many times this has to catch me but those oil splatter marks on the over head door….anytime I watch on my phone I think they are spots on my screen because your shop is too clean for those spots lol 12:02

[@Discovery123.]

Thank you Master!

[@christophermiller833]

Do a race between the two tractor projects in the shop! Which one will you complete first? Like dueling banjos! 😂

[@joelknierim1456]

This is like fast forward compared to the MM prototype! Great video

[@brycewiborg8095]

Rabid Banshee.!!! Lmao. Thank you. Friday will be soggy at LeSueur.

[@juliawinberry455]

Reversing the bull gears and pinion was what they did when the tractor was put under a cottonpicker

[@johna7661]

You make it look so easy!

[@Happyfacehotwheels]

Nobody wants to be known for having a noisy leaky rear. When you're done, prep h should be able to move logs with ease.

[@earlwest7351]

If you think about it, a tractors rear end is not very glamorous, yet it keeps millions fed.😊

[@richvandervoort2950]

Some of the old Harley racers would lap their transmission gears together to reduce the friction. If you wanted to get really esoteric you could do something similar to mate the used gears together.

[@d00dEEE]

These days the big bux thing is to polish the mating surfaces and apply diamond-like coatings to them. DLCs might be overkill on a tractor.

[@bcbloc02]

Making rapid progress!

[@colinvoss8484]

Yes I use to live in Askov and Jensen is a good place for parts.

[@mfreund15448]

Great series!

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Great video.

[@Greg_Gatsby]

Good Content. 👍

[@chincha805]

YOU HAVE NEVER HAD A FAILED VIDEO

[@unclechris3958]

Watching your videos made me very OCD about this kind of stuff when I do it is been finding it's so much better when it's perfect and everything if clean and organized it's just better in everything also I'm 18 love the channel been subscribed for 3 years

[@pn3846]

Cyrus McCormick would be proud of you squatch I could see you working for him back in the day you do fine work like watching your channel

[@MrTexastraveler]

Squatch what material do you use for gaskets and I won’t mind see you make a few 😉

[@russjordan3996]

having the option to put the pinion on either side is great to reverse the tractor for loader work I thought only A=C tractors could do that

[@louisviola7715]

Great job

[@keithwarkentin]

Hey very nice video learned a lot but one thing I would like to ask and I might not be able to articulate as well as you can but if the bevel gear isn’t probably aligned with the sun gear how would you adjust it I would appreciate that very much something I have never done another thing I would like to ask is the deck with the shifter on do the bolt holes run right through because I have found M & H’s seem to get water in the differential every spring I crack my drain until water starts to drip and I wonder what your thoughts were to remedy that ongoing problem? Love your operation 😀🇨🇦

[@bryanh1944FBH]

Shoot, I wanted to both see, and hear discussion, about the roller bearing between the slide shaft and the input. Did I miss that discussion? That bearing is often bad and noisy. They are a bit harder to find and kind of expensive when you do find them. Also, a question for you: To replace a leaky gasket on the axle shaft housing, do you think it would be "reasonable" to reach through the PTO opening and remove the bolt that holds the large bull gear on? This would eliminate having to remove the top housing plate. At 15:11, a quick glimpse of the open PTO hole can be seen. Can you cover that for me?

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank You 😊