[Russel]

@ jac, what wood can be used? Any of the following: eucalyptus, oak, poplar, wattle and pine??? Those are the only trees I could actually get wood from…

[Russel]

Also does anyone have any photos of the lever next the right hand wheel and how the large spring attaches to the axle. Mine doesnt have these so Im going to scrounge some from some other makes…

[Russel]

Thanks for the help everyone! I finally got it off by getting Mike(one of our workers) to hold the flywheel while I tapped in the pinion gear with a hammer and chisel. I just wanted to know from everyone how the spring in the gearbox used for disengaging the gears is removed because its attached to the bearing. Or even how to remove that entire gearshaft that holds the large pinion gear and the spring?

Thanks a lot
Russel

[Russel]

The small pinion gear is giving me a lot of trouble. Ive been trying for an hour to get it to start moving on the threads! I even put some super lubricant on the threads. Is there a way of creating more leverage at the flywheel? or an other way of making it easier to turn the flywheel?

[Russel]

Thanks a lot jac

[Russel]

Yes I am. I havent been able to find any plans on the internet…

[Russel]

When you say that you must spin the flywheel counter clockwise, is that looking at the flywheel from the front of the mower?

[Russel]

I havent seen any other #9s but I havent been looking that long. No one farms with horses here much. All the equipment is lying on farms from the days when everyone used to use oxen. Most of the stuff is in very bad shape. My #9 had its gearbox cover removed for the last 30 years and was left outside in the elements! The cutter bar is missing as well and so is the the large spring and the lever that determines the angle of the cutter bar. 2 furrow walk behind plows are very common. Almost every farm in my district has two or three lying in the rubbish dump…

[Russel]

How do you get the small bearing inside the gearbox attached to the pitman shaft off? Does it unscrew? Because I cant see any way of getting it off…

[Russel]

Can the tongue be made out of matchwood poplar or eucalyptus?

[Russel]

Can wood be used for plowing etc?

[Russel]

Hi jac, I want to use them for stuff like plowing and discing etc. There arent enough trees here to use for logging 🙂

[Russel]

The cheapest I can find in SA at the moment is R25000(about $3000)!!!!

[Russel]

I actually want to get all of his books as they look really interesting. Problem is that its expensive to get books from overseas because of the import taxes! 🙁

[Russel]

Ive been trying to get that book but all the websites in SA have stopped selling it. I could buy it from USA but then Id pay huge import taxes, unless of course its posted as a gift…

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