1067 Refresh & Mods.

[WHX?? 48,813]

Started this refresh a couple of months ago and have made a little progress but things are stating to shape up now so thought I would do a thread. 'Sides I need some help & advice!

Little history first

This is a 1967 1067 with the original K241 10hp. This tractor is somewhat special to me as I bought it as my first wheel horse in 1986. I had just started renting an old farm house which had quite a large lawn that I would be required to mow. I mentioned this to a buddy who told me of a riding lawn mower that he saw for sale. I went and looked at it and paid 350 which in the day was quite a bit of coin, for me at the time anyway as I was making only $5.50 an hour servicing dairy equipment! Wasn't the prettiest  but it started right up and cut so I brought it home. Never would have guessed 31 years later I would have this WH monkey on my back!  I new absolutely nothing about a Wheel Horse & keep in mid there was no such thing as the internet back then. After about a year I needed parts and someone told me they were no longer made. I contemplated scrapping it but then someone said to check Toro dealers for parts. All I needed was blades and some bearings. The first dealer I went to wasn't much help as they wanted me to cobble other parts on it and I didn't want to cobble any more on it than what had already been done. 2nd dealer I went to wasn't much help as they wanted to sell me a new 3,4 or 500 series! Must admit they did look nice on the showroom floor but given my tax bracket at the time wasn't likely to happen. The idea of scrapping came up again but I persisted and  kept it running and mowing. Threw a rod in the 241 about 1994 but went thru the motor and fixed that. about 1997 another buddy had a Toro branded 246h for sale that took over mowing duties. So the old 1067 went into hibernation for 20 years. Every now and then I would throw a battery in it and it would ALWAYS fire right up. Fast forward to about two years ago and I decided I was gonna getting running again and use it. After searching the 'net for parts I stumbled on this thing called Red Square. Well after reading a here about RJ's, Suburbans, 953's, & 857's I quickly caught the bug! Eight  or ten  horses (OMG I lost count ) later I finally said this old girls time has come. @stevasaurus had mentioned this had a ten pinion 5060 LS transmission in it and might make a good plowing tractor.

The axle seals were leaking bad, the hubs were walking on the axles & front end had homemade tie rods not to mention a myriad of other issues.....but thanks to RS, parts I had spied at the BS, and the knowledge of those here I knew  this was savable. My intent is not a trailer queen nor a show tractor but a nice working tractor for some light field plowing, having fun at shows, moving boats & trailers around the ranch and perhaps some kids in a tub. I seriously doubt it will ever see mowing duty again.

'Nuff yaking and on to the before  pics!

After looking at these ..no where near as bad as some I have seen here!

Tranny disassembly pics...not too bad 1533 were usable but since now they can be had.  

Note the water line!

[WHX?? 48,813]

This ones for you Lowell @wheelhorseman1000 For those who don't know it he now has complete kits to go thru these as well as individual bearings & seals. Since I put a plug in for ya don't tell how I screwed up on the first input shat seal!

As it stands now

First little snafu....barely tightened the lock nut and ting----easy to get back out tho. must just been a bad dog point??

Custom dual magnetic drain plugs ....anal @Aldon is gonna like this! No raising tractor front ends for this kid!

[Aldon 4,826]

I screwed up my 1st input shaft seal as well recently. Glad to know I am in good company!

[wheelhorseman 3,211]

😍 I like - and all I remember is that it was somebody else's fault about the seals 

[WHX?? 48,813]

somebody else's fault about the seals.....it  was ....she was at me about something new to me stupid and I wacked it wrong!

 

I should have done it right away and still will Aldon... the zerk on the hitch pin. Also going to try o-rings under the hi/lo shift lever to try and keep water out during washings.

Edited February 13, 2017 by WHX9

[Aldon 4,826]

I do indeed like the magnetic plugs and excruciating attention to detail and pro-active planning!!!!

[WHX?? 48,813]

Real easy to make ... 1/8 mags off fleabay, drill a hole and some JB weld.

Does a guy need to seal the tranny to frame threads??... to prevent oil weep?

Couple of concerns  here ... brake band not lining up with the brake?? Please tell me the trans does not have to come back apart?

[WHX?? 48,813]

Steering gear, should the fan gear shaft spin in the socket ball or the ball spin in the socket? this was pack full of 50 year old grease but does not show wear. Is ther a way to add a lube zerk here or not needed? Right now because of new paint the ball wants to spin in the socket but cause of the old grease I'm sure it didn't  before.

Fan & support was thinking of adding a zerk here but shows sign of little wear

On the top side tho the socket that accepts the steering shat is quite worn. I guess what I am asking is what can I do now to try and tighten up the steering.?

Stand by for some tie rod ordering Lowell.

I think the MN boys got me straigtened out on this but is this hub usable? I did do another set screw.

Edited February 13, 2017 by WHX9

[WHX?? 48,813]

Its close but they though it was usable. Still some good meat back in the keyway where the set screw is. I could bump out the hub to center the set over the woodruff but this would move out the hub. Here's the keyway.

Bumped out a tad set screw center over the woody..

Edited February 13, 2017 by WHX9

[ztnoo 2,298]

2 hours ago, WHX9 said:

anal @Aldon

 

uugghhhh........that's a phrase I think I would have shied away from using.......but hey, that's just me. 

I think more appropriate descriptive terminology might be more civilly applied as "focused, thorough, diligent, detailed, consumed, and if need be......obsessive".

After all he is Dr. Trimble.

Should we expect less????  

Edited February 13, 2017 by ztnoo

[WHX?? 48,813]

You sir have obviously have never see the good Dr's tractors.... ahhhh yah.... he's anal......

[Aldon 4,826]

First @ztnoo he is only quoting me. I described myself as such. 

 

So no harm no foul:-)

 

And there are sooooooo many on this forum more able, experienced and capable than I. 

 

So I consider myself more of disciple than a master or doctor or whatever. Although I have become pretty familiar with the GT14.

 

@WHX9 I Will take your statement as a compliment! LOL

 

looks like your worker is going to be dang nice!

[WHX?? 48,813]

Why thank you Aldon....that was very kind of you! When I get the the mother of all air compressors I will no longer consider myself a disciple but rather a  apostle! 

[Achto 27,562]

4 hours ago, WHX9 said:

Steering gear, should the fan gear shaft spin in the socket ball or the ball spin in the socket?

Just wondering if you cleaned the paint off of the shaft where the ball sits? I found that having paint on any bearing surface can cause some issues.

4 hours ago, WHX9 said:

Its close but they though it was usable. Still some good meat back in the keyway where the set screw is.

This axle & hub look like they could've been a good candidate for my full length key trick. It would suck to take the tranny back apart now though.

Looks like your making good progress. Looking forward to seeing it back in action. 

[ACman 7,618]

Looking good @WHX9 following closely ! Wish I could do the same without having wait for others to help...but this keeps sane watching you do this. Keep the  coming !

 

 

[WHX?? 48,813]

11 hours ago, achto said:

Just wondering if you cleaned the paint off of the shaft where the ball sits?

Did just that Dan last nite, on both ends & will pack with grease and run it like that. Once I get the hood stand & dash housing  on will have to see what can be done to avoid the quarter turn of the wheel slop. Fan gear looks good yet but the wheel shaft teeth have some wear. Will have to do a bushing or something  in the trunnion socket that's where most of the slop is going to be. Darn near an 1/8 in play there.  Hindsight being 20/20 I should have done a full length key but I don't have a machining center just down the street! I will run it as is and keep an eye on it. since hubs are out there yet easy enough to swap out if it becomes a problem. The nicks out of the axle aren't as bad as the pic shows and are fairly shallow. Keep the set screws tight & should be ok.

Getting back to the steering gear the IPL shows different size shims in there (37 & 38) as well as a bushing (30). This tractor did not have those on disassembly. I would guess the shims are to keep the fan gear drawn up against the steering shaft?  

[Achto 27,562]

11 minutes ago, WHX9 said:

Getting back to the steering gear the IPL shows different size shims in there (37 & 38) as well as a bushing (30). This tractor did not have those on disassembly. I would guess the shims are to keep the fan gear drawn up against the steering shaft?

Putting these shims in should get rid of your steering slop. If you happen to have some HD wheel bearing shims laying around, they would work perfectly. You could also try a 14ga machine washer, but they are around .075" thick.

[WHX?? 48,813]

I may have those HD shims around..... if I can find them ....!

[Achto 27,562]

8 minutes ago, WHX9 said:

I may have those HD shims around..... if I can find them ....

If you can't find some let me know. I'm gonna try to get over to your place this weekend, I could bring some for you.

[WHX?? 48,813]

Not much got done this past weekend....weather was way too nice to be inside and trying to get in some late season ice fishing but did work a little with the overhead open. Fitted a bushing in the steering shaft support. Note the zerk in the lower steering shaft support. Not much wear in this area but what the heck I love drilling & tapping cast. The bushing is going to help slop and also toying with the idea of a spring in the lower shaft to keep the fan gear drawn up again't the upper shaft gear instead of shims. 

[Aldon 4,826]

I like the Zerk and the thought process behind self adjusting fan gear. I am following this for a enjoyment but I'll borrow any good ideas you come up with! 

[WHX?? 48,813]

More than welcome Aldon ...I'll be your guinea pig! Sides I stole your zerk in the hitch pin idea that you pilfed from another thread. Comes around goes around!

Another small idea here, since I have been know to give a horse a bath once in awhile and get caught in the rain at shows I came up with to (maybe?) help keep water out of the tranny. O-rings to form a seal under the high low shift lever to act as a seal. I noticed ther was some play in the shaft hole where water could seep in. I would venture to guess the o-rings will rot out over time but it took all of a minute in the o-ring assortment kit to do and  cheap!

Notice also the bushing above the clutch idler cross shaft. The shaft had some definite wear spots, probably from double clutching on the fly  so the bushes with get fitted in for more support &  smoother operation in that area. !/2 id X 5/8 od X 1" long fit the bill.

Edited February 21, 2017 by WHX9
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[Aldon 4,826]

It can't be seen on my pics since I painted tranny black, however I pilfered your idea and similarly added orings to the high low shifter. Kudos!

[WHX?? 48,813]

Great (or warped & twisted?!?!?) minds think alike!

[WHX?? 48,813]

The whole weekend to myself for a change, well almost, but did mange to get a few things done on this project. If I would get off my keester and get some rear rubber ordered would have a roller!

Fitting the dash housing up. Plan on polishing the dash, no paint just clearcoat. Saw another tractor that was done like that and was kinda cool so see how it looks. Can always paint it down the road if it doesn't look right.

It was in the cards that these rims get finished.....52 pickup anyone... @achto says you get a better finish if you use all RED cards!