I spent two weeks getting this inherited Massey Ferguson running in order to dig up the front garden I have (also herited) in order to plant roses for my late mother’s memory.
This should not be allowed! Because it’s awesome, nothing dull about it!!!
Sorry xD
You’re in the right place. That dude’s never greased zerks.
Yeah … hard agree. Getting an old rusted piece of equipment working again and then have it function to do a job you needed to do is about the furthest from dull you could get.
As a post, sure, I agree. But the process was extremely dull.
Really? I just read a a bit about your process and I’d watch an entire YouTube video of the whole process.
But I’m a sucker for fixing things. It’s one of the things I get the most joy from in life.
you probably already know about the channel, but just in case:
inheritance machining does exactly this sort of thing ;)
Yes, but no, this is insufficiently dull.
I can drone on about how the tractor’s steering was broken in a ball joint and because it is a power steering model I could not find a part and had to make it instead if you’d like.
You are not making it any duller at all. That deserves its own post to be honest
Nope not any duller at all.
You make a compelling case… oh hang on…
Did you know that this specific ball joint application needs a 7 degree taper? I had to use a lathe and improvise with an 82 degree chamfer tool in the lathe, followed by a 7/8 tap in order to make the part. I knew that I was going to be off by half a degree, but I knew the weight of the tractor would force fit the new joint.
That’s pretty neat. I’d have probably modified the knuckle for something current or replaced the entire axle before I’d have even thought of trying to build a ball joint. I’ve replaced them dozens of times, but I’ve never cut one apart to see if I could make one.
I have a dull past of 20 years as a machinist, so it makes me think that way.
So, a question then: why use a set degree chamfer tool instead of the compound slide to taper it? I’ve built a few specialty things but I can’t say I’ve tried to run off a taper, though I understand the concept, so I may have no clue what I’m talking about.
Honestly, it is because I had it on hand and it was fast. 0.5 degrees wasn’t going to matter here since it simply needs to fit and the whole weight of the engine will force it in place.
OK, here is what needed to fit:
This new stainless part is what I made ( hard t9 get a good shot of it without giving you feet pics for free)
zzzz…. Ok, you win
was the lathe… rudimentary?
Indeed in-dull tractor.
Welcome 😄
I am vehemently opposed to this post. You don’t belong here.
Not because you’re a lady. To that I say welcome.
I am opposed because this is AWESOME. You’re awesome. Far too cool for this dull club.
Check out my Lambo!
That is sick.
Women are just men but not so yes.
Don’t think anyone cares. It’s 2026, women can be dull too.
That being said you can’t make classical tractors dull. You could get a modern cheap tractor that keeps breaking down, that would be dull.
This thing is so unbelievably broken that I have to stand and kinda jump on the clutch (I am kinda small, but still) to get it to move.
That’s not far off with how they made things back then. My neighbor used to have a 1953 International grain truck, I had to almost literally stand on the clutch and brakes to get that thing to do what I want, and I weigh 180 lbs.
There’s tractors that use actual shotgun shells to start so yeah, things got wild in tractorworld for a while.
Heck yeah
Not sure that’s all that broken, could be by design! 😁
Dull fact: “man” and “men” are originally old english for person (male or female). By 1900, the sense had shifted to male person.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/men:
“a featherless plantigrade biped mammal of the genus Homo” [Century Dictionary], Old English man, mann “human being, person (male or female); brave man, hero;”
Less dull fact: old english used “were” to specify male (person). This still lingers in modern english with “werewolf” — male (person) wolf.
Welcome to the dull men’s club!
Wait, so we’re weremen? There’s a joke in that somewhere
We’re weremen… and still are.
I can’t wait to tell my wife!
'ow do we know if they’s featherless?!
Rule 6 says no sexism! Just make sure to keep it dull
https://lemmy.world/c/Dullsters@dullsters.net was created specifically to address the gendered name, but I don’t think anyone here really cares that much about the gender of the poster
Thanks. It seems much less active, but I really do appreciate the sentiment behind it.
Not just because of the gendered name but also to remain independent of any other instances.
You ladies have a very different definition of dull. This is cool AF.
You got a tractor. Ain’t nothing dull about you!(Butt fuck anyone who says you’re not!)
Warm welcome.
You really need to work on the dullness, Petal.
If you want dull, the clutch is so broken that I have to stand on it to get it to move. Fixing it would apparently require splitting the tractor in half.and in the process draining all of the hydraulic fluid.
These older models are quite serviceable, so I’m surprised to hear that. lol
Did it weld shut together by being exposed to the elements? Do you know the model/year? Is it from the 60s?Yes, from the 60s. Unsure of the exact model and year, but you can not get to the clutch without doing a bifurcation from what I can tell.
Yup. That’s the way things are when the engine block and transmission are the frame.
That is typical of older tractors, clutch requires splitting the tractor in half. It is still serviceable, only a few dozen bolts, but you need something strong (and safe) on wheels to hold up each half while you work in the middle. Not hard work at all, but it is not quick.
Still mostly the same for modern tractors, except a million more wires and and hoses.
I’ve done a dozen clutch jobs on older tractors with my dad.
In the size range most of us here would be looking at tractors are hydro and don’t have a clutch. There are pros and cons to hydro, but for the size of tractors shows hydro is almost always better. (loader work really wants the infinite variable speed)
That sounds pretty exciting.
That’s a nice looking jack.
Oddly enough, that is there because I had to use both that and the bucket to get the tractor unstuck because it had been in the same spot for 15 years.
Hold on, you got a old broken tractor that hasn’t moved in 15 years up and running… You are seriously in the wrong spot. Nothing dull here.
I stubbed my toe bad enough on Sunday that I couldn’t walk normally for two days. Does that count?
Broken or just stubbed?
I replied incorrectly- editing this lol. I mean stubbed as in I hit it on a door jam
Let me check . . . stubbed toe . . stubbed toe . . . . ah - here we are! Stubbed toe is in fact dull!
Approved!
Thank you, come again!
Antique tractors are not sufficiently dull! Especially ones from defunct brands like Massey Ferguson!
