Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 20:53:31 GMT -5
**VIDEO AND TRACTOR AREN'T MINE. JUST THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING**
From the description:
This tractor dates sometime from 1904 to 1905.
The hand lever operated clutch engages a one wheel drive forward using the right wheel. There is a left foot pedal to engage an optional 2nd wheel posi drive (to drive both the left & right wheels in slippery conditions like snow, rain, mud, etc.).
To reverse; the hand lever clutch is disengaged. The left foot pedal is pressed down & the right foot pedal is pressed down to engage the band clutch. The tractor can only be driven in reverse by the left wheel.
The tractor was built from an early “build yourself a tractor” kit supplied by a manufacturer in Loudonville, Ohio. This would be the predecessor of the C. Hufer & Company which later changed names to the Victor Traction Gear Company, both of Loudonville, Ohio. This company furnished engines, clutches, running gear, ect. and then whoever bought the pieces put them together.
There was a small nickle-plated brass name tag nailed onto the tractor that read “Sexauer Bros. – Sulphur Springs, O.” The Sexauer Bros. ran a carriage works in Sulphur Springs from 1862 to the early 1900’s. They were also labeled as “Builders”.
The engine has a large bore for its size & is probably around 5hp. It has a lightweight (thin cast) piston & a counterbalanced crankshaft.
The engine is stamped #24 which might be its serial #.
The engine is one of the earliest existing 4-stroke engines using a desmodromic valve gear. A desmodromic valve is a reciprocating engine valve that is positively closed by a cam/leverage system, rather than just relying on a conventional return spring to close the valve. Ducati motorcycle engines also use a type of desmo driven valve.
The engines carburetor uses cones & angles to control air flow. It has rings of coiled wire inside of it to increase the surface area & help vaporize the fuel. The throttle is controlled by unscrewing the top of the carburetor. This opens the air intake holes along the sides of it. Since the fuel needle valve is centered in the top of the carburetor, it also lifts up with it when the throttle is increased, increasing the fuel with the air.
For whatever reason, this tractors steering is backwards. To turn the tractor left you would need to turn the steering wheel right.
This tractor is all original, all its chains are original, its mag & spark plug, fuel & water tanks, the red paint of the tractor frame & whitish-silver color of the engine, etc.
This tractor uses a rare Goodson Electric Ignition Company magneto & igniter “spark” plug. This spark plug is basically an electric solenoid tripped low tension igniter that screws into the engine. The impulse from the Goodson mag is fed into the Goodson spark plug, through its coils & across its closed points inside the engine which are then opened by the solenoid coils, creating a low tension spark. The mag & spark plug on this engine have been reliable & the engine has always ran great with them.
