Legacy Maintenance
You think your tech is old? Watch me restore a barn-find 1954 Ford tractor.
March 31, 2024
A real barn find! Pictured here is the electrical system / distributor. Did you know that old tractors are POSIVITE GROUND? As in, if you don't ground the positive terminal of the battery, all the wires catch fire.
March 31, 2024
The hood badge identifies it as a 1954 Ford NAA. Faded paint on the side suggests it was owned by a landscaping company.
May 24, 2024
An original sales brochure. Yes, that man is plowing a field in a tie.
May 25, 2024
An interesting page from the owner's manual. Unfortunately, it doesn't tell you the real danger: these things are prone to flipping, crushing the driver.
September 06, 2024
Parked it near the neighbor's fence to make them jealous.
March 01, 2025
Let's get it back to factory colors.
April 26, 2025
I don't have the patience to figure out how to wire a 6V positive ground system, so I converted it to 12V negative ground, like a car. Then I installed a LiFePO4 battery. It works great!
May 07, 2026
That's probably why the PTO doesn't have any power. Ambient humidity is leaving moisture in the hydraulic fluid.