Zen and the Art of Tractor Parts Cleaning

29 thoughts on “Zen and the Art of Tractor Parts Cleaning”

1. I enjoy hearing you philosophy about life, I have learned a great deal from you, I am a better mechanic because of your video's

2. The art of motorcycle maintenance got me through college and much more. Thank you Sir for your wisdom and kindness. In whatever order🙏

3. Just browsing the archives for some of the episodes I've not yet watched. And I found this one–can't believe I missed it, as I am one of your dedicated gearhead fans! When I'm working on an antique hit-and-miss farm engine, I clean quite a few parts, with many of the same thoughts you expressed. I once helped a buddy who was restoring a vintage outboard motor from the 1930's and realized about halfway through our first session that my friend was a perfectionist with a true Type A personality. He was driving me crazy almost before we got the spark plug out. He started obsessing about removing the cylinder head, because he didn't know how much to torque the bolts when we replaced it (it would definitely have been a few months in the future). I pointed out that we could find that out on the internet but matters just went downhill from there. Finally I volunteered to take some parts home to my shop, which has a small parts cleaner. This ruse actually worked, because he remarked that he wouldn't trust anyone but me, an old friend for several years, to do so. I managed not to roll my eyes and got out of there before I would have had to start strangling him, lol! That motor took him two years to finish, mostly because he was so paranoid about doing everything to perfection. And that's why I smiled when you discussed the 90/10 rule. For this guy (he has many virtues and we are still good friends), working on a restoration was definitely not a form of Zen. I'd never ever volunteer to help him restore a motorcycle! Thank you Pete; I love the tractor restorations and the field work and even like the ones about livestock! My very best to Just a Few Acres Farm and all who live there, including the tractors. We know they are sentient, eh? 🤔

4. Wonderful job Pete

5. Your tractor looks very good you did a nice job you’re pretty thoroughly what you do so thank you I am watching you God bless

6. You should put the videos in this project in order in a playlist.

7. Just saw M&W 1950s vid by Dr. Rust. I don't know how to send links.

8. When I worked on a ranch, one time the owners spent 3 days jumping on and beating on a dozer tire. Trying to break that Eerie rim to weld up. Sweet revenge for all the crap they pulled on me. 😆❤️

9. This is how I cleaned up my M for paint and it wasn’t too bad of a job. I did however contract out the rear hubs to a local sandblaster just because of the time involved. I wanted to work on others parts and move forward faster!

10. Another fine video thank you Pete.

11. 👍👍👏👏👍👍 Thanks for sharing Pete, always enjoy your videos and talks. Take care

12. 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏻🗽 Enjoyed! When I’m doing dusty/dirty/smelly "whatever" I put a fan at an angle that blows the "whatever" away from me…simple and works well. Love your tenacity, makes me smile and enjoy what you’re doing.

13. Learning how to "Eat the Elephant" is an important part of life (especially an project!) You beat me to the subject of thinking when doing a task like this. It's good for the soul (yes, ZEN!) Far out!! When I ran my business (lots of restoration work) & even in anything I have done in life I've used the 90/10 Rule! I'm annoyed with myself though for missing this video earlier. Oh! & yes, at both the I.H dealerships I worked for here in Oz, though I was a parts guy, I used to do body & paint after hours so I've painted a lot of I.H tractors & trucks in my day (plus many other things) It's certainly the prep work that makes for good results! Thanks for another wonderful, very calming video even if you did have that tag on your hat hanging out for part of it!! 🤣🤣 Cheers!

14. Shift pattern decal always went in the lower left on the light bar, because when looking at the gearshift your eyes are already in the direction of it. So the decal would land in your line of sight every time. IH was good at doing that. Putting everything where it was either easy to reach, or east to see.

15. Im happy to see this video is back. The determination and care shown in this video is to be admired.

16. I find myself contemplating other things while doing “mundane repetitive tasks” which often get me into trouble!! I’m very impressed with your knowledge of the old tractors! Learn to drive a tractor on my grandfathers Farmall!! Wish I had it now that I have a small farm!

17. I agree with your 90. 10 rule!

18. so who gets to do your laundry when you're all done?!! 😉

19. There could be no less interesting videos to me…..eyes glaze over….but I love your farm and channel, so I watch to the end because I know it helps feed the piggers and everything furry!

20. I see you have the exact same JET air filter system on your ceiling. The remote on mine stop working and I found a capacitor bad in the unit that was causing the remote problem. Is your remote still working on that ?

21. Just looking forward to see if you are able to find square head bolts for the wheel clamps. . . . 🙂

22. Hi Pete! I’m a little behind on the videos. Glad to see your sharing wealth of tractor knowledge!

23. Looking great !
    I too like those "mindless" tasks, it gives me plenty of time for deep thought.

24. Pete, their is a tremendous peace when working on that over engineered, over built machinery. I’m doing a side job on a late model vehicle right now for a Church member, and nothing is reusable. They have pushed and pushed the limits so far as to how little material they can use in the engine block, that it pushes a micro amount of coolant in to the cylinder. No holes, no cracks, it just kind of sweats through. Cylinder head and head gasket was fine.

    So your wasting your time with a good used engine, it prob has the same problem, or will. Junkyards won’t even sell them, or will sell them as cores only for a few hundred with no guarantee.

    I have a few old 2 cylinder JD’s I can’t wait to get started on. My A had a seized engine with an inch of sludge on the bottom of the crank case. It broke free and several flushes with Diesel fuel and it pulls and pops like a champ. Simple, sips fuel, I can hand start it in all of a minute.

25. Dish out! I thought you had the tag out sort of new A LA Bieber look ROFL 😀 Don't forget to slip in updates on baby chicken orders etc. Great work!

26. 🚜

27. She’s sure getting there. Almost ready for her new “dress”! ❤️🥰

28. Hey,Pete, how much would you charge me for a root canal?Lol . You're my weekly entertainment. Thanks

29. ❤️

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