McCormick #7 mower

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  • January 28, 2011 at 6:23 pm #42380
    Russel
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    Hi all

    I just got a #7 and have started fixing it up, does anyone know what the metal rod that extends from the clutch lever underneath the tongue to another metal contraption which hooks up to the lifting gear is for?

    Also how long should the tongue be?

    Im also trying to find out what colours all the different parts must be painted.

    January 28, 2011 at 9:47 pm #65278
    john plowden
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    Can you post a picture?
    John

    January 29, 2011 at 3:43 am #65297
    Mac
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    Russ:
    On my #6 McCormick, that little rod you described is so that when you lift up the bar, it will knock the machine out of gear so you don’t bust your pitman rod.
    Tongue is 14 foot long. Pretty well standard here. The one I have in my mower is a small, straight oak pole with the bark shaved off and the hardware put on it.
    Colors are Red and White, I think. Don’t quote me on that one though.
    Mac

    January 29, 2011 at 11:16 am #65279
    Donn Hewes
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    I like the way you suggested ” the way the parts MUST be painted” They do look good all done up. That rod will kick the mower out of gear, when you lift the bar. I think they were mostly associated with the high lift mower. I have used several number sevens with great success, and think they are a little under appreciated. Good Luck, and let us know how it turns out.

    January 29, 2011 at 5:01 pm #65289
    Russel
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    How do you know if a mower is a high lift? Mines a high gear but that doesnt mean high lift as well?

    I looked on the Wisconsin Historical Societys website and found the colours for the mower, does anyone know what colour Harvester Ochre actually is?

    Ive started painting some of the parts and started scrounging for parts from my #9 and its starting to seem not so impossible anymore…

    January 29, 2011 at 6:43 pm #65288
    mitchmaine
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    hi russel, if you go to a art supply store and find a tube of yellow earth or yellow ochre paint, thats your color. matchin that with machine paint might be tough although rustoleum has one close.

    mitch

    January 29, 2011 at 9:27 pm #65280
    Donn Hewes
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    At Tractor supply I bought international White and International red. They looked pretty close to me. There were places on the only machine I painted where you could scratch down to the original paint, or so it seemed. There were high lift and vertical lift mowers if my memory is right. I wouldn’t worry about that. Many folks have taken that rod off. If it is working right and not hanging up the shifting or lifting I would leave it alone. Other wise I would take it off. Just my two cents.

    January 30, 2011 at 9:08 pm #65286
    jrward
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    Wisconsin hist. society used to have a page that showed paint chips

    January 31, 2011 at 12:15 pm #65290
    Russel
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    Im trying to figure out how to get the pitman shaft out so I can change the seal. I know how to do it on a number 9 but the number 7s gearbox doesnt work the same way. Anyone know how to do it?

    January 31, 2011 at 2:40 pm #65276
    Rod
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    When I did mine I jammed the gear inside the gear box and put a pipe wrench on the pulley, not around it but sideways through the opening on the edge. and GENTLY unscrewed the shaft. A seal puller will get the old seal out.

    January 31, 2011 at 5:37 pm #65291
    Russel
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    Im a bit apprehensive about using that method because Ive broken the flywheel previously. On my #9 I was able to lock the flywheel and tap the pinion gear with a chisel and hammer and that seemed to work quite well. Is there a way of doing this on the #7?

    January 31, 2011 at 7:05 pm #65292
    Russel
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    I was also wondering what a pawl holder is? The WHS paint guidelines mentioned them

    January 31, 2011 at 10:11 pm #65284
    near horse
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    If your talking about painting the pawl holder then it would have to be what would be considered a hub on “modern” wheels. The inside of the pawl holders is where the ratchet pawls fit w/ their springs – but the outside shows up as the “hub part” in the center of your wheel. That’s how I interpret it.

    February 1, 2011 at 12:49 am #65281
    Donn Hewes
    Keymaster

    Geoff, that Pawl holder you are talking about is on a number 9, not a number seven. Not to say that isn’t what the WHS was referring to. Number sevens have atleast two different wheel set ups. If you have a small cap with a center bolt, I would paint the cap and bolt red, against the white wheel. for the two bolt clamp on I am not sure what I would do. When I changed the seal on a #7 seven; after I locked up the gear inside, the shaft unscrewed with out much force. Not nearly enough to brake any thing. Just gotta figure out which way to turn it. If my memory is correct it is counterclockwise.

    February 1, 2011 at 7:39 am #65293
    Russel
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    Thanks, I got it undone by turning anticlockwise. Basically when undoing the pitman shaft, u turn it the same way as it would be turning when in gear. On macknairs website he has a pawl as one of the pieces on the lifting lever.

    Whats the proper level for the oil in the gearbox?

    And how are the wheels lubricated on a #7 because I dont see any grease nipples?

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