Nice rebuild RGTT! Your video's on rebuilds of both the starter and the clutch have been incredibly helpful to me as I have recently acquired my first Tractor which is a 1955 John Deere 60 much like yours, I bought at an auction of the last owner who sadly passed away a year ago and was unable to care for it due to a myriad of health issues even before that. Sadly, one problem with it was a hair line cracked PTO case which I was told happened when the old owner hit a bushhog PTO shaft before his health declined while backing up to couple, which of course led to water flooding the compartment over the time it's been sitting since, the only blessing with the situation is despite the water the oil kept the rust from solidifying into scale and some WD-40 and blue towels saw it clean as new inside. In any case, your video will help me greatly in my quest to rebuild my own don't be afraid to show us the sixty again!

@flyboyslc1

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Nice reply AS, Thanks for buying a 60 and keeping it going. We’re you able to find a replacement casting for the cracked case? If not, Muggy Weld makes some good welding products to repair cast iron. Look them up on KZread. My 60 has a cracked engine block on bottom of engine. A common problem with these tractors as they age. It leaks coolant. I will try Muggy Weld on it someday and hope to do a vid of that. Also I have a blown exhaust gasket that looks to be quite a difficult job, removing exhaust manifold bolts that have not been removed since tractor built. So I have work to do, but no time right now!

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@@flyboyslc1 Sorry for the late response but thanks for the reply! I have found a used housing cover on ebay which I purchased inexpensively, though I could have welded the old one in my experience cast iron is difficult to weld even for someone with experience welding pretty often. Actually, after bringing up the problem with cracked engines I looked on the bottom of mine and noticed the bottom texture towards one side of the engine which is covered in paint is lumped which may mean mine was cracked and epoxied up but admittedly I have no means to verify it without stripping it off and well provided it doesn't leak I probably won't get in a hurry to fix it before most everything else.