Well I’m really trying to finish this project up! Back at it again. I went back to trying to get the bar in time with the knives. It should slide on the drag link on the the back of the mower but it’s stuck. I mulled my options over and went with brute force!
I placed a block of wood and bottle jack to keep a strain on the parts that should move and got to swinging the sledgehammer!
On a side note, I think there was a conversation here awhile back about jacks working in odd positions. I can confirm that at least my Hobo freight jack does work in a horizontal position.
Success! The tension and beat worked. It’s not perfectly aligned but it’s close enough to tryout!
I put everything back together and in instances like this I usually try to follow the old German torque specifications and make it gout-in-tite. However in this case I happen to have the correct torque specs for this machine so it checked it after I was done just to see.
The book says it’s supposed to 80foot lbs. I surpassed that by a bit but on old rusty stuff I think it will be fine.
I guess there nothing left to do but give it a whirl.
I took it out to the field and like the famous YouTuber says, “I just can’t believe it, but I guess I got to because I’m looking right at it”. The dang thing cuts!
I made a couple of passes and it seems to cut fine!
This was proof of concept on the cobbling I did to attach it to the Ford, and confirmation the mower actually functions. Very happy about that!
Of course some issue popped up.
1) The 2N is made In such a way that the PTO and hydraulics work together. You can’t have one or the other, they’re either both on or off together. I’m not thrilled about that from a safety standpoint or convenience.
@propane1 im curious if your Ferguson works that way?
2) when I lift the mower at the end of the row the PTO angle is still to sharpe. It actually binds and that’s going to ruin u-joints quickly so that’s a no go. I didn’t catch that when I was setting this up.
I like having options so in a pinch I can use the mower on this tractor if I needed to I’d just have to be very careful about raising it.
I decided to try it on the 1941M and see what it looks like.
The PTO angle is much better! And this gives me independent PTO and hydraulic function so the mower doesn’t have to be running to use the hydraulics, that’s a safer option for sure.
Now the problem I face is figuring out the final mounting set up. The geometry of the mower and the tractor lift arms are way different. So the barnyard cobbling will continue!
I’ve got an idea on how to make this work. I’ll be trying that next time and then I guess it’ll be time for test number 2!
I’d just like to say thank you to you guys for following along with my nonsense in the shop, I appreciate it!
I think this is a job
I took my time and remembered to measure twice and cut once! No way I would ever call this a faithful copy, more like a rendition that shares some similarities to what it’s supposed to look like! 
if they’re not timed right it won’t cut right. Just like if the timing is off on an engine it won’t run right.
