Armand Tatro- Cleveland Trencher

I finally got a chance to sit down with grandpa again today, and I brought up the trencher again. He said he can't find where he had that stuff wrote down still...

BUT..

My uncle was there, and he says to the best he can recall, theirs had a 226 flat head Continental in it.. He also believes it used the same oil filter as was found on 44-6 Massey Harris tractors originally, but at some point, they had converted theirs to a more modern and convenient spin on filter.

I guess I just was trying to get answers from the wrong person.. LOL..

He asked if you were repairing one, or did you just happen to get a power unit from one? He thought it'd be pretty neat if someone was rebuilding one, even though they're outdated, they were pretty neat machines in their days he says..

Hope this helps, and if you have other questions, I can try to get answers.. Some times it just takes a while

Brad

Brad: Thank you and your family for your reply. I found a Cleveland model 140 and am fixing it with the intention to use it this fall. According to the information I have from the factory it came with a Continental 330 engine and was built in 1953. I have the conversion kit for the oil filter. The numbers on the M.S. carbuator are 353 and I can not find a repair kit for it but I did find a new float and repaired the old gasket between the two halves. I need to find the throttle shaft spring. It has 6 turns to fit over a 3/8 shaft with a hook on one end and a the other end fits in a slot in the outer end of the shaft. I had the ehgine running before I started working on the card. I hope to be able to bring it home next weekend. I would welcome any help or information you or anyone can provide for the carb. I do have the parts manual for this machine. Where are you located? I am located 20 miles south of Kankakee, Il. at the 293 I57 exit. Thanks again for your information. Armand

Hers a place that you can try for your carburetor parts.
The Carburetor Shop .com . Its located in Eldon , Mo. 204 East 15 th Street
Eldon ,Mo. 65026 -2524
Ph. 573-392-7378

Armand, I am in Southeast lower Michigan, small town by the name of Maybee, where the 3 tallest structures are the water tower, the church steeple, and the grain elevator.

I was down your area a couple years back working.. was there about 8 weeks or so.. Stayed just north of Kankakee.. In Manteno, IL, right along 57.

I'll have to ask again, as I don't remember a whole lot about the machine, like I said, I was little.. But it sat out back till I was about 13.. What I do remember is Grandpa had a "power unit" from something that was a backup for the Cleveland, I believe it was a exact replacement, and the more I sit and think, the more it seems like the engine that was in the old chicken house was a bit larger looking than the F-226 in my MH corn picker.. I wish I would have been a little bit older then maybe I could be more help.. The machine has been gone so long, it's hard for them to recall exactly what it was.. I saw grandpa again this morning, he still swears he has stuff about it wrote down somewhere.. If only he could remember where he says.. LOL.. (I'll also have to ask grandma if she has a picture of it around somewhere..)

I'll have to ask if the engine is still around the farm, as last time I was in the chicken house I didn't see it, but it could have been moved, or it might be long gone. I'll also try to remember to look tomorrow in the "carburetor archives" and see what I have.. There's about 5 or 6 that were given to me. The person who give them to me bought them in a box lot at a sale.. I just put em on the shelf, never looked to see what they were really.

Someday I'd like to find one like they had and make it mechanically sound, just for the grins and giggles.. Like I tell people who look at some of the things I've accrued: I "collect" things that I either find neat, unique, or different, or things that I remember from when I was a child..

Brad