Maybe it's just me but the tone of your voice and the way you tell the story of what your doing to this tractor is so relaxing and easy going those of us that fix stuff for a living usually use much different vocabulary lol
@@frankwise7464 ohh yeah...theres often alot of that colorful language involved in this type of work...usually cussin out the engineers that designed the junk we're workin on 😅🤣
Supper easy to watch! I noticed while watching my mouth was wide open, how is Pete going to get this one back together. I know he will and it is fun to watch and learn. Thank you Pete, I guess you will have to restore the two parts tractors. lol
Like farmer's back in the day, you fix most everything yourself and you have become an expert Pete !!! Being mechanically inclined is a must !!! But you show us anyone with a little patient's, tool's and the right books can do this !!! I enjoy watching your videos !!! Great Farmer, mechanic, teacher an much more !!! Thank You Pete !!! GOD BLESS !!!
In my life I've known a lot of people who had different disciplines and types of work, but as good as they were, they weren't teachers. You are a teacher. I appreciate that.
These videos are a true joy to watch. My husband is so envy with jealousy he's been taking apart things all of his life. I believe he started with a lawn mower engine when he was 8 years old, tore it apart and rebuilt it!!!
Pete you are one hell of a FarmAll Tractor mechanic! Not many people know the inner workings like you do and can totally relate it to us viewers in such an entertaining way! Thoroughly enjoyable!
Pete,it's amazing whomever figured out how to design and put together the gearing and bearing and seals to go through all the punishment that a tractor went through as stood the test of time. You really could be an instructor on these tractors. Really enjoyable watching your videos. Looking forward to the future videos as you rebuild and restore.
hi Pete, I was wanting to find a tractor restore a few months back. God came through & showed me your channel + I really respect you for not swearing on your channel. Loving your restore. Have an awesome day.
Always enjoy your tractor videos…part of farming! You are teaching future generations a valuable lesson on machine maintenance and repair. My hats off to you.
Life should be stress-free, and I'm happy for you, Pete, that this project is indeed stress-free! I'm enjoying the diagnostic process, as you dismantle and assess the scope of the work. Thanks for another great video.
Love taking apart complicated things, but putting them back together, don't ask. You learn as you go but after the build, it sure feels nice. Great video to watch with a morning coffee.
I have never lived on a farm, never driven a tractor but I could watch these videos for hours. Great job on all of your videos. I love the way you just be you and we get to come along on the adventures.
Good morning Pete, You know when you look at your tractor they really were simple and don't require much to pull apart and fix. I do fix stuff and older equipment was so simple compared to todays JUNK. Hope you enjoy fixing your tractor except your occasional mashed knuckles😜🤣Blessing to you and Hill.
You have really helped us decide to increase our egg and meat bird production in 2023. Thanks for the great advice. Now i want to restore the old W4 we have as well.
It's the Farmall C or Super C and a Farmall 200 that I first learned to drive / operate on the farm! That was 1971ish. I've been a green fan for most of my adult life but you have me going RED! I would love to convince my wife that I NEED an old red tractor on the farm. Our farm is very small and doing many of the things you are doing with about half of the acreage so we have to buy our winter hay. Love all of your videos!
Pete, I enjoy watching your “mechanic” videos. It may the preciseness and orderliness of appeals to me. Thanks for the video and the understandable explanations.
Pete. Just before you got the manuals out, and showed them, I was thinking, "I could never do this, without manuals " then you started showing & explaining the manuals. Also your talking to the parts, as you were disassembling them, was a lot softer language, than I would have used. Thank you for the tutorial.
Pete, I have said it several times before, but I absolutely love your commentary during these videos. You are so thorough, patient, and so relaxed! I am no real mechanic, but I find these videos very instructional, and entertaining. Thank you for your time and explanation!!!
Pete i need to teach you the rope trick. Dont use a chisel use 1/2 cotton rope and alow it to bind in the gears, not the chisels, and freeze the gear and removed the bolts....less chance of damage to the gears... i need a garage this townhouse is no fun anymore...LOl
Pete! This is awesome content! I'm about to tear into a 1940 Model B and this series will be extremely helpful to me! I thoroughly enjoy all your videos and topics. You lead a rare life and present it well. Keep it up!
I certainly enjoy these mechanical videos, and there is something fun about seeing the whole tractor disassembled into piles of relatively small parts kind of like a bunch of big Lego
That was cool...! In an Auto/Truck manual transmission there's a "Cluster" Gear at the bottom of the Case. It's a machined shaft w/many Gears on it that mesh w/the Input Gear/Synchronizes. The Cluster Gears spin but that's all... ya have to fill the internal shaft hole w/"Needle" Bearings held in place w/Grease..! Then you insert the Cluster Gear into the Case, slide the Cluster Gear Shaft into the case from the outside and be careful not to have all the Needle Bearings come out the other end...! If they do, you got start all over again...! =)
I could only dream of having a video like this when I tackled a Farmall Super A in 2003 when I had an enormous desire to perfect the tractor, but very little knowledge. Other than the I&T and parts manuals the internet was non-existent. One plus was we still had a Case IH dealership in town at that time. They have been out of business for a long time now. However, online stores were getting going at that time. Purchased parts from O.E.M, Bates Corporation, Wengers of Myerstown, The Brillman Company and got some of the manuals from Binders Books. It is amazing how much has changed since that time!
Not boring....I enjoy and learn a lot from your videos........subjects are not interesting unless the viewer is intereted.....whoever is bored is responsible for being bored.....
It is very interesting at the market and I love it also! But you will never learn how to repair or repear, no it is repair a Farmall tractor at the Farmers Market.
Interesting all the different names you have in the US for parts than we have in the UK. The shaft into the gearbox we call the Primary shaft, the lower shaft, the Layshaft and the one out, the Mainshaft. Cotter pins we call split pins ( Cotter pins are those wedge shaped pins that hold Bicycle pedals on! ) Those wedges that hold valve springs on are Collets and a Wrist Pin is called a Gudgeon Pin! Despite all those names we are enjoying following your progress.
Thanks for the honorable mention about the 560 series issue back in 1959! I was curious what exactly they replaced with their major recall. Especially so as I just acquired a late model (October by the casting code) 1959 560 Diesel that has sat in some trees for a few decades. I really appreciate your videos Pete!
really enjoyed this video about the mechanics of a transmission, and brakes etc. thanks so much for posting and explaining the process. have a great day.
Pete have you considered making a home brew hot tanking system for cleaning your blocks and cases?? I built one from a 55 gal steel drum and propane burner. I put the block or case in it. Fill it with water and some Ajax Liquid Dish soap and get it to a boil. You'd be amazed at how clean everything comes out!! Gets all the dirt out of all the passages, bolt holes etc. In many cases it will also remove the paint. After boiling the block for about a half hour I pull it out and power wash it. Comes out spotless! Love the videos. Keep them coming!!
The inside of the case, etc is painted with an oil resistant paint, probably Glyptal. Keeps the case inside from rusting from condensation as well as shedding oil from the surfaces. You don't want to remove this coating. It can be re-applied, but its more work.
Just an FYI. A caliper and or indicator reading with pics can be sent to McGuire bearing and they can match 99.6% of all bearings and bushings and sleeves. It may save the proprietary fee associated with IHC. McGuire isnt the only bearing manufacturer either, and since your starting your winter rebuild project early, time waiting for a mail delivery shouldnt be too long or troublesome. Ihave repaired a plethora of JD, Ford, JCB Komatsu etc. bearings, gussets, bushings, sleeves etc. without paying premium from the parts stores of the equipment manfacturers. Great vid, awsome work.
Love the farmall videos, Been tinkering with my 1960 cub! Keep the videos rollin Pete, I always look forward to your uploads. I like the shirt too! Go buckeyes!!
I, for one, would appreciate watching how you wash out the case and the other parts. My least favorite part of the job and be glad to learn your tricks. For example, it would have never occurred to me to lift the housing with a bucket loader and pressure wash it. Of course, it seems obvious now. Anyway, always thankful that your share your wisdom and thoughtfulness.
Glad to see you took it to the end...you know it will outlive you and me when completed, and history needs to be out there for all to see, working. Looking forward to more, have a great day.
The 'clutter' of your workshop is like a trip back in time and location. Grandpa's shop had similar cans of 'stuff' squirreled away under benches and counters, rakes, shovels, sledgehammers, etc leaning up against the walls-------yup, I bet it even smells the same; oil, grease, and cleaning solvents. Thanks for the tear down, Pete, and bringing us along.
I enjoy these projects, watching you break down old model tractors such as the Super C is interesting. You can learn a lot from others work, if you pay attention. Some details look complicated, but I know you've got the resources to get it done. You've done several of these so I don't see any issues you can't get resolved fairly easy. Thanks Pete, have a wonderful week.
Awesome video Pete. I hate working on things. But for some reason I like watching other people work on things. You’re really good at describing things in a way that I understand.
I think we all knew the answer before you started, of course you're gonna finish taking it apart. You are a do it right or don't do it kind of guy and like you said, it wouldn't make sense to get so close and NOT do it. Now comes the hardest part, cleaning and rebuilding parts. Rebuilding is just as much fun as the tear down, at least for me. The tedium of cleaning and rebuilding parts gets hard on the mind. Then again you rebuild clocks, too. I could not do that. Way too tedious.
Pete, I'm excited of what's going to look like on all your hard work in restoring this tractor will be. It's great that you have all the tools and equipment needed for this project. I can't wait to see and want to hear the engine once you rev the this marvelous tractor. Fans from Ireland 🇮🇪 👍🙏
A friend of mine just drug home his father's MD that sat for 30 years. he is going to restore it I sent him a link to your Chanel and told him to check out your MD play list to show him lots of great info.
I like how Pete talks to the tractor parts in the same way he talks to the farm animals!
21:48 It's like listening to Bob Ross scolding one of his happy trees.
Your knowledge and ability to explain what your doing and how it works is amazing. I'm a truck mechanic and I could never explain it like you do
Agreed, I was an automotive and ag mechanic for almost 10 years out of highschool and could not explain anything the way Pete does.
Maybe it's just me but the tone of your voice and the way you tell the story of what your doing to this tractor is so relaxing and easy going those of us that fix stuff for a living usually use much different vocabulary lol
@@frankwise7464 ohh yeah...theres often alot of that colorful language involved in this type of work...usually cussin out the engineers that designed the junk we're workin on 😅🤣
He's like listening to Mr Rogers when you were a kid. Kinda captivating
Supper easy to watch! I noticed while watching my mouth was wide open, how is Pete going to get this one back together. I know he will and it is fun to watch and learn. Thank you Pete, I guess you will have to restore the two parts tractors. lol
@@timothyrill3825 nah I have a feeling he'd move onto one of the bigger ones like the 656 or one of the loader tractors.
@@robreesor5011 I typically work on industrial machinery. I have wondered if they hate their life and decide to take it out on everyone else.
Like farmer's back in the day, you fix most everything yourself and you have become an expert Pete !!! Being mechanically inclined is a must !!! But you show us anyone with a little patient's, tool's and the right books can do this !!! I enjoy watching your videos !!! Great Farmer, mechanic, teacher an much more !!! Thank You Pete !!!
GOD BLESS !!!
good morning Pete love the way you teach folks to do it right, and not just get by.
In my life I've known a lot of people who had different disciplines and types of work, but as good as they were, they weren't teachers. You are a teacher. I appreciate that.
These videos are a true joy to watch. My husband is so envy with jealousy he's been taking apart things all of his life. I believe he started with a lawn mower engine when he was 8 years old, tore it apart and rebuilt it!!!
Pete you are one hell of a FarmAll Tractor mechanic! Not many people know the inner workings like you do and can totally relate it to us viewers in such an entertaining way! Thoroughly enjoyable!
commentary and visual are both superb to explain whatever he's trying to share. It feels like you are there sitting while having a cup of coffee
It really makes sense why you stick to vintage tractors. Not only are they nice to look at, but they seem to be more easily owner maintained.
Pete,it's amazing whomever figured out how to design and put together the gearing and bearing and seals to go through all the punishment that a tractor went through as stood the test of time. You really could be an instructor on these tractors. Really enjoyable watching your videos. Looking forward to the future videos as you rebuild and restore.
hi Pete, I was wanting to find a tractor restore a few months back. God came through & showed me your channel + I really respect you for not swearing on your channel. Loving your restore. Have an awesome day.
Always enjoy your tractor videos…part of farming! You are teaching future generations a valuable lesson on machine maintenance and repair. My hats off to you.
“Needs a little persuasion” I felt that in my soul Pete.
Thats often when the liquid wrench comes out...or shortly there after 🤣
I have my Ag engines class watching these videos as we are working on a 1944 Farmall M
Life should be stress-free, and I'm happy for you, Pete, that this project is indeed stress-free! I'm enjoying the diagnostic process, as you dismantle and assess the scope of the work. Thanks for another great video.
Good job. 👍
Love taking apart complicated things, but putting them back together, don't ask. You learn as you go but after the build, it sure feels nice. Great video to watch with a morning coffee.
I have never lived on a farm, never driven a tractor but I could watch these videos for hours. Great job on all of your videos. I love the way you just be you and we get to come along on the adventures.
Glad you’re getting into it! I was secretly hoping you would choose to totally break this little tractor down…and then you did! 😊
I'm part of the silent majority that hardly ever comments but watches, and loves, every video Pete.
Thanks Mike!
I have absolutely no need or use for a tractor, but watching you work on these makes me want one. So much simpler than the cars I deal with
I’m glad you’re less stressed compared to the MD job coz I’m loving the content
It relaxes me
Good morning Pete, You know when you look at your tractor they really were simple and don't require much to pull apart and fix. I do fix stuff and older equipment was so simple compared to todays JUNK. Hope you enjoy fixing your tractor except your occasional mashed knuckles😜🤣Blessing to you and Hill.
Your a great mechanic your knowledge for how things work is very impressive. Keep up the great work
Impressive career change from architect to farmer and skilled mechanic! Seriously..... 👍
You have really helped us decide to increase our egg and meat bird production in 2023. Thanks for the great advice. Now i want to restore the old W4 we have as well.
It's the Farmall C or Super C and a Farmall 200 that I first learned to drive / operate on the farm! That was 1971ish. I've been a green fan for most of my adult life but you have me going RED! I would love to convince my wife that I NEED an old red tractor on the farm. Our farm is very small and doing many of the things you are doing with about half of the acreage so we have to buy our winter hay. Love all of your videos!
We are glad u did Pete very interesting to see how these parts all work with each other👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I'd've been surprised had you opted to NOT tear down the tranny. Lovin' the series.
Pete, I enjoy watching your “mechanic” videos. It may the preciseness and orderliness of appeals to me. Thanks for the video and the understandable explanations.
Love these show and teach and tell restoration videos. Your commentary is priceless, total enjoyment on my part. Thank you.
Pete. Just before you got the manuals out, and showed them, I was thinking, "I could never do this, without manuals " then you started showing & explaining the manuals. Also your talking to the parts, as you were disassembling them, was a lot softer language, than I would have used. Thank you for the tutorial.
Pete, I have said it several times before, but I absolutely love your commentary during these videos. You are so thorough, patient, and so relaxed!
I am no real mechanic, but I find these videos very instructional, and entertaining.
Thank you for your time and explanation!!!
Well, you got it all apart, and I don't recall seeing a single microprocessor !
Love the tractor tear down video. What I can’t figure out is how you stay so clean. Excited to see it all go back together!
One of my days highlights is for sure - "Hi, I'm Pete"
Pete, I’m impressed you seem to be a jack of all trades. If I took that tractor apart I would half to call you to help me put it back together lol.
Mark you wouldn't half to call him but you might have to call him.
@@jameshanenburg9591 sorry for the bad grammar James, I would have to call Pete.
I like the way you have edited this so there is just a smooth flow on the disassembly. Nice job.
Pete i need to teach you the rope trick. Dont use a chisel use 1/2 cotton rope and alow it to bind in the gears, not the chisels, and freeze the gear and removed the bolts....less chance of damage to the gears... i need a garage this townhouse is no fun anymore...LOl
Pete ..you would make an excellent teacher, love watching your mechanical videos
Pete! This is awesome content! I'm about to tear into a 1940 Model B and this series will be extremely helpful to me! I thoroughly enjoy all your videos and topics. You lead a rare life and present it well. Keep it up!
Talk about down to the bare-bones....Very thorough indeed there Pete.
I'm glad you decided you should renew the bearings in the gear box, gives us more videos!
I certainly enjoy these mechanical videos, and there is something fun about seeing the whole tractor disassembled into piles of relatively small parts kind of like a bunch of big Lego
I have no idea how you remember how everything goes back together... You're amazing Pete!!!
We Loved the video.
it is relaxing to watch this takes me back a few years
Man you have soooo much knowledge!!! It’s soooo impressive how you know what every single part’s purpose is!
That was cool...! In an Auto/Truck manual transmission there's a "Cluster" Gear at the bottom of the Case. It's a machined shaft w/many Gears on it that mesh w/the Input Gear/Synchronizes. The Cluster Gears spin but that's all... ya have to fill the internal shaft hole w/"Needle" Bearings held in place w/Grease..! Then you insert the Cluster Gear into the Case, slide the Cluster Gear Shaft into the case from the outside and be careful not to have all the Needle Bearings come out the other end...! If they do, you got start all over again...! =)
That point on the 'ball' bearing is the 'tangent' happy to help!
I could only dream of having a video like this when I tackled a Farmall Super A in 2003 when I had an enormous desire to perfect the tractor, but very little knowledge. Other than the I&T and parts manuals the internet was non-existent. One plus was we still had a Case IH dealership in town at that time. They have been out of business for a long time now. However, online stores were getting going at that time. Purchased parts from O.E.M, Bates Corporation, Wengers of Myerstown, The Brillman Company and got some of the manuals from Binders Books. It is amazing how much has changed since that time!
Not boring....I enjoy and learn a lot from your videos........subjects are not interesting unless the viewer is intereted.....whoever is bored is responsible for being bored.....
Really enjoy the restoration of the tractors.
I will never rebuild an old tractor like this but I always enjoy a good step by step process of a project. Always learning from Pete. Thanks!
I know from the first day of you making your mind up to restore this tractor was going to be broken down all the way. You didn’t fool us.
Love it. Makes me want to start in on my 1939 JD H. Keep up the restoration videos. I always learn something.
Hi Pete. Yeah definitely want to see the degrease and power wash. Strange but satisfying.
Great video. It's amazing to think someone designed all that. All the best 🇬🇧.
Hi Pete I wish you would show more of your selling your stuff at the market that’s so interesting you are a very smart man.
It is very interesting at the market and I love it also! But you will never learn how to repair or repear, no it is repair a Farmall tractor at the Farmers Market.
You talk to your tractor just like you talk to your cows!
I like that T-shirt. The Just a few acres with the tractor.
Interesting all the different names you have in the US for parts than we have in the UK. The shaft into the gearbox we call the Primary shaft, the lower shaft, the Layshaft and the one out, the Mainshaft. Cotter pins we call split pins ( Cotter pins are those wedge shaped pins that hold Bicycle pedals on! ) Those wedges that hold valve springs on are Collets and a Wrist Pin is called a Gudgeon Pin! Despite all those names we are enjoying following your progress.
Great to see you working on another resto Pete!! Keep ‘em coming! 🤙🏻👍🏻
G’day from Oz 🇦🇺
Thanks for the honorable mention about the 560 series issue back in 1959! I was curious what exactly they replaced with their major recall.
Especially so as I just acquired a late model (October by the casting code) 1959 560 Diesel that has sat in some trees for a few decades.
I really appreciate your videos Pete!
Your knowledge is amazing. That's why I love watching you. Keep it up!
really enjoyed this video about the mechanics of a transmission, and brakes etc. thanks so much for posting and explaining the process. have a great day.
Super video! Thanks Pete! Looking forward to #5!
All of your tractors are going to be nice and shiny.
Thank you for doing another restoration video. They are some of my favorites and always learn a tip or two from them
Your videos are extremely enjoyable and very informative your knowledge of tractors is amazing
Another very good tutorial that a lot of us wish we saw before starting projects40-50 years ago. Thanks Pete
Pete, you are a genius to teardown all your equipment and rebuild it. We enjoy watching it all.
Love the tractor repair/restoration videos !
Really do enjoy these videos Pete, thank you. I think of you and your channel every time I see a Farmall when driving through the countryside.
Love you videos. I’ve learned so much in restoring tractors.
You can see the amount of work you put into these tractors by how great they look when you are finished
I don’t have a Farmell but your youtube videos are pure gold dust for those that do! Just great!
Tractors are a lot more complicated than they seem. Peter you are very good at mechanical work,
Pete have you considered making a home brew hot tanking system for cleaning your blocks and cases?? I built one from a 55 gal steel drum and propane burner. I put the block or case in it. Fill it with water and some Ajax Liquid Dish soap and get it to a boil. You'd be amazed at how clean everything comes out!! Gets all the dirt out of all the passages, bolt holes etc. In many cases it will also remove the paint. After boiling the block for about a half hour I pull it out and power wash it. Comes out spotless! Love the videos. Keep them coming!!
The inside of the case, etc is painted with an oil resistant paint, probably Glyptal. Keeps the case inside from rusting from condensation as well as shedding oil from the surfaces. You don't want to remove this coating. It can be re-applied, but its more work.
You make it look so easy and the way you explain it as your doing is a masterclass ted talk. Keep up the great work and content.
Just an FYI. A caliper and or indicator reading with pics can be sent to McGuire bearing and they can match 99.6% of all bearings and bushings and sleeves. It may save the proprietary fee associated with IHC. McGuire isnt the only bearing manufacturer either, and since your starting your winter rebuild project early, time waiting for a mail delivery shouldnt be too long or troublesome. Ihave repaired a plethora of JD, Ford, JCB Komatsu etc. bearings, gussets, bushings, sleeves etc. without paying premium from the parts stores of the equipment manfacturers. Great vid, awsome work.
Just love these mechanical videos!!!!
Love the farmall videos, Been tinkering with my 1960 cub! Keep the videos rollin Pete, I always look forward to your uploads. I like the shirt too! Go buckeyes!!
I, for one, would appreciate watching how you wash out the case and the other parts. My least favorite part of the job and be glad to learn your tricks. For example, it would have never occurred to me to lift the housing with a bucket loader and pressure wash it. Of course, it seems obvious now. Anyway, always thankful that your share your wisdom and thoughtfulness.
Glad to see you took it to the end...you know it will outlive you and me when completed, and history needs to be out there for all to see, working. Looking forward to more, have a great day.
Hi! Love your passion to keep everything simple. Good luck with😀 the turkey season,
The 'clutter' of your workshop is like a trip back in time and location. Grandpa's shop had similar cans of 'stuff' squirreled away under benches and counters, rakes, shovels, sledgehammers, etc leaning up against the walls-------yup, I bet it even smells the same; oil, grease, and cleaning solvents. Thanks for the tear down, Pete, and bringing us along.
love it pete you draw my interests watching you tear down and built it back love your vids sir cant wait for winter
Your rebuild videos are like a drug through my vein.
I enjoy these projects, watching you break down old model tractors such as the Super C is interesting. You can learn a lot from others work, if you pay attention. Some details look complicated, but I know you've got the resources to get it done. You've done several of these so I don't see any issues you can't get resolved fairly easy. Thanks Pete, have a wonderful week.
Awesome video Pete. I hate working on things. But for some reason I like watching other people work on things. You’re really good at describing things in a way that I understand.
I think we all knew the answer before you started, of course you're gonna finish taking it apart. You are a do it right or don't do it kind of guy and like you said, it wouldn't make sense to get so close and NOT do it.
Now comes the hardest part, cleaning and rebuilding parts. Rebuilding is just as much fun as the tear down, at least for me. The tedium of cleaning and rebuilding parts gets hard on the mind. Then again you rebuild clocks, too. I could not do that. Way too tedious.
Hi Spring Holler, I find parts cleaning really tedious too. If there's one part I could avoid in restorations, that would be it.
Really great as usual Pete unlike me who needs a " lot of persuasion "
Pete, I'm excited of what's going to look like on all your hard work in restoring this tractor will be. It's great that you have all the tools and equipment needed for this project. I can't wait to see and want to hear the engine once you rev the this marvelous tractor. Fans from Ireland 🇮🇪 👍🙏
Great, you took the time to check everything in the transmission. It will pay off in the long run.
🐼 Big Panda Bear Hugs from a 69 yr old grandma in Texas, USA. 🐼 ❤ 🎀 👍 🧚♂ 🐈 🧚 🍀 💐 🌸
That tractor will be brand new and worth a lot.
A friend of mine just drug home his father's MD that sat for 30 years. he is going to restore it I sent him a link to your Chanel and told him to check out your MD play list to show him lots of great info.
Are you going to make it a narrow front? I see a pedestal on the buckets. Love the series so far!
Love it! I'm just starting to dig into a 1955 John Deere 40U. Your video is a great reminder of some of the things I should look for during tear-down.