There's only so much time for anything. When I started this business, I had no idea I'd be out of bed lots of mornings at 4:30-5:30, and maybe not see it again until after midnight.  But, that's the way it is. There's more to do than I ever thought there would be. The getting out of bed early thing is nothing, really, after 16 years of rolling out of bed at 3:00-3:30AM for my paper route, but at least with the route, I could pile back into bed again at about 8AM for a couple more hours. It's the length of hours I put in. Everything there is to be done with this business is mine and mine only to do. If I don't do it, it just don't get done--period. Some things are a vicious circle, and this is one of them--it goes right back to 'there's only so much time for anything'.

The parts that are needed the most is what gets addressed first on ITP, and the stuff that's less likely to come up gets left. When time permits, then it gets done. That's the case for flywheels and ring gears, for your Fiat, Hesston, or Long tractor. One tractor usually only ever--if it ever does--wears out one starter ring gear in it's lifetime, or, a little less rarely, a flywheel due to excessive wear of a clutch, but the latter is more due to neglect to repair the primary problem of a shot clutch in due course than it is to long term wear and tear.

Anyhoo... now there's a new flywheel and ring gear page on ITP, and all the owners of Fiat or UTB-based tractors, such as Allis Chalmers, Cockshutt, Oliver, White, and Minneapolis Moline, can grab whatever they need to complete their major starter, or clutch repair.

ITP: we're here to help, but boy--we wish we could get to bed sooner!