Original restore x2!

[Methos]

Originally Posted by ajcombs

Lets do it now that rain has passed!

I'll be calling you this week so we can get them both torn down.

[jbrewer]

Interesting details Duke. I wonder if they were shipped that way or whether someone clipped a bush somewhere along the line and had to replace the light. Did you notice it before you got them off ? I'm not sure I would have.

John

PS: I miss all the fun!

[Methos]

Originally Posted by jbrewer

Interesting details Duke. I wonder if they were shipped that way or whether someone clipped a bush somewhere along the line and had to replace the light. Did you notice it before you got them off ? I'm not sure I would have.

John

PS: I miss all the fun!

John, the lights are being added to these builds. Lew was the one that taught me about the Guide lights and bulbs. Before that I thought there was no diffrence.

I got in another set of lights today and they are guide headlights with GE bulbs. The strange thing is they have cast iron brackets and I always thought they used the tube style brackets to attach the lights to. Some more learning to do!

[Methos]

I'm a few days behind but I've been running ragged the past couple of days so time to do some up dates.

Adam came over to lend a hand in tearing the 4 digit down for powder coat. The 5 digit is torn down so the frame can be fixed for resale at a later date.

Adam had to seat on this ugly 4 digit and I think he wanted to see how a pan seat felt like. There wasn't a tight bolt on the tractor and it was thrown together. The rag joint wasn't bolted to the rear coupler! The powder coating was flaking under the engine due to an oil leak. I have powder coating flakes thru out my garage. It was a mixture of powder coat and painting with very little care in what was done. I took some pics but got into tearing them down I stopped taking pics. I did spend some time They had a and their needed someone to them so they would care about the job they were doing. The 5 digit had more care shown to it then this 4 digit.

I'll let Adam tell what he found when we pulled the drive line out.

Ok onto the few pics.

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[Methos]

Sam Mac got to see my pile of parts I had laying outside in the grass to take to body shop and powder coating. It looked pretty darn bad!

[CADplans]

Originally Posted by Methos

I'm a few days behind but I've been running ragged the past couple of days so time to do some up dates.

Adam came over to lend a hand in tearing the 4 digit down for powder coat. The 5 digit is torn down so the frame can be fixed for resale at a later date.

Adam had to seat on this ugly 4 digit and I think he wanted to see how a pan seat felt like. There wasn't a tight bolt on the tractor and it was thrown together. The rag joint wasn't bolted to the rear coupler! The powder coating was flaking under the engine due to an oil leak. I have powder coating flakes thru out my garage. It was a mixture of powder coat and painting with very little care in what was done. I took some pics but got into tearing them down I stopped taking pics. I did spend some time They had a and their needed someone to them so they would care about the job they were doing. The 5 digit had more care shown to it then this 4 digit.

I'll let Adam tell what he found when we pulled the drive line out.

Ok onto the few pics.

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Between that tractor and this one



(Factory powder coat that significantly came off)

I will stick with old fashioned enamel.

BUT, that is just my opinion!! I guess it has to do with the prep for paint.

[jbrewer]

Well, that 4 digit doesn't look ugly, and those pan seats are more comfortable than they look aren't they?

Glad to see you're making progress. I suspect powdercoat is just like plating or any kind of painting , the better the prep, the better the final product.


I'm a big believer in brake cleaner as a degreaser .... works good and banned in California. What more do you need to know?
:-)
John

[Matt G.]

Are you sure that's powder coat? That's exactly what paint without hardener will do, or even paint with hardener that hasn't had time to cure properly.

[ajcombs]

Yeah the pretty one was certainly nice from a distance basically The folks putting it together had no pride in their work like he said nothing was tight mostly finger tight and the couplers that rag joint was bolted to were attached directly to each other using the rag joint as a washer and this was used insted of a roll pin.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/locking...16-in--0268771

It was in really great shape body panel wise for straightness just the paint flaking off the white I dont thing had so much of the problem! That hood was really nice!

Basically some one started it and some one that didnt care finished it.
And yep the seat pan was surprisingly confortable!

[Methos]

Originally Posted by CADplans

Between that tractor and this one



(Factory powder coat that significantly came off)

I will stick with old fashioned enamel.

BUT, that is just my opinion!! I guess it has to do with the prep for paint.

Prep work is the key in any restore job paint or other wise.