Diesel Rear

[goldie68rockfarmer]

well just a little update tractor in pieces all blasted now if i could just get my painter off his butt and blow some paint i might get someone to take some pic.

[ACecil]

Originally Posted by goldie68rockfarmer

well just a little update tractor in pieces all blasted now if i could just get my painter off his butt and blow some paint i might get someone to take some pic.

Thanks for the update!

[hhc70]

Looking forward to finding out how you solve the cast iron rear with the diesel tank. My 1572 rear end is fubar'd, and I would rather put the effort into a cast iron rear end, then another aluminum one. How much do the fuel fittings interfere by? Could you shim the fender and tank up another 1/2" and make it work?

[ken6x6]

hope this works out for you. i want to do the same thing!!

[goldie68rockfarmer]

well the fitting on the bottom of tank hit by a little over a inch. with fittings removed i set tank back on fram with cast rear in place if i would of have top cover on at the time i would only have 1/8 or just slightly more of clearence so i found well plugs and plug holes. sorry no pic yet but i will move fuel fitting to front driver side of tank i already map out how to do this . i am just waiting on painter to get off his rear and blow some paint. he promised that he will paint fram and rearend tomarro. then start on rest .if you do not have rear pto this would go real fast even faster if you was not going to repaint ..i could of haved this done in one weekend if it wasn't for me having to paint things and make them look like new. go for the cast rear.you could use pump from rear from doner . and just bolt in and go. just make sure you get the front hanger bracket cause the ones from alum. will not work on cast. also i think you would be geared just a little higher but i donot think you could see any differentce. well have pic when i put back togather. that is when the family will get interested. and the camra come out. till then it just a hunk of junk to them.

[goldie68rockfarmer]

well up date time. got most of parts back from painter the only thing i am waiting on is hood , side panels , rear fenders. i told painter to take his time and do good job. i have learned how to take pic with camera now i need to learn how to post them here. i will get it done just give me some time to figer it out. i can only do so much . got rear pto mounted . now the only thing i need is to figer out how i am going to put oil in rear.sence i covered up my oil fill plug. i know i could drill new hole to right of old fill plug .but i think pto and three point is going to cover it up to the point that i will not be able to get to new hole . will find answer out tomarro.O also old pto belts call for 32 inch belts i am going to take them back and get a set of 30 and 31 inch belts i feel 32 inch belts are a little long.

[ACecil]

Appreciate the update!

[ken6x6]

any new updates?

[goldie68rockfarmer]

well new update well 5/18/13 bad news bad bad news first tractor pull of year went tractor pulling got 1st. /2nd/and fifth place. on way home truck hit dip in road trailor load heavy on rear . trailor whip back and fourth all four tractors decided to jump of trailor . 3 out of four total loss chase and grandpa loss there cub pulling tractor. I was behind them in tow truck and seen it all happen insurance is paying for damage to trailor an still have not come up with value of total loss on tractors. I had no idea just how much I had in these thing till now 900 in wheels and tires times three 600 in clutch time two 2500 in motors time three 500 in paint time 3 and 1000 time 2 to replace cub tractors well lets get out caluator well if I added right that comes to 14900 throw in onther 1000 for batterys seats stickers hitches broken weights 15900 gone in a blink of the eye. thank you lord . first for no one getting hurt an second that the 1572 is still in shop .not done just a little more assembleing to go. this all can be replaced kids and dads cannot thank you for hearing my payers. I have not forgot about you all following me on this build and I will stay in touch. just a little more work on my plate I well get get it done.

[ken6x6]

wow, sorry to hear about that. glad to hear no one got hurt. hope your insurance will pick up most of the damage. and your right things can be replaced not people. good luck with everything.