Its certainly not as easy as it used to be. If Minneapolis Moline tractors weren't the featured tractor at our local show I probably wouldn't be going as far with the clean up. I would have stopped at a good pressure washing.
Workin' on the Old Tractors
- Thread starter cjet69
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The ZAU was the first Minneapolis Moline I ever worked on. I knew nothing about them back then and I still retain most of that knowledge to this day. LOL
Looking back through my pictures I see the earliest date was in March of 2005 when I was still painting and assembling. The ZAU took me about a year to complete so that mean I started in 2004. I took pics with my 35mm camera prior to that March 2005 digital pic. Here are a few of those scanned pics of where I started on that basket case tractor. All of the pistons were stuck bad, Bull gears were toast, And the fuel tank had a starling nest in it that rotted the bottom out of it. It had to be replaced. We found a partial parts tractor in the salvage yard that we bought and for the most part everything that was bad on our tractor was good in the parts tractor. Worked out perfectly.Attachments
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Thanks GB. Yes, they are featured along with Rumley.
Here is the clubs site. Vintage Farming Days — Puget Sound Antique Tractor and Machinery Association
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After last years tractor show the trailer brakes wouldn't work. The little green light on the controller wouldn't light up. I found a test procedure for the controller and it checked out. Hooked up the trailer, the little green light lit up, and now the brakes work. The only thing I can think of is in messing with the wires under the dash that it made a good connection. I suspect it could be the wire with a quick connector on it. At least I have brakes again.