Workin' on the Old Tractors

[4getgto]

Got a new pin and bushing for the McCormick 100 Sickle bar mower. This drives the Knife/sickle bar.

Kinda surprised they made parts for them anymore.

 

[cjet69]

Kinda surprised they made parts for them anymore.

I think its mainly the wear parts that you can still get.

 

[cjet69]

Pulled the loader off of the Case IH 485 to make it nicer to mow and haul bales with. Now the weather isn't cooperating to get the hay in.

 

[cjet69]

I'm starting to think about the tractor show that starts on July 30th this year. Minneapolis Moline is the featured tractor so I am going to try to take a couple over. Need to paint a pair of front wheels for one and paint a gas tank for the other. Might take some other tractor also but yet to be determined.

 

[cjet69]

Between mowing and tedding today I pulled out the already epoxy primed front wheels for the MM ZTU and got them cleaned up and sanded. I have some paint for them if its still good and bought some hardener so the next chance I get I will get them painted. Then I need to come up with some tires and tubes. I have a couple tractors to steal some from. Last pic is the tractor with one front wheel borrowed from the MM RTU.

 

[4getgto]

One step closer to that show at the end of the month...

 

[cjet69]

Sprayed a quick shot of the red on the ZTU wheels. This will be good enough for now so I can mount up some tires.

 

[MFDAC]

Get lots of pics at the show, CJet! Wheels look great!

 

[cjet69]

Get lots of pics at the show, CJet! Wheels look great!

Thanks DAC. Its about time I got them done. I just have to laugh sometimes at how long things drag on for me. I looked at the old pics prepping these wheels and the date was October 2013. I was thinking it was no more than 5 years ago.

 

[MFDAC]

Thanks DAC. Its about time I got them done. I just have to laugh sometimes at how long things drag on for me. I looked at the old pics prepping these wheels and the date was October 2013. I was thinking it was no more than 5 years ago.

Although I am nowhere near as productive as you are CJet, I feel the same way! I've got stuff sitting here I started working on over 20 years ago! Seems like 5. Until I pick up where I left off---LOL! Then it seems like forever.

DAC

 

[cjet69]

Although I am nowhere near as productive as you are CJet, I feel the same way! I've got stuff sitting here I started working on over 20 years ago! Seems like 5. Until I pick up where I left off---LOL! Then it seems like forever.

DAC

I need one of these.

 

[MNGB]

A guy gave me one of those a long time ago but I lost it along the way

 

[cjet69]

A guy gave me one of those a long time ago but I lost it along the way

We had one here and I'm sure its still sitting somewhere.

 

[chieffan]

A friend and fellow Conservation Officer ran for Governor one year. Had a bunch of the round toit tokens made up as that is what the present gov. was famous for doing, waiting till he got around to it, basically nothing.

 

[cjet69]

Pulled the front wheels off of my Farmall H project. The tires have cracks but should work long enough for the tractor show. These are 2 Unico 5.50 x 16's. Got the tires demounted. I'll get them cleaned up and ready to mount on the ZTU wheels.

 

[chieffan]

I used to hate messing with old tires. Most of the time the beads are rotting and get tore up in the process of removing and remounting. Hope you have much better luck.

 

[MFDAC]

I used to hate messing with old tires. Most of the time the beads are rotting and get tore up in the process of removing and remounting. Hope you have much better luck.

I was thinking that too! It might do them in dismounting, much less mounting again, Rog! CJet has the touch to git er done!

DAC

 

[cjet69]

I was thinking that too! It might do them in dismounting, much less mounting again, Rog! CJet has the touch to git er done!

DAC

And I'm cheap. You can get away with a lot when you have tubes. I think I have only had one bead failure but I have had the whole sidewalls shred on otherwise good looking tires. Most of those have been the rear tires.

 

[chieffan]

Grease is your friend in those situations.

 

[cjet69]

Mounted the tires and washed them up. The tires must have been on a John Deere at one time because they had yellow overspray all over them. Hopefully these will last for a while or at least through the 4 days of the tractor show.