Domush
Platinum Member
My tractor is functional, minus 1st and 2nd gear. Now we get to making it spiffy and pretty.
The to-do list:
- Rebuilding the dashboard
- Adding useful gauges (removing the idiot lights)
- Replacing the missing switches.
- Glass blasting the engine and rusty areas of the frame
- Priming and painting the engine
- Priming and painting the frame and rims
- Piping the exhaust up the canopy for a more gag-free experience
- Diagnosing and (hopefully) stopping the white-grey smoke coming from the exhaust
And the before photos of the engine (my first item)
Yesterday I began blasting the engine in order to remove the flaking paint. I degreased everything, let it dry overnight and threw on a coat of primer on the entire tractor, or as much as I could do before my compressor seized from overheating .
I'll attempt to finish the priming this afternoon. Hopefully tomorrow will be the first coat of engine paint, as I have very little sanding to do on the engine, seeing as it doesn't need to be perfectly mirror-worthy.
The to-do list:
- Rebuilding the dashboard
- Adding useful gauges (removing the idiot lights)
- Replacing the missing switches.
- Glass blasting the engine and rusty areas of the frame
- Priming and painting the engine
- Priming and painting the frame and rims
- Piping the exhaust up the canopy for a more gag-free experience
- Diagnosing and (hopefully) stopping the white-grey smoke coming from the exhaust
And the before photos of the engine (my first item)
Yesterday I began blasting the engine in order to remove the flaking paint. I degreased everything, let it dry overnight and threw on a coat of primer on the entire tractor, or as much as I could do before my compressor seized from overheating .
I'll attempt to finish the priming this afternoon. Hopefully tomorrow will be the first coat of engine paint, as I have very little sanding to do on the engine, seeing as it doesn't need to be perfectly mirror-worthy.