BX Whatyacallit

[milkman]

Ring in the new wheel.

 

[milkman]

The long nuts hold the inner wheel.

 

[milkman]

Threaded rod and spacer ring.

 

[milkman]

Ready to throw some mud. I did take it out and drive it around yesterday and I didn't notice any difference in the steering, I even took it to the creek and run it down the creekbed over a lot of bolders, I was surprised that there was no jerking in the steering. Setting still it is a little heavier steering unless the rpm's are up, but running down the rutted road to the creek even with one of the outter front wheels on a ridge, it didn't pull to one side. I'm pleased so far, just have to watch for signs of stress especially around the lug bolt holes on the outter wheels. The rear wheels are mounted with a spacer ring, but I used bolts in the holes for mounting weights to the wheels.
I had an exhaust leak where the muffler is bolted to the manifold and I thought it was the gasket, but when I took the muffler off, I found that one of the mounting holes in the muffler was ripped out so I made a new flange and had a pipe bent up to exit where the original pipe was. I ran it with a straight pipe to haul some wood and I saw right away that I had to go get a muffler. It is slightly louder than it was but it has a tone that reminds me of the neighbors old SC Case when I was a kid.

 

[Gatorboy]

I'd call it a tractor.

 

[theonlybull]

i'd keep a close eye on the bearings and the knuckles on that front end. i've fixed many 'bouta frontends from people getting a lil' too hard on it with the fel. that extra set of tires won't help

 

[hobbyfarm]

Good job, I especially like the upright exhaust.

What a hassle though to check your air pressure /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif on the inner tire when set up as duals. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

That almost makes me think you could have mounted the new wheels in reverse and mount them first with the valves toward the inside just for this problem.
Oh well, it's cool anyway. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[escavader]

MILKMAN,
Can you give us some detailed photos of that exhaust.That really makes it look like a big TRACTOR ID like that upgrade on my 23
ALAN

 

[milkman]

Got a couple of shots of it working.

 

[milkman]

Also got a 57MB video w/sound if anyone has high speed internet and wants a look, just PM me and I'll e-mail the clip.