IH 300 Utility....My new project

[Soundguy]

if that cover is ANY indication of your weld / fab skills. I'd say you will have about a 0% chance of having a problem MAKING your own adapter cover.

 

[LD1]

Thanks. Yea, the cover should be no big deal.

Just a matter of weather I have a piece of pipe or channel that is the right size to fab something up. And between now and whenever I get around to making it, if one happens to pop up on ebay for $10-$20 or so, not really worth the few hours involved in making something.

 

[DJ54]

I did a google search on what I thought was the cover, using it's part number from the Case/IH online parts book. Ritchie Equipment showed they had one in stock, but no price.

Just not sure if it was the right cover though...

 

[LD1]

Got the rear main installed, and engine all cleaned and prepped, and then painted. As well as some other accessories and what not.

Here is a pic of the shifter cover painted. Can hardly tell it was ever broke


And the rest of the painting done this morning

 

[LD1]

got the engine back on

 

[300UGUY]

Just out of curiosity, why do you have a hardness tester in your shop. I used to use one frequently, but never needed one for my tractors!

 

[LD1]

Wow, good eye. I cannot believe you spotted that with all of the clutter.

No real reason to have it, but it is handy for checking things before or after machining, or whatnot. The factory machine shop I used to work at had it. That placed closed last year and there were ALOT of things up for grabs that other plants did not want, all you had to do was request it. Things like nice wilton bench vise, hose real, electric cord reel, LED light real, old mag drill, puller set, Rockwell tester, to name a few.

Some of the pics you might be able to see the small steel rack with lots of round stock, pipe, and other short pieces. I made the rack while at work there, and got to take it home with me as well as everything on it when they closed. Not to mention the 45 or so 3ph electric motors that are under the white tarp that I have no clue what I am going to do with yet....

IT was a really good place to work, and they treated us real well when we left, cause everything I took, was just going to be thrown into a steel dumpster.

 

[300UGUY]

Wow, good eye. I cannot believe you spotted that with all of the clutter.

No real reason to have it, but it is handy for checking things before or after machining, or whatnot. The factory machine shop I used to work at had it. That placed closed last year and there were ALOT of things up for grabs that other plants did not want, all you had to do was request it. Things like nice wilton bench vise, hose real, electric cord reel, LED light real, old mag drill, puller set, Rockwell tester, to name a few.

Some of the pics you might be able to see the small steel rack with lots of round stock, pipe, and other short pieces. I made the rack while at work there, and got to take it home with me as well as everything on it when they closed. Not to mention the 45 or so 3ph electric motors that are under the white tarp that I have no clue what I am going to do with yet....

IT was a really good place to work, and they treated us real well when we left, cause everything I took, was just going to be thrown into a steel dumpster.

I worked for GM, at one time they were pretty good about selling or giving us stuff to be scrapped. But in the last few years, they got really shxxxity about everything, nothing was allowed. If you asked why, you were told "corporate policy". Never figured out why, but that's the breaks, I guess.

 

[LD1]

This place I worked used to be like that. Nothing was allowed to leave. Very upsetting seeing all the steel I threw away over the years knowing I could use it for projects.

All of that changed Last August when they announced they were shutting us down DEC 31st. You could take anything thrown out. And then once closed EVERYTHING that wasn't requested by sister plants was slated to be tosses. It was kinda a free-for-all.

 

[Varmint1]

I love the little John deere tractor under it

 

[LD1]

I love the little John deere tractor under it

Gotta love kids:laughing:

Here are a few more pics. Dont look like much done, but a bunck of small stuff. Motor accessories, covers under the trans/rear end, brakes on and adjusted, TA and main clutch adjusted, and the IPTO on and adjusted.

 

[Beltman60]

looks like ya got some good help there

 

[LD1]

Boy I sure do.:laughing:

New question for the masses though, I will post a new thread......

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=294643&p=3513150#post3513150

 

[LD1]

No more pics yet but some progress updates. I'll get some pics later this afternoon.

Had to repair the gas tank. It had epoxy on the bottom, so I figured it leaked at one time. But the epoxy was all cracked. Ground that off with a wire wheel and noticed it was soldered under. So thats why it wasnt leaking.

My intent was to weld the hole and put a patch over it. But solder and weld dont mix, so I re-soldered, tested for leaks, and put some more epoxy over that.

Also did some work on the hydraulic lines. One was re-welded before but looked like crap, one was brazed and looked good. Ground out the old weld and re-welded, but the brazed line was pretty close to the weld and I was worried it still might leak. So I welded the tube on the inside also and used a die grinder to clean that back up. Hopefully it wont leak now.

On the sheetmetal that surrounds the gas tank and steering wheel, there were some busted 10-32 screws in there. The switches and gauges are in separate covers that go screw into this piece. Was able to extract a few of the screws, but other ones that were broke, were just band-aided with teck screws, hole was too big, and not centered. So I welded them up, and re-drilled and tapped.

Got all of those parts painted this morning, so I may be able to do some more assembling this afternoon.

In the meantime, I got to work on cleaning up the rear wheels and front axle parts. I need to break the rear wheels off the rims, cause there were some patches on the wheels that look pretty bad. Gotta clean them up and make them look right.

 

[LD1]

Okay, more pics:

Here is the hydraulic tube. Didnt like the outside weld too much so thats why I welded inside. Dont even know why I am posting it, cause it looks like crap:laughing:



The gas tank


And them little 10-32 holes I had to repair

 

[LD1]

Here is the rims That need some TLC

 

[Soundguy]

on them hyd welds.

if it's hidden, ugly, and don't leak.. it works perfect.

what do you call a DR that graduated med school with a C minus

DR.

if ti works.. it works..

 

[LD1]

on them hyd welds.

if it's hidden, ugly, and don't leak.. it works perfect.

what do you call a DR that graduated med school with a C minus

DR.

if ti works.. it works..

Thats my thought. It should work just fine, especially with the tube welded on the inside. That welded really well since there was no braze there, it dont look it in the pics, cause I opened the hole back up with a die grinder some, but I am 99% sure it wont leak. and if it does, I'll blob some more weld on:laughing:

 

[LD1]

Here is the rims That need some TLC

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I think I am going to revert to plan B on the rims/tires....

The rims are worse than I though. Totally ate up on the inside. But the worst part, they are tweaked pretty good. On a flat floor, a good 1/2" tweaked. The center dish is also tweaked just as bad. And this is only the first rim I broke down. Not sure on the other...

A guy near me has a set of 23.1x26 combine tires with matching bolt pattern, center hole is the right size, and 9" offset should clear my fenders plenty. They are 8-ply, 50% tread or so, and not weather checked. Am going tomorrow to look at them unless anyone thinks this is a terrible idea?? They will make the rear axle sit about 5" higher, as the tires are about 10" bigger, but I like the 8-ply for doding bushhogging....

Asking price is $300, which I think I could sell my 28" tires and whats left of the rims for that. Cause 28" tires seem pretty scarce around here. We looked for months for a pair of tires for my brothers TO30. And I know I would have paid $300+ for these tires 3-4 months ago.

 

[Soundguy]

good call.

many times I have spent way too much time to save a rim that should have been trashed. ain't worth it.

easuer and time better spent searching want adds finding cheap older tires on good rims. have made some good buys at auctions and sales getting average rubber, but good rims and centers.. sometiems for the price of scrap weight almost.