doall
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You are good Soundguy. That is going to be a great looking old machine. Keep us updated. Thanks.
my winter project
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- Getting old. Sold the ranch. Sold the tractors. Moved back to the city.
Don't know where SG gets his paint, but I'm restoring a 1951 Minneapolis Moline BF tractor
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...62478-mid-mount-milimeter-bf-restoration.html
and got the grey primer, the cherry red and the prairie gold paint from Equipment Color
http://www.equipmentcolor.com/.
I use the AIC acrylic enamel with the AIR10 reducer and a $40 HVLP sprayer from Harbor Freight. Equipment Color has most of the old and newer tractor colors in their product line. It's not the most expensive tractor paint, but it's not the cheapest either.
Good luck with your restoration. I have a 1951 Farmall Super A that's scheduled for the paint shop after the MM BF is out of there.
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TSC 30$ a gallon paint plus hardner ( all valspar ) I use the regular.. not the restoration quality.
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it's been tooth and nail. this is by far the roughest one I've worked on in terms of abuse. dozens of broiken bolts and studs.. bad pto.. loose 3pt lift arm studs.. NO charge system.. just a few ratty burned up wires and switches and a battery and a pulley cobbled in place of a gen or alt.
bad tires up fron.. loose and mismatched front hubs.. thought the axles were damages when i saw repair nuts ont hem.. but threads look decent..
rear power adjsut rims welded solid all the way around
AND adjusted differently each side???????!!!every kind of goober fix like brazing and welds... ruined sheet metal except I salvaged the doglegs..e tc..
front bolster is pretty worn.. but it steers..
tough love case for sure..
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got to work today.. but got the air cleaner painted, as well as the metal air cleaner tube. also got the fuel line installed.
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got home, got the vreg on and got her all wired back up.. everything except headlamps.. stillgot work to do on the lamp shells, got ignition an all wired back up. got dash, cowel, hood and grill back on and solid as well as the air cleaner.. etc. steering wheel is on as well.
that's it for today.
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that's it for today.
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whodat526
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looking nice what color or u painting the lug nuts
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like I mentioned before.
those front and rear rims are not staying on the tractor.. they are coming off for a winter restoration. the rear rims are PA and some goober welde dthem up solid.
thus I left the rims on to hold the tractor up so i could paint it. way better than jack stands..
I have a spare set of rubber and rims leaning against the fence that are going on that machine.
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whodat526
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yes but i seen the lug nuts was still primed and i have redone a few and just thing u are making this one look really good and wonted to know what u going to do with the lug nuts cause some people paint them the same color as the rims and that dont look right
but i wish people would just not touch a tractor if they dont know what they are doing them tractors look good with the pa rims on them in my opionin
but i wish people would just not touch a tractor if they dont know what they are doing them tractors look good with the pa rims on them in my opionin
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yep.. for sure the nuts will be painted.. and I agree.. I have no clue as to why someone welde dup the PA rims. there is no rust on them.. and aside from 1 single keeper missing.. the rims look solid.. all the guy with the welder did was near ruin them...
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