Eyecatcher
Gold Member
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2012
- Messages
- 362
- Location
- Pomona Park Florida
- Tractor
- Yanmar EX450, Ford 8N/2N, Case 580C backhoe, Massey 185
I'm right in the middle of restoring an old 8N that was run hard and left wet! Both rear wheels were shot, and the front ones weren't in real good shape. I found a pair of top hat used wheels that were sandblasted and painted. Wasn't happy with the paint job, so stripped and painted again. All 4 of the wheels were badly pitted on the inside when the sandblasting removed all the old rust. One of the rears had the sheet metal cover over the hat section pretty well destroyed, so I wrapped that center section with a 5" wide strip of fiberglass cloth and resin. I then painted all 4 wheels on the inside with brushable gel coat and they are pretty nice.
Very smooth and shiny. One rear tire still had the nubs on it, he other probably 50%+. I purchased new tubes, since other were in pretty bad shape. I purchased new 3 rib 19" tires for the front, but am trying to clean up the old tubes and reuse them They hold air, but have a lot of rust bonded to the inner surface from the rusty wheels. I've got one of them soaking in a mild muriatic acid mixture to see if it will loosen that rust.
I've used the acid to remove unwanted metal before, don't know why it won't work. My question now is, with new tires and used tubes, do I need to coat heavily with talc? How about the old tires and new tubes. Getting the rears broken down a reassembled isn't cheap, I don't want to do it twice, and I can't afford new tires at this point.
Very smooth and shiny. One rear tire still had the nubs on it, he other probably 50%+. I purchased new tubes, since other were in pretty bad shape. I purchased new 3 rib 19" tires for the front, but am trying to clean up the old tubes and reuse them They hold air, but have a lot of rust bonded to the inner surface from the rusty wheels. I've got one of them soaking in a mild muriatic acid mixture to see if it will loosen that rust.
I've used the acid to remove unwanted metal before, don't know why it won't work. My question now is, with new tires and used tubes, do I need to coat heavily with talc? How about the old tires and new tubes. Getting the rears broken down a reassembled isn't cheap, I don't want to do it twice, and I can't afford new tires at this point.
