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[Farmwithjunk]

So........hows that paintin' goin' .Them pictures is few and far between !!!

The weather has been absolutely HORRIBLE for painting. Rain, with temps going up and down. 73 yesterday, rained all night and today. Temps down to 38 tonight. Everything is covered with condensation. No way I'd try to paint until this cycle breaks. Oh well....

I did get the flint grey shot before the rains came. I put everything back together so I can use the tractor. I'm moving a shed this weekend and need the Massey and my Ford both up and running. (12'X24' shed on skids. Dragging 1000' to back of property then torching it.)

This is typical of my life since we moved and stopped my farming addiction. Everything seems to get sidetracked and takes 10 times longer to get done.

I'll get a few pictures of the semi-finished paint job this weekend when I can get the 150 outdoors.

 

[scott_vt]

Hey Farm,
Good thread ! Like to talk about paint. I used just plain old enamel on the 49 Super A not even any hardener, maybe on the next tractor

I got the paint from Valu-Bilt Tractor. Nothing special and used my Porter & Cable HVLP gun to shot it, and I just used a little paint thinner to get it down to spray gun consistency. Ive seen nicer jobs but they used some pretty expensive urethane ppg paint, and I really didnt want to spend that kind of dough !

BTW, I took months not days to get it done, guess Im not movin that quick anymore

 

[BobG_in_VA]

Scott, did your Super A come with a Mag or did you replace the coil?? By the way, its another fine lookin' Farmall! BobG

 

[flusher]

Hey Farm,
Good thread ! Like to talk about paint. I used just plain old enamel on the 49 Super A not even any hardener, maybe on the next tractor

I got the paint from Valu-Bilt Tractor. Nothing special and used my Porter & Cable HVLP gun to shot it, and I just used a little paint thinner to get it down to spray gun consistency. Ive seen nicer jobs but they used some pretty expensive urethane ppg paint, and I really didnt want to spend that kind of dough !

BTW, I took months not days to get it done, guess Im not movin that quick anymore

You did a great job on your Farmall. Looks like it just came out of the showroom.
What did you use to degrease the engine?
I'm cleaning up a 1966 MF-135 diesel. Hope to get the painting started in a few days.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Alrighty then! Here's what's done so far. I still need to re-do the sheet metal. (paint) I'm not at all happy with the way it turned out on the first go-round. Planning to do the fenders as one job, then hood/weight rack/bumper as another. All the new parts and pieces are installed. ROPS is sandblasted and primed. It will go on as I re-do the fenders. I found and O.E.M. canopy to go with the ROPS.

Pic #1 is back before painting. This is what 34 years of hard work can do to the shine.

Pic#2 is shortly after first paint job. Notice grey is wrong color. It's a non-metallic enamel. I just wanted a good solid base for the correct paint.

Pics #s 3,4, and 5 are after the flint grey metallic was shot on the chassis. Not bad considering all this tractor has done in the last 35-3/4 years!

 

[flusher]

Really looks great, but I can understand where you're coming from since you're trying for a perfect restoration.

Hope my soon to be repainted MF-135 looks half as good.

 

[JJ. in B.C.]

Looking really pretty, your doin' a great job. I hope your not goin' to work it and get it all dirty after all that effort !! ........JJ.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Looking really pretty, your doin' a great job. I hope your not goin' to work it and get it all dirty after all that effort !! ........JJ.

I'm taking a couple days off work monday and tuesday. My bro-in-law is coming over to run the 3000 Ford and I'm on the 150. We're bush hogging the entire place, weed eating, and doing a general clean-up. He deer hunts on my place and helps with mowing in return.

The 150 won't sit idle. It's a working tractor.

 

[billbill1]

FWJ, it's probably just me, I thought that was a pretty fine looking machine in the early pictures. It looks great now. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[scott_vt]

Scott, did your Super A come with a Mag or did you replace the coil?? By the way, its another fine lookin' Farmall! BobG

Mornin Bob,
The tractor came with the mag, I know a lot of people switch over to a distributor but I like the mag

Hey Farm,
What a beautiful job on your tractor, that was certainly alot of effort and work, those two tone tractors are much more labor intensive !

BTW, didnt mean to steal your thread !