Boltin' er Together

Due to some kind of an odd-ball paint situation, all the darned sheet metal had to be sanded back down, had to be re-primed and is being repainted all over again as I write this.

Thanks to Migraine out in the Great Northwest, the last of the missing parts are finally in place now and the old gizmo is at long last being bolted back together again.

It's been a long, hard pull on this one, but it really looks like it's gonna be worth the wait.

Allan

Oh yeah, just my old 'ghosts' rearin' their ugly head again. I want it just like the old '72 was (This is probably why that 966 of Sloroll's gets my blood movin' too). :>(

Also, I think I'm still fighting the sellout to Tenneco, 'cause I have to have 'em absolutely "perfect" in every way possible when they leave the shop, then I stick the silly things out in the mud and the weather.

Sure enough got some kind of warped thinking going on around here. :>(

Allan

The front weight bracket and the weights themselves are another story all together and shall come to pass, probably sometime in April.

Since this country is so darned flat, front-end weights were not normally sold with new tractors and very few are ever seen on a tractor around here.

The only time I’ve ever seen them used on a 2-wheel drive tractor is when a feller is using a 12-row 3-point planter or a very heavy spinner plow.

Anyway, long story short, I've located a set but would rather not "yak" about it publically 'cause I don't want to betray the confidence of a friend.

Allan

This one was really odd-ball. One part would be all flakey and the part right next to it would be just fine.

And we know it didn't have any wax on it; 'twas a pretty sad ol' junker when I bought it.

Dunno,

Allan

No, I'll sure agree with ya. I don't know squat about this stuff.

This job is being done by a professional shop that has been in the business for something like 50 years. He's done a bunch of 'em and did this one just like he's always done in the past.

He did my 686 the same exact way and you can read a newspaper off it's the reflection in the paint; it is just like a mirror.

He told me that he thinks that he got in too big a hurry after the prep process and that the cleaner was still evaporating when he hit it with the gun. I dunno.

Sure felt sorry for him; one heck of a lot of work to do it all over again. But, he'll get 'er. He is just as picky as I am. :>)

I really like the way he handled those tires. Don't know what his secret is, but they come out lookin' like new and don't have that phoney Armor-All 'blackened' look to 'em.

Allan

They were talking about all this stuff and I remember him mentioning that. All this tech lingo goes right over the top of my head so don't really understand the process, I guess.

But, what I do know, is that this family has repaired tractors for us since the 50s and I wouldn't even think of anyone else so much as changin' a darned fan belt on any tractor of mine. :>)

They know what they're doin' and this unfortunate incident just happened is all. I'm sure not gonna throw any rocks at anyone.

Allan

This one was really odd-ball. One part would be all flakey and the part right next to it would be just fine.

And we know it didn't have any wax on it; 'twas a pretty sad ol' junker when I bought it.

Dunno,

Allan

I've never laid eyes on one that was a tilter.

Is the pull spring and the little lever support still in there? The part that has the threads for the lever?

I think it just screws in there, doesn't it? Maybe we can construct one with a cut-off stub bolt, a lock nut and an IH knob?

Dunno 'bout the PTOs. Never saw one without both speeds around this neck of the woods. The bigger tractors just have the 1,000 tho.

Allan