Next Winter Project

Got Dad's 2N in the barn yesterday, just in for a paint job and a tune up, and a couple minor fixes.

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Got the sheet metal off, now to get the grime off.

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Straight looking old tractor. Wouldn't scare me at all.
Getting the grime off could be a challenge in the winter.
Unless you can pressure wash indoors.
Looking forward to the "after" pictures!
 
I wouldn't pressure wash indoors! Make a
heck of a mess unless a dedicated wash bay.
Take it outside and wash with hot water and
bring it back in to dry that's what we do
at work in winter
 
"Make a heck of a mess unless a dedicated wash bay."

I totally agree with that!
It also makes a heck of an ice mess outside in the winter.
Slip hazards, people falling and getting hurt, not worth the liability.
So I'm limited to doing my pressure washing in warmer weather.
 
(quoted from post at 22:06:18 01/24/16) "Make a heck of a mess unless a dedicated wash bay."

I totally agree with that!
It also makes a heck of an ice mess outside in the winter.
Slip hazards, people falling and getting hurt, not worth the liability.
So I'm limited to doing my pressure washing in warmer weather.

I put a French drain in the center of the floor of the first tractor shed I built. Concrete is pitched to funnel water into it and it works really well. I regret not doing the same in the big shop....

TOH
 
Cleaned a Farmall one very long and hard winter a few years back.
In the shop, putty knife, brushes, rags, etc, and a spray bottle of
cleaner.....re-filled oh about a hundred times......
One square inch at a time. Took a while, but it was so cold and snowy that winter, nothing better to do..............
 
Update on the 2N, after about 2 5gal buckets full of grime scraped off of it. It spent the night in grey primer and then today we shot it red.
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Progress.. back on the wheels..

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Still have to clean the rear tires from the overspray, mineral spirits working well for that.

Lots of small parts to paint, and place now, but its going well so far.
 
I can't remember if your dad is still around . . . hope so.

I'll bet you're making trips to the barn with no purpose other than to admire your handiwork. :D

You said you were using min spirits to clean the rubber.
Did you do any masking of the rubber or greasing? Just wondering.

Terry
 
Yes Dad is still with me, he bought this tractor in the spring of 2015, and used it the same day to blade the driveway.

Unless I mess something up, it runs great, and only smokes a little, but we think that might be because the plug wires were draped over the exhaust and one was burnt through, it had a bad miss. As most old tractors, he needed a few things, breather cap, seat, steering wheel, the clutch rod had been broken, and lap welded, so they flipped the inspection cover and we had a high step clutch... and the wiring was a mess.

I basically helped him round up parts like lights and other things a little at a time and told him when we had enough we could bring it down to the barn and paint it and put all the new stuff on.

Dad's level of patience is about 10 ticks below mine though, so when I'm working on something I have to keep him on task, or he'll be walking around with a hammer trying to smack out every little dent and ding... usually making more work for me later... and his idea of 'I think thats ready to paint" and mine are not the same heheh, he's in a hurry to get it back together...

But overall its a fun thing to have him help and be in the barn with me, he's 67 this year, and his retirement leaves him bored a lot, so this is a good deal for both me and mom as it gets him out of the house a bit.
 
Dad is already talking about buying another one to fix up, not that he needs one at home, but I could probably use one down here on the farm, and I do enjoy the work.

I don't get in a rush, I just build a fire in the wood stove, and look around and find some part to start on, and see how it goes, with my boy's car in the back of the barn I don't have a ton of space for painting, so lots of waiting on parts to dry and then paint some more.
 

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