alabamafrog
Well-known Member
This is just a post about my 48ish A from start to finish;
The A was bought by Grandpa in the 1960’s as a spare tractor that matched his 47A and could be used for parts. It was not used much at all, always had problems with rusty fuel tank and carb. It was parked in the very early 80’s in a shed and was dragged outside around 1992 to make room for extra square hay. I drug it out of the bushes along with the 60 that was beside it in 2008. Original plans were to fix it and paint it pink for the wife as a mate to my 47A. However as the project progressed it was fairly apparent she had little interest in it.
Here it is when I first dragged it out from the field;
Here are some after the weeds and bushes got cleared off by Grandpa;
I picked it up and found some temporary wheels for it then took it home;
Engine was stuck but broke loose fairly easily after a few weeks of soaking the cylinders with penetrating oil. Among the problems encountered were, broken oil filter housing bolt base plate, stuck valves, lots of crap in cylinders, old welded head crack, completely rusted out gas tanks, etc…
After making the major repairs I started it and drove it around on the bad rims to make sure everything worked before going any further. (notice the clutch, its running in this pic)
Next it was time for a couple good soaking with oven cleaner and pressure washings, notice how that $1 a can stuff really strips her down;
Next my boy spent some time sanding and scraping while I did some prep work and then she was ready for a final oven cleaning and pressure washing then the PPG epoxy primer and then the PPG base and clear coat, we decided to not do any body work to show how good the original condition was on all our tractors, so no bondo or dent fixing;
Now she’s almost ready to go back to work;
To see all of the pictures go to this link;
http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj235/alabamafrog/Tractors/Bill Black A/
Thanks,
The A was bought by Grandpa in the 1960’s as a spare tractor that matched his 47A and could be used for parts. It was not used much at all, always had problems with rusty fuel tank and carb. It was parked in the very early 80’s in a shed and was dragged outside around 1992 to make room for extra square hay. I drug it out of the bushes along with the 60 that was beside it in 2008. Original plans were to fix it and paint it pink for the wife as a mate to my 47A. However as the project progressed it was fairly apparent she had little interest in it.
Here it is when I first dragged it out from the field;
Here are some after the weeds and bushes got cleared off by Grandpa;
I picked it up and found some temporary wheels for it then took it home;
Engine was stuck but broke loose fairly easily after a few weeks of soaking the cylinders with penetrating oil. Among the problems encountered were, broken oil filter housing bolt base plate, stuck valves, lots of crap in cylinders, old welded head crack, completely rusted out gas tanks, etc…
After making the major repairs I started it and drove it around on the bad rims to make sure everything worked before going any further. (notice the clutch, its running in this pic)
Next it was time for a couple good soaking with oven cleaner and pressure washings, notice how that $1 a can stuff really strips her down;
Next my boy spent some time sanding and scraping while I did some prep work and then she was ready for a final oven cleaning and pressure washing then the PPG epoxy primer and then the PPG base and clear coat, we decided to not do any body work to show how good the original condition was on all our tractors, so no bondo or dent fixing;
Now she’s almost ready to go back to work;
To see all of the pictures go to this link;
http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj235/alabamafrog/Tractors/Bill Black A/
Thanks,
