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: Tyler, if you trace your images I would recommend using two different colored pencils for each image. Its vary easy to drop a line or two on the secound pass. Thats why I make ponce patterns for multiple Images. And if you use masking tape start applying it at the bottem of the area and overlape about quarter inch That way when your knife gets dull it will not tare as much, so keep lots of blade on hand. And if you can pull the mask before the paint has dried the edges will flatten out. I say these thing for experience,I've been lettering signs and trucks for many years. And yes it took a lot of time to make the bearing fit. But it was worth it. I'm working on my MHF 404 backhoe now rear axle bearings. Least I do not have to jack it up. Tyler
: I'm glad to hear you were successful with the bearing shimming. To do it that way is very tedious. You probably sanded and checked many times to get it right. That's what it is all about when you can't find parts -- you make them fit.
: Boy! I've sure done it on this CASE 420B backhoe tractor with all the cannibalized parts. : I haven't gotten around to painting on the graphics. I designed the lettering in AutoCAD to the best that I could determine by looking and what few pictures I've seen. Yes, I have printed a full size out on the printer. My plan is when the paint on it now has had a couple of weeks curing, I would apply masking tape over the area and use blue "carbon" paper and trace the image onto the tape and use a razor knife to trim out the image. Then I was going to use black spray paint. Fortunately, the industrial tractors were "transport yellow" with black lettering. : Thanks for your interest in my project. : Good luck on your bearings and watch the oil pressure. You may schedule a tear-down in a few months to check for wear. I had a Ford 428 Cobra-Jet that had a slightly bent rod and would wear the bearing unevenly and wore the crankshaft in just a few weeks. I required turning the crank and getting the rods straighten, but I wish I would have found it sooner before the crank was damaged. : Ken McWilliams
: Dayton, Ohio
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: : I pulled the pan off and plastic gauge all the bearing and mic the journals
: : The 1st and 4th where smaller I used .002 shime material under each bearing
: : and trimed the bearing down with a peice of glass and emery to keep them square.
: : This brought all the bearing to a .002 clearance after regauging. Even increased : : my oil pressure by three pounds the 18. The knock is gone. : : PS. Did you letter your backhoe yet? If not use you printer to make a pattern, : : then take a brad nail and perforate the outline. turn over and lightly sand to open
: : holes. You can put white contact paper on the area you wish to apply the graphics
: : then tape the pattern over it. To transfer the image, place some blue chalk in the center
: : of a 6"x6" cloth and tie into ball. Pounce the pattern and rub. The image can now be cut
: : with a X-acto type knife. Peel and paint, if you are wooried about bleeding under the mask
: : just paint first with base color then with top coat color. Or if your handy with a quill ( lettering brush )
: : just pounce right to area and skip the mask.
: : Hope this helps. : : Tyler North East Ohio
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