Posted by JDseller on May 22, 2011 at 16:26:18 from (208.126.196.144):
I have restored several over the years. Some just got tunes up and painted and others a complete tear down. How deep have you gotten on one??
I did my 1972 JD 4020 PS about five or six years ago. It was a complete tear down and everything brought back to new or better. I had a real good year in the repair business the year before and my grand father bought it new. So I did not worry about the cost. I just made it new again. I figured the out of pocket cost when I was done. I had over fifteen thousand in it without any labor. I kind of did a double take when I was done too. LOL I then thought about it. What could I have bought new that was 90 hp for that money??? Nothing that was of good quality. On the plus side that tractor gets used everyday. All of us like how it handles so it does a lot of work.
Now my current project is a money loser and will never be used enough to pay out. My only excuse is I don"t have hobbies or motorcycles so I spend my fun money on my farm toys. That is what I keep telling the wife. LOL
It is a 1958 Ford Gold 981 diesel. I have always wanted one. My Great Uncle had one with a Ford corn picker on it. He harvested all of the families corn for many years with it. Really up until 1970 when my Grand Father bought a JD 95 combine and started shelling some of the corn for the hogs. Any way this one came up last year. I an the first owner other than the selling dealer. That is right they kept this tractor and used it on their lot even after they became just a car dealer. I decided that this piece of history needed keeping. So I took it down the the castings. I rebuilt the SOS trans, Complete engine over haul, Re-manufactured the fuel system complete, Replaced the complete steering system (had the pump removed and control value blocked when I got it), Replace every bearing in the complete drive line, I rebuilt the entire electrical system including a new wiring harness, and all NOS gages including the tachometer. I am down to painting it. You may have seen my posting on the paint and body work forum. I have been having trouble the last few paint jobs having too many dust specks in them when done. So I am getting this tractor painted by a antique car painter. My wife just figured up what I will have in it when done without any of my labor counted. $13,400.
Yes I am crazy for putting this much into a $4000-5000 dollar tractor. I am getting to the point that I hate to work on my own stuff when I want to use/play with it. I have several tractors you have to play with to get them going. I did not want this one that way. I plan on showing it quite a lot starting next year. My wife is going to retire and we are going to shows/travel some.
So what have any of you gone crazy on??? It can be tractors, cars, trucks, you name it. We will all just nod our heads as everyone of us has done it to a degree at some time in our life.
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