09-29-2017, 02:10 AM
I made a fair start on the tractor overhaul. One thing leads to another, I had to repair my mig welder so I could make a pair of splitting stands, they worked like a charm rolling the front end away with the engine cantilevered off the front subframe.
Took a few hours to get to this stage, having a loader on the tractor sure makes splitting it a big job.
I'm hoping I can chuck the flywheel in the lathe to face it, it's crazed pretty badly. A few other machining jobs to do on it, bushes here and there. I've been trawling the scrap yards for a suitable piece of plate to fabricate a new loader bucket, no luck yet. If I have to buy the steel from a merchant I'll be patching the old bucket.
As well as the clutch, I've got a new hydraulic pump to go in it, going to strip down the 3-point lift business as well, I'll be learning on the go there. New radiator and water pump, have to overhaul the power steering unit, I'm thinking of giving it a set of rings & bearings while I've got it in bits.
Took a few hours to get to this stage, having a loader on the tractor sure makes splitting it a big job.
I'm hoping I can chuck the flywheel in the lathe to face it, it's crazed pretty badly. A few other machining jobs to do on it, bushes here and there. I've been trawling the scrap yards for a suitable piece of plate to fabricate a new loader bucket, no luck yet. If I have to buy the steel from a merchant I'll be patching the old bucket.
As well as the clutch, I've got a new hydraulic pump to go in it, going to strip down the 3-point lift business as well, I'll be learning on the go there. New radiator and water pump, have to overhaul the power steering unit, I'm thinking of giving it a set of rings & bearings while I've got it in bits.
Lathe (n); a machine tool used in the production of milling machine components.
Milling Machine (n); a machine tool used in the production of lathe components.
Milling Machine (n); a machine tool used in the production of lathe components.