Winter Project 122

[cadetmike]

Originally Posted by jbrewer

Looks good !

It may match the color of your finger?

Haha yeah pretty close!

[cadetmike]

Just a little update:

I ordered a decal set for a 100 so the colors will be red not blue, I will probably not be applying the numbers though since it is not a 100.

I ordered new rear tires, I went with 23x10.5 Tru Powers, delivered for $185 for the pair. I thought that was pretty good.
I mounted my 4x8 front tires on the wide rims that came with the WF axle. They look a little goofy, but the look is growing on me.

I also should be hearing back from the machine shop on the engine soon, it should be done this week

The new wiring harness I ordered from Mike should be here today or tomorrow.

On top of all that in case I didn't have enough to do, I started fabricating a dozer blade so I can push a little dirt around once its all done.
It will be power up and down via dual 12v actuators like I have on the rear.
The lifting frame and blade will disconnect from the tractor completely, kind of like a minute mount snow plow.
That way when I am not using it there will be no ugly frame work hanging off the front of the tractor.
The blade itself is a no name snow plow blade so I didn't feel bad chopping it up a bit.

I will post some pictures of it later, it is still in the early stages of design.

[twoton]

Originally Posted by cadetmike

......I will post some pictures of it later,........

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[cadetmike]

As promised I have more pics

Here is the frame to which I will attach the actuators and blade for the dozer blade I am building, don't look too hard at the welds, they are rather embarrassing... my welder struggles with 1/4"+.
The upper cross-member will hold the top end of the actuators and the lower will have pivots for the blade.
To remove the entire assembly, I will just have to remove the upper and lower through pins and unplug the actuators.
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I also added a brace for the factory frame bracket, I felt it would be sturdier if some of the stress was transferred back further in the frame.
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Ok back to the boring stuff.
I noticed while prepping the rear rims, that I have two different rims!! The main differences are the bead seat shape, and the stem size... anyone know which is factory?
I believe the one on the right with the flat bead seat is supposed to be used with a tube...?
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I threw the bulkhead on only to realize I will need to remove it to put the dash decal on but it looked so good I left it on
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[cubs-n-bxrs]

Nice looking project Mike. It was nice to meet you a while back. Glad the axle is working out for you. When you get done with that I have a 70 roller you need. LOL

[cadetmike]

Originally Posted by cubs-n-bxrs

Nice looking project Mike. It was nice to meet you a while back. Glad the axle is working out for you. When you get done with that I have a 70 roller you need. LOL

Haha don't tempt me!! lol

[cadetmike]

Been a little while since I last posted here; I have been taking care of some other projects for a few days, so I didn't get much "cub time" as you all call it.

A bunch of parts arrived for the cub, so I felt the urge to begin work on that again. Started to put the clutch together tonight, I am going with a red spring to get a little more bite. I found the friction plates to be quite pitted and rough, probably should be replaced but I decided to try to dress them up a little instead. I don't have any fancy expensive equipment, so using the tools I have I came up with a way to resurface the plates. I ran a 5/8 bolt through the center and chucked it up in my drill press. Clamped down some sand paper and away we went; sure glad I got the model with the 5/8 chuck.
Now I know this is not the proper way to do this, and it isn't prefect, but it seemed to work quite well, and lets face it this is not a Lamborghini
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I also recieved the decals I ordered, so I put the dash sticker on so I could bolt that down... Now I'm no expert, but it think it looks pretty good.
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[jbrewer]

Looks very good Mike. That disk should work fine as long as you back off on the 8,000 RPM bang shifts.

[cadetmike]

Originally Posted by jbrewer

Looks very good Mike. That disk should work fine as long as you back off on the 8,000 RPM bang shifts.

Thanks jbrewer!... Boy I don't know... it's gonna be hard, I got that need for speed, especially when I get on my lawn mower

[jbrewer]

You want to be on the step when you hit the patch of Bermuda....