I am excited to see you continue your restore. so far, its looking amazing. You went a lot deeper then I did. I didn't blast down my frame, axel or the hydro unit. You got a great deal on your blasting....I took my to a local guy and had everything blasted minus the items I listed above and it cost me $300. Something the wife wasn't pleased with. But, keep up the good work. I can't wait to see the rest of your progress.:beerchug:

Looks good! What part of Missouri are you in?

Thanks guys,

Bocephus, im out of Fort Leonard Wood.

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Gijazbo now would the best time to have that blasted engine mount welded. There's a few threads floating around about it. And I'll ruffle some feathers I'm sure by saying..don't use shock absorber rubber cushions to mount the engine. There are a few suppliers of the kits.

Got some more work done, it is slowly resembling a garden tractor again.

Quick question though, has anyone had an internal brake pad pop out. When i pulled the cover off during teardown, there was a little puck that i thought was a magnet (like in some oil pans). Turns out it is a brake pad, but i cant see how it would just squeek out of there :bigthink:

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Looking very nice.

If your guy hasn't started on your fender pan, you may want to reconsider blasting it. Work-Hardening isn't much of an issue on thicker parts such as the frame, but blasting tends to leave the thin stuff a bit brittle.

Got the chance to do a little more work this weeekend. NEVER AGAIN will i use rattle cans. This was my first tractor job and i thought by the size i would be looking at a few rattle cans, boy... was i wrong. Anywho, just waing on some other little pieces and finishing up some paint.

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Next weekend i will slap the rest of the sheet metal on, square up the linkage, and give the carb a bath. I was going to pull the whole engine apart and rebuild, but time is becoming of the essence (plow season). So i will run it until spring and tear it down for a good overhaul.

Last thing, has anyone had any luck with that $10.00 seat cushion from colemans. Its probably a unicorn that sells blinker fluid, but maybe someone has some input.

http://store.colemans.com/cart/repla...7s3agbmk83g7b1

Did you make any new progress over the weekend? maybe this weekend......?

"Last thing, has anyone had any luck with that $10.00 seat cushion from colemans. Its probably a unicorn that sells blinker fluid, but maybe someone has some input."

No.
I'm guessing that the quality will match the price; very low. :bigthink:

You did a remarkable job rattle-canning those fenders. It's just about impossible to get the paint to flow out fast enough on a piece that big. You are right on about not going that way again. Nothing magical about spraying with HVLP. It's just like a big ol' rattle can that doesn't run outta paint as soon!

:beerchug: