1450 revival
 

Been rebuilding my recent 1450 acquisition. I've disassembled the entire machine and am now reassembling after cleaning/painting/refurbishing parts as needed. I'll see if I can upload some pics of progress to date. The hood is missing the rear stationary hood latch bracket (assuming vibration caused spot welds to fail because I can see evidence of something having been attached there). My request is: Does someone have a picture of the hood latch arrangement that operates with the factory spring latch. I need something to reference to see if I can duplicate what was once there. Thanks in advance for any information anyone may be able to provide.

Here you go

Doug,

Wow! Quick reply, thanks so much. I should be able to fab something up that will work similar to what is shown. Won't be factory, but I'm only trying to make this a dependable working machine (and minimize as many rattles as I can). With that in mind, what keeps the bottom front of the side panels from rattling against the frame rails? I see there is only the back wingnut and front spring to hold the panels in place??? Is it just pressure against the rubber weatherstripping on the "heat baffle" (IH-106501-C94) that dampens this movement? I've never heard this thing run so I'm guessing at what I think should be, or what makes reasonable sense (this is my first Quietline involvement). I have a 127 with a tiller (and spring assist) but the hyd lift spoke to me! Hope I like the 1450 as much as I like the narrow frame for the simplicity.

Here's a few pics of before and progress to a week ago:

Nothing! They just sit in at the bottom, attach together with the spring at the top front and are bolted solid with the screw at the back. Side panels don't seem to rattle, it's the hood that does all of the rattling around.

Yeah, I don’t find my panels rattle. Hood does a little.

Curious if mine will shake, something to look forward to when I finally get this thing running. At least mine has the side panels, I understand that a lot of them get taken off then misplaced or tossed. I picked up a lot of the incidental pieces that were missing (muffler shroud, tunnel cover, gearshift cover piece, etc.). I found a wonderful supplier of old parts not too far from me (western NC/SC border) who was very happy to help with missing parts (at a reasonable price too!). He is a tinkerer and ended up putting a '57 chevy small block into a 2082 because someone said it couldn't be done. The only real problem was the original axles got twisted off until he upgraded them to something a bit more stout. 200+ hp is probably more than IH had intended with the garden tractor in mind. The thing actually looks "normal" other than being stretched a bit, and the vertical straight headers he has installed that shoot flame when he feeds pressurized fuel to the exhaust stack.......quite the eye opener when you're not expecting it! Anyway, back to my more mundane project at hand. Thanks to those for answering my questions.
More pics of the progress to follow.......soon.

I am in the starting stages of reassembling a pair of QL's. Just trying to get all the pieces together for now. I will be watching your progress with interest.

Been a while since my last post but here's a few pictures of my progress.

Rear end and tower installed, engine installed (easier to get to front oil pan bolts with front axle out), front axle installed, remade head tin. Will add others as time allows. Taking advantage of "stay at home" orders to change rear deck contractor PT boards to something of a better quality. Paint parts, work on deck, next day paint more parts, back to deck. Get to work on the tractor and also keep the wife happy! Hope this thing runs when I get done. If not, it comes apart again for a rebuild. When I had the oil pan off, it looked real clean and tight inside. It's got a .020 piston in it so someone's been inside it before, just hope they knew the basics! The head tin was in sad shape so I made a new one. Should be good enough to direct the air where it needs to go.

Tractor's looking great! You do nice work.:beerchug:

Looking good, keep the updates coming.