Deal on a 1000

[scgtguy]

I like that yellow detail on the headlite screen ... I did mine traditional black ... looking forward to seeing it together.

B.

[Cubcrazy]

Coming along nicely!

[ACecil]

Originally Posted by sawdustdad

Progress pics

Got the lift installed (thanks, Lew), front tires mounted, and the manual lift arm installed. Installed headlights in the hood, and did some more painting of parts. Supposed to go pick up the dash tower, rear rims, and a couple snow blades from the sandblaster tomorrow.

Looks awesome!

[Alvy]

Looks great. Your choice of front ags is definitely growing on me, it's almost like your signature move in some of your restores, I like it. BTW can you take a pic of the creeper lever from the side for me before you put it in. I hate to ask but my creeper in the 108 doesn't have enough throw in the forward direction to get it into high unless the tunnel cover cutout is lengthened and I was just wanting to see if your handle has a bend or is it straight. Thanks again.

[sawdustdad]

Originally Posted by Alvy

Looks great. Your choice of front ags is definitely growing on me, it's almost like your signature move in some of your restores, I like it. BTW can you take a pic of the creeper lever from the side for me before you put it in. I hate to ask but my creeper in the 108 doesn't have enough throw in the forward direction to get it into high unless the tunnel cover cutout is lengthened and I was just wanting to see if your handle has a bend or is it straight. Thanks again.

Hi, Alvy! I had to lengthen the slot on my 108, too, to get the gear to work. On my 148R (built on a 108 chassis), I bent the lever enough to avoid that problem and it works fine with the stock slot. I won't know if this lever fits until I get it installed and then I'll bend the lever and fashion an extension as needed to get it to fit. It's a trial and error thing. I'll try to document the lever geometry for you. It will be a week or more before I get to that point I think.

This is the second tractor that I've put ags on the front. I really like the look, even if it's a little silly. Kind of a macho thing, I think. At my age, I need all the machismo I can muster. My orange tractor has ags on the front but it also has 4WD.

[cubcadet]

Originally Posted by sawdustdad

Progress pics

Got the lift installed (thanks, Lew), front tires mounted, and the manual lift arm installed. Installed headlights in the hood, and did some more painting of parts. Supposed to go pick up the dash tower, rear rims, and a couple snow blades from the sandblaster tomorrow.

Coming along great.

[sawdustdad]

Continuing to build. Finally standing on her own 4 feet.

Mounted and filled the rear tires. I use a cheap pump from HD or Lowes, with the valve stem adapter. (from Yosemite Sam's web site?). Run the pump, partially filling tire, then unplug it occasionally, and excess air is released back into the bucket. Do that a few times (maybe 5 or 6), and 6 gallons later, the tire is nearly full. Leave room for some air, replace valve stem, inflate to desired pressure. Voila!

Painted the dash tower. Once that's dry, I can continue assembly. Waiting on some creeper parts--my test of the creeper gear revealed no leaks, but the front seal looks iffy, so I think I'll replace it now while it's on the bench.

Ordered another steering gear so when that arrives, the steering can be installed.

[Cubcrazy]

Awesome! Keep the pics coming!

[darkminion_17]

Looking good Frank.
Is it me or is the front sitting a little higher?

[sawdustdad]

Originally Posted by darkminion_17

Looking good Frank.
Is it me or is the front sitting a little higher?

Must be an optical illusion, Lew. At least it's not intentional on my part. But looking at the pictures, I can see that, too.