Original Assembly Begins...

[dieseldan123]

Originally Posted by happyhab

Lots of snow today - my son sure wishes he could be plowing with this unit....hopefully soon....maybe next week?

The fenders did go on the other night as planned, but the shop got pretty tore up and it wouldn't have done the 'fenders' any justice to be shooting pics of them in such a mess. My son and I are thrilled about how they look.

I was able to get an exhaust manifold put together. It took two tries as the first assembly we threw together the other night was interfering with the grill surround. We added and extension to the muffler and have a little rain cap for it too. We're not sure if we are going to clamp the muffler on or just permanently weld it in place....what are the chances of it ever needing to be replaced anyways...

On a recent post, I shoed pictures of a double vee drive pulley we modified to suit the vtwin, giving us two drive ratios by simply unbolting and flipping over. Well, the exhaust ate up the room we needed for it, so it is over at my buddy's machine shop getting parted back down to one.

Can anyone guess where the gas tank is going? Hint (last pic).

I'm planning to fabricate a custom gas tank from 5" or 6" diameter tubing.

***I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE***

Can someone with a rear implement lift lever give me reference dimensions from the fender mounting pan to the highest point of the cast lift arm when it is in the raised position? Maybe one horizontal dimension from the edge of the pan to the top edge of the lever and a vertical dimension from the upper lip of the pan to the top of the lever. I need to make sure that the tank doesn't interfere with it as we plan to add one to this tractor (if we could ever find one....)

Thanks in advance for your help!

Looking Good! I like the stack, rain cap, and the white fenders

Where exactly did you get the parts for the exhaust? That style of rain cap i get from my Case IH dealer.

[fleetlines]

Originally Posted by happyhab

PM sent, need you email to send details. Cheers

Here are a few shots of how the 3 pt hitch with spring assist is set up on my Original. The measurements I sent were accurate. These may show differently because of the angle of the camera. I hope it helps.

[fleetlines]

The machine is looking very good. I like the white fenders also. That is a real hit. I may be able to help out with your custom graphics as I do custom graphics and I cut small and large vinyl images from time to time. I am looking forward to pics of it completed.

[happyhab]

Originally Posted by dieseldan123

Looking Good! I like the stack, rain cap, and the white fenders

Where exactly did you get the parts for the exhaust? That style of rain cap i get from my Case IH dealer.

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I got the muffler from Napa and the rain cap from TSC, although it will need some modifying to work properly as our exit pipe is not 1.5" diameter...

[happyhab]

Well, we made our first move under power last night. We had to rig a gas can up to fuel it as our custom fuel tank has not been built yet. My son found the 'puller' clutch spring a little stiff, but I think he'll grow into it. Worst case, I'll pull it all apart and put the old spring back in for the next few years until the boy is a little longer and stronger. Anyway, he was putting around the yard with it proud as proud can be. The vtwin sounds sweet and I'll be posting some video to youtube at some point in time.

The bad news....

There is a small ticking sound in 1st gear and reverse. My guess is a chipped tooth on one gear that makes contact in both 1st and reverse. Any ideas....?

[happyhab]

I split the tractor this afternoon and discovered that the 1st/reverse top gear was missing a tooth. $ hours later, the job was done, including sourcing the replacement parts from another Original that we have. I also took some tile while the clutch assembly was half way out to remove our puller spring and replace with the original one. The puller spring was just too stiff for my 10 year old son. Back in business.

3" of snow today and we hope to get the plow on tomorrow afternoon.

[happyhab]

For those of you following this post, you've already read about a custom fuel tank installation for this machine. Today I finally had some time to fabricate it. This post will cover the mounting bracket itself. After much deliberation, we decided to mount the tank on the seat spring. This 'invisible' mount keeps the tractor looking very clean. I used a piece of 2" wide channel and bent it a little so it would nest onto the seat spring. Then I welded plates to either end of the channel that overlap the sides of the seat spring to keep the tank from trying to pivot on the mounting bolt holes. I put masking tape on the spring to protect it while I drilled through the entire assembly to locate the mounting holes quickly and accurately. There are nuts welded to the back of the channel for easy install/disassembly. When the tank finally gets mounted, I have a piece of rubber gasket that will go in between the channel and the seat spring.

[happyhab]

The tank is made from 5" exhaust pipe. I used a weld on filler neck and cap from a hydraulics shop. I modified the cap inside to be leak free, but still vented. It came with a nice strainer as well which should help prevent fuel sloshing up into the neck. I wanted a large opening to make it easier for my son to fuel up the tractor. The jury is out as to whether or not the cap will be painted...

Back to the fabricating....as you can see I welded on an intermediate plate between the tank mount and tank. This will prevent cracks that would typically form as the tank stresses at the mounting point in a design like this. Have a look at the side view and can see how the tanks mounts using the bracket from my last post.

We used a 1/4" pipe fitting for the outlet and plan on running steel fuel line to the engine with a couple pieces of rubber fuel hose connecting it to the tank and motor.

The overall build went very smoothly and when I leak tested it, she was leak free! Anyhow, off to the sand blasting cabinet and now it is hanging with a coat of primer.

[happyhab]

Follow this link to see our Cub idling. This is our first post to Youtube, so please excuse the poor quality....going to try with a better camera next time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyp8X...ature=youtu.be

[Sam Mac]

Awesome work ! Can't wait to see this one finished. Way to pretty to use and get dirty.