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Well, I needed another project like I need a hole in the head, but the 63 Lawn Ranger was so ugly that I had to do something with it.... :banghead: First of all, ever since I drained the water out of the gearbox (and freed it up so it would roll) it's insisted on dripping 90 wt oil all over my garage floor. That pi$$ed me off enough to decide to put some axle seals in it. Well, I might as well pull it apart and have a look while I'm at it.... OK, the gearbox is done. So now I'm cleaning up a few bits and pieces, there is stuff spread from one end of the shop to the other, and I think "well, I should do the frame, and then as I get some of the small bits done I can bolt them back on the tractor instead of having to find some where to store them" :banghead: So I strip down the frame and take it to the sandblaster dude. After a week the sandblaster dude pi$$es me off, so I pick it up and clean it up myself (he wanted too much money anyway!). The battery box is pretty sad, and there's a couple of extra holes drilled in the frame. I ummed and aahed a bit for a while about patching the battery box, but in the end I cut the one off the 753 I'd bought from "Rustyoldjunk" a while back. It turned out OK except the last weld (thats supposed to be the best one right?) when the air compressor kicked in mid-weld and blew the fuse! A couple of plugs in the extra holes, and the frame looks passable now. Actually there's a few spots of heavy pitting, so there'll be a skim cat of bondo going on in places. Now I need to try and remember how to paint... To be continued....
