C-160-8

[pfrederi 17,739]

Trying to decide what to do with this C160.  have had the engine running no smoke or strange noises.  She drives but given no shifter boot I imagine tranny is pretty ugly in side...   I like the mechanical repair part and will pull the head ans she what she looks lkie.  I have  good machine shop near me so she may get full overhaul...problem is I do not have any need for her.  All my horses have assigned implements/duties with a couple back ups for mission critical stuff (mowing snow plowing).

 

It looks to me like the sheet metal is beyond a Marvel oil rub down.  However i do not like painting and all the prep work that goes with it.  I paint for corrosion control only (rattle cans on sheet metal, brush on tranny/frame.)

[rmaynard 15,469]

Give it to me and I'll make sure it has a loving home.

 

All kidding aside, an ad on classifieds and you will find her a new home quickly.

[ebinmaine 67,517]

I'd offer to babysit that for ya but @WHX?? would likely have a conniption. 

 

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[RJ Hamner 1,007]

I would offer it a home to go with his brother a C160H

[pfrederi 17,739]

Would have been helpful if I included the picture ..anything that can be done short of sanding and painting???  Not looking for a show queen just stop the corrosion..or slow it down

 

 

Edited November 13, 2023 by pfrederi

[ebinmaine 67,517]

45 minutes ago, pfrederi said:

just stop the corrosion..or slow it down

To do that simply.....

Just spray it with a penetrating oil.  

Or... Lightly sand or wire brush or steel wool it, then clear coat.  

 

 

[RJ Hamner 1,007]

Paul

I think its beyond Patina

From the pictures I don't see anything bent or rusted thru

It does have some serious potential though

It really needs some serious time in the blast cabinet

That being said.....you could do what EB posted  Just spray her down and hope for the best

How's the engine??????                                                                      

[pfrederi 17,739]

I have had the engine running drove her around no smoke no noises.  I am going to pull the head and see what she looks like

 

 

I suppose if I go the Marvel mystery oil route it wild make it exceedingly difficult for some future owner to paint. 

[ebinmaine 67,517]

7 minutes ago, pfrederi said:

I have had the engine running drove her around no smoke no noises.  I am going to pull the head and see what she looks like

 

 

I suppose if I go the Marvel mystery oil route it wild make it exceedingly difficult for some future owner to paint. 

 

It'd be an extra step to clean for sure. 

But.... Not unsolvable.  

 

Hot water. Decent degreaser. Pressure washer.  

It'll take a layer of whatever off the paint.   

 

 

[kpinnc 12,064]

9 hours ago, pfrederi said:

Not looking for a show queen just stop the corrosion..or slow it down

 

Looks like all of them I found in NC. They will clean up, although it can be an absolute bear.

 

Whatever you decide to do with it, good luck! One more C160 still living!

[ebinmaine 67,517]

2 hours ago, kpinnc said:

They will clean up, although it can be an absolute bear

 

Being an absolute Bear 🐻 myself I know exactly how that is! 

[Retired Wrencher 5,459]

Paul to me it looks like keeper. I would clean then use marvel. I have had one like this [Sitting under a tree for years] before and it came out good or good enough. That will be a great winter project. I think you will find it is handy to have a big block 16 around. If this was mine I would NEVER sell it.

Edited November 16, 2023 by Retired Wrencher

[ohiofarmer 3,276]

   I did a fender pan from a 1075 that had no visible red paint at all as a test. I kept bombing it and rinsing off the metal prep [oxalic acid] and the underlying metal with no paint turned black doing several applications. i hit the raised rust with 400 grit wet soapy paper and maybe thirty percent got red. The overall feel was sort of smooth and I hit that with rustoleum rattle can clear a few coats at a time and rubbed it down with 600 and 800 as the film built. then i used 1200, 1500, and 2000 grit and buffed it and she took on a beautiful marbled finish.

   So long as the metal is straight, there is a way.  Of course, patina with oil is perfectly fine and much easier.  Just something I tried on a basket case that turned out well. 

   One thing to remember is that the satin and semi gloss clears will still work under the gloss coats and will set up faster to build up some depth. If you add gloss over them too soon, the first coats will wrinkle. Some of the older tractors had black primer and that helps as well

Edited November 19, 2023 by ohiofarmer