Work Horse GT1600 restoration and conversion to Hydro

[ebinmaine 67,417]

Niiiiice

[cleat 5,922]

Rear end wire brushed, sanded, primed, and painted high gloss black.

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,417]

Interesting method of holding the transmission case off the ground. 

Have to remember that...

 

 

[cleat 5,922]

Just a piece of 3/4" rod at the rear and a 3/8" bolt at the front with 3 jack stands.

I use the tractor loader to lift it up.

 

I will take pictures of the rigging when I put it back inside.

[cleat 5,922]

Rear end rigged for lifting.

 

 

[cleat 5,922]

Rear end moved to the shop and sat on jackstands.

This is how it will rest until next winter.

 

 

[c-series don 8,687]

 @cleat What kind of paint did you use on the rear end? 

[cleat 5,922]

I used Rustoleum spray bombs.

Grey primer and gloss black enamel.

 

[cleat 5,922]

Intake manifold and throttle linkage components bead blasted and painted.

 

Intake manifold and throttle linkage components assembled.

 

[Lee1977 6,656]

23 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Interesting method of holding the transmission case off the ground. 

Have to remember that...

 

 

Show it to Trina, you, won't remember it, you have it bolted back to the tractor before do.

[ebinmaine 67,417]

1 minute ago, Lee1977 said:

Show it to Trina, you, won't remember it, you have it bolted back to the tractor before do.

 

You are 100% correct. And I did show it to Trina. 

[cleat 5,922]

My new muffler deflector with louvered outlet has arrived.

I got it for $3.50 CDN ($$2.19 US) so I am very happy with this.

 

 

[cleat 5,922]

I still need to paint the muffler. 

On the fence with black or silver.

Factory colour I believe is silver.

[ebinmaine 67,417]

2 minutes ago, cleat said:

I still need to paint the muffler. 

On the fence with black or silver.

Factory colour I believe is silver.

 

I don't know the original color but the silver would contrast the black engine nicely. 

 

 

[cleat 5,922]

Dash console bead blasted and welded up on the lower corners where it has some cracking.

Sanded welds smooth.

 

Rear of Hoodstand there front fender bracket bolts on there were some cracks.

These have been welded and ground flat.

 

Started sanding entire hoodstand until the rain started (I try and sand outside to keep shop as clean as possible).

 

[ebinmaine 67,417]

1 hour ago, cleat said:

Rear of Hoodstand there front fender bracket bolts on there were some cracks.

These have been welded and ground flat.

 

Do you add any extra reinforcement here?

Extra washer. Piece of flat stock...

 

[cleat 5,922]

19 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Do you add any extra reinforcement here?

Extra washer. Piece of flat stock...

 

I will add some thick fender washers there during assembly.

 

[cleat 5,922]

Blower housing and static guard assembled.

 

[cleat 5,922]

Installed rubber plug into hole in static guard.

Guard came to me with this hole, I assume they used it to check RPM.

[cleat 5,922]

Genuine Briggs gasket set arrived so I installed and torqued heads and valve breathers.

Bolts were lubricated with copper anti-seize.

 

 

 

[WHX?? 48,814]

Just caught this resto ... nice work as usual Cleat...

[Handy Don 12,210]

On 6/22/2024 at 12:10 PM, cleat said:

Guard came to me with this hole, I assume they used it to check RPM.

I’d suspect that it held a medallion.

 

[Bill D 1,916]

4 hours ago, cleat said:

Genuine Briggs gasket set arrived so I installed and torqued heads and valve breathers.

Bolts were lubricated with copper anti-seize.

 

 

 

Is that a good idea on an aluminum block?  I always use the silver never seize on an aluminum parts?

[cleat 5,922]

1 hour ago, Bill D said:

Is that a good idea on an aluminum block?  I always use the silver never seize on an aluminum parts?

 

Well, we will see (or hopefully the next owner) how it worked.

 

[cleat 5,922]

Console primed and painted.

 

Hood stand primed

 

Hood stand painted.