oliver2-44 10,094 #26 Posted February 3 Looking good. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 49,953 #27 Posted February 3 12 hours ago, Achto said: raised the blast cabinet up on 4x4's. Yep something I should have done and may come to that. Lately I have other issues with my blaster setup and need to head down to the basement and dig up that blaster mods thread. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 13,110 #28 Posted February 3 (edited) 15 hours ago, Achto said: Back used to hurt after standing in front of the blast cabinet for extended periods of time. My wife and I (and our children) are tall. When we built our house, we installed the kitchen and primary bathroom counters and cupboards 2 inches higher than standard. Hugely easier to use. When my very not tall now-DIL first visited she joked that maybe she needed a small stool. Edited February 3 by Handy Don 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 69,812 #29 Posted February 3 21 minutes ago, Handy Don said: My wife and I (and our children) are tall. When we built our house, we installed the kitchen and primary bathroom counters and cupboards 2 inches higher than standard. Hugely easier to use. When my not tall now-DIL first visited she joked that maybe she needed a small stool. Trina, at 5 ft 6 in, and her daughter, who is 5 ft 8 in, are the two tallest people in their bloodline. Trina's mama is a good strong Solid 5 ft 1 in. 6 or 8 years ago Trina bought us a new washing machine. Absolute bottom of the line inexpensive top loader with limited amounts of features that can break. Her great big giant mama can't reach the bottom of the washing machine while standing in front of it so she built herself a little platform about four inches tall. Massive people. Just massive. And here I am at about 6 ft 1 with fairly flat shoes and a non-exaggerated TWICE the weight of most of her family. Think I stick out at get togethers? 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 28,229 #30 Posted February 9 (edited) Some forward progress & 1 set back. First the forward progress. Got the body work done on the sheet metal. Paint stripped off the transmission, ready for a wash & some paint. Pulled the head off from the engine to see what was what. This was the set back. I was planning on just a paint over haul on this one but plans have changed. When I pulled the head I thought "Holy piston wash Batman". Well guess I'm doing an engine rebuild too. Given this fact the engine is now torn down and ready to go to the machinist as soon as the new parts get here. Crank measures out perfect, bore is not out of spec but finding the early small bore parts is not easy. So late model 2 15/16" bore will be in order. Took the time to blast all the engine parts as well. Wanting more forward movement I decided to squirt a little more paint. All I got for this weekend. Edited February 9 by Achto 5 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexR 939 #31 Posted February 10 Looking great!! 👍🏻 Upside to the set back, is at least the engine will be fresh. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 28,229 #32 Posted February 10 1 hour ago, AlexR said: Upside to the set back, is at least the engine will be fresh. True that. Tranny felt sound, still gonna pop all new seals in it. 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 49,953 #33 Posted February 10 2 hours ago, Achto said: 2 15/16" bore will be in order. Did you even bother to look for the small bore rings if that's all it needed? I thought I found some in my 161 hunt but not in oversize. Since the bore needed work anyway. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 28,229 #34 Posted February 10 Go big or to home. She'll get the full Monty 3 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,604 #35 Posted February 12 On 2/2/2025 at 8:40 PM, WHX?? said: duct tape over the bung I’ll do @SylvanLakeWH a favor and for him 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 26,626 #36 Posted February 12 51 minutes ago, Pullstart said: I’ll do @SylvanLakeWH a favor and for him Thanks... Hard to keep up with them cheese guys... 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrishar 559 #37 Posted February 12 I put the piece of pipe there so it would match the other side I did this to the other wheel horses I think it looks better this way 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 28,229 #38 Posted February 16 (edited) Rebuild kit came in on Thursday, engine block went to my machinist on Friday. He says about 2 weeks, hopefully he's on schedule cause that should be about the time I'm ready to make some red paint fly. Busy dealing with snow most of the weekend, but I did find time to spray some primer on the sheet metal. 1 coat of self etching primer & 3 coats of 2K urethane primer. Edited February 17 by Achto 7 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonw440 190 #39 Posted February 17 (edited) Enjoying this build as my Dad had a 633. That's me sitting on his lap in my profile picture back in 67 or 68. Edited February 17 by jonw440 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 28,229 #40 Posted Sunday at 12:32 AM Woke up, looked at the thermometer, said 15 degrees. Thought "It's a great day to paint !" The seat had a fair amount of pitting so that received the treatment of high build primer last weekend. Today I wet sanded it with 400grit to smooth it out as best as I could. The rims received 1 coat of self etching primer, 2 coats of enamel primer. After that all the pieces were finished with 3 coats of Case IH off white. 4 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 28,229 #41 Posted yesterday at 01:31 AM (edited) Spent some time today helping out friends with their tractors. I did manage to get a couple things done on mine though. First I welded up a new hub & pulley. Also made a new axle pin. The old ( I'm guessing homemade) pin used a cotter key where it extended out of the front. The new one that I made will use an E-clip instead of a cotter key. Did a little diggin' through my secret stash and found all the parts I need to install a mid mount and PTO. Cleaned all these parts up so they can be painted with the rest of the ruff parts. Edited yesterday at 01:33 AM by Achto 1 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,604 #42 Posted yesterday at 01:33 PM Nice sticker! 1 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,963 #43 Posted yesterday at 01:50 PM On 2/2/2025 at 9:33 PM, Achto said: Back used to hurt after standing in front of the blast cabinet for extended periods of time. We raised the blast cabinet up on 4x4's. Game changer ! Much more comfortable now, plus the 4x4's added a raised point to put your one foot on. I had the same issue when I had a cabinet. This solved it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 13,147 #44 Posted yesterday at 06:58 PM 5 hours ago, Pullstart said: Nice sticker! Both of them! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver2-44 10,094 #45 Posted 2 hours ago On 2/16/2025 at 4:51 PM, Achto said: Rebuild kit came in on Thursday, engine block went to my machinist on Friday. @Achto Were you able to find a Rebuild Kit with the shorter 2.5” stroke undersize rod. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 28,229 #46 Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, oliver2-44 said: Were you able to find a Rebuild Kit with the shorter 2.5” stroke undersize rod. The stroke on the 6hp & 7hp is the same and they use the same rod 2.5". I did not have to turn the crank so a standard rod will be used. The smaller bore 2 7/8" parts of the 6hp are hard to find. I'm boring the block out to 7hp size 2 15/16. 8hp has a longer stroke of 2.75 but uses the same piston as the 7hp Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
