resto of my horse

[mark89 0]

well weathers starting to warm up so i figgered i sould get started on my lawn ranger. Befor i try to take the decal with the vin off i need to know if it can be re made. Or do i have to try an salvage it cas its kind of pelling prety good. Aslo would it be best to have my tins sand blasted of hand sand them.

[Kelly 1,030]

The decal can be reproduced with the correct serial no, see, our vendors section, as for the metal, I like sand blasting, I've been doing body work for 25+ years and we have always sand blasted stuff.

[sorekiwi 761]

Terry (Vinylguy) will do a beautiful reproducion of your serial plate.

My original:

Terry's reproduction:

I preserved the original in a little baggy for some reason. You can usually work them off with a razorblade.

If you dont want to sandblast, or pay someone else to do it, have a read up on electrolysis tanks.

[Toejam 1]

Do you have a hood for this project? This might inspire me to do a restore.... :thumbs:

[mark89 0]

yes i do have a hood for it i finshed braking it down today can do more sadly have to work nites for the week

[mark89 0]

well have been making some head way. dorped the frame tower rims an some outher parts off to be sand blasted. I orderd new front tires an i am gonna reuse the rears i cleand them up they look nice. also i drained the rear oil looked good an refilled it then wire weeled the whole thing just waiting on my shifter boot an seals. have some pics i willl up load tonite

[mark89 0]

got some pics of the progress later then i said

parts form blaster

tranny all cleaned up an new oil also wating on seals an boot

scrobed the tires down gonna try to reuse them

painted a few parts i cleaned

also what do u guys think i should do with this the brass sleves are groved an warn are they factry or they made to sit the larger rims

[mark89 0]

havent had a ton of time to work on it cas of work with going form nites to day to nites lol heres what i have gotten done

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[Horse'n Around 22]

Hey thats really looking terrific! Keep up the good work.

[VinsRJ 723]

Looking good! :thumbs:

[Coadster32 793]

Looks good! Keep up the good work. :thumbs:

[Toejam 1]

Very nice...keep up the good work... :thumbs:

[HankB 16]

I'm replying mostly to see what the other two pictures look like

I wonder about the brass bushing... Is it supposed to be part of the wheel that got stuck to the spindle?

[mark89 0]

the bass bushiings were made as a sleve to thiken an lenghen the axel they were sliped over an drilled an held in place with a roll pin the wheel was kept on with a thin brass washer an a snap ring

[mark89 0]

havent had time to update made new axel sleves out of miled steel an put grease groves in them also got most of the sheet matel body work done an ready for primer working on the hood now an the gas tank up thast still in dabate to polish it out or paint it

[jusjeepn 59]

Mark, I just found this thread and have been looking at your progress. It's looking great so far! I did want to point out that your front wheels are not original to the tractor. That is why the spindle was so worn. If you'll look at these pictues, you'll see the original style which has bearings. They are probably a bit smaller than the ones you have but the bearings will save your spindles and your rims! Also notice the rear wheels. Either your transmission has been changed to a later model transmission and 12" wheels bolted on or someone added rear hubs and the 12" wheels. It originally came with 8" wheels on the back and 4" on the front.

[Kelly 1,030]

It kinda looks to me that they put the rear wheels on the front, the rearend should not have hubs, the rims fit right on the axle shafts.

[jusjeepn 59]

I think you're right Kelly! I went back and looked at the tires that were mounted on the front and sure enough they look just like the factory rear tread for the 33/34 Ranger!