Brian1045's 1045 restoration

[Brian1045 28]

Here are a few pics before I start tearing her down. Thanks in advance for all the help I will be bugging you all about

peace...Brian

[ol550 830]

:lol: Green tractor Maybe it will ripen with age.

Green hat? at least it's not on backwards. :thumbs:

[bell 11]

FINALLY! Some good reference pictures for how my 1045 is supposed to look... :omg:

[Brian1045 28]

Bell,

I have ALOT more pics that I took. So if let me know if you want them...I can email you them all.

Well...actually I did have the green hat on backwards to take some of the pics...it kept getting in the way of the flash.

[Brian1045 28]

I was amazed how well these Rims turned out from the Sand Blaster I borrowed from a buddy of mine.

I also ran a wire brush wheel over them...just to take off the dust coating from the sand. Aluminum oxide seems to be the choice sand/grain. It is expensive, but we can use it over and over again.

[bambooheels 0]

nice job, looks really good, i have a pair myself to do today, wish me luck. hopefully will turn out as nice as yours

[Stigian 1,234]

Wow, sandblasting makes a really good job of cleaning those rims

You just need to polish them and seal the shine in with a few coats of clear :omg:

[64s 83]

Brian,

What kind of sand blaster did you use? It looks like it did a fantastic

job!!!!!!!

:banghead:

[Brian1045 28]

Actually the blaster was a home-made jobby.

A ceramic tipped sand blasting gun attached to a air compressor, thats about it. The Aluminum oxide sand was the trick. It won't break down like silica sand. It's well worth it. Be careful....Sand blasting gets addictive. What can I do next? :horseplay:

Thanks for the comments.

Link to sand used below

http://www.mcgillswarehouse.com/ItemsList....N=ALUMINUMOXIDE

[BairleaFarm 340]

How long did it take you to do those 2 wheels?

[Brian1045 28]

Here it is stripped down. I left the front rims on for now, so I can still wheel her around. I'll keep posting from here on the progress through out the restoration.

[refracman 167]

:horseplay: Let the fun begin! :horseplay:

Good Luck. Doing restos can be fun and frustrating but the end results are worth the headaches

[BairleaFarm 340]

Looks so sad sitting there all stripped down. Have fun and take lots of pics

[Kelly 1,030]

Do your self a favor and put diff. front tires on it to move it around, one slip, with a tool or run into something sharp and good luck finding another tire like that and yours look to be in very good shape.

[Brian1045 28]

Yea..It's been pretty fun so far. The rear wheels are primed and ready for White. I'm putting the frame on a special set of saw horses, and the front wheels are coming off in a couple days. Tires are coming off (carefully) and going on the shelf for now.

This forum has been awesome. It makes the job a lot easier knowing you have good people backing you up. It's like you guys are here in the garage!

thanks!

More to come later :horseplay:

[kpinnc 13,710]

:banghead:

The FUN begins!

Keep the pics coming!

Kevin

[BairleaFarm 340]

Hey I have that same wheelbarrow and it looks just like that.

[Brian1045 28]

About an hour or so...maybe a little longer... I wasn't as picky on the back side as I was on the front.

[Brian1045 28]

All The parts and the tranny plate add-on

[Brian1045 28]

More Pics ...I'm still working :horseplay:

[Brian1045 28]

Dry and Clear coated

[bell 11]

Looking GOOD! :banghead:

[Brian1045 28]

And Yes...I realize I need to swap the wheels and put the Valve stems on the inside. :imstupid:

[Kelly 1,030]

Might want to ask around about the valve stems, mine are I think on the outside, I have 2 1045's I'll check tonight after work, maybe someone else will chime in.

[Brian1045 28]

Well You'd think the grease fitting would be on the inside to....but right now it's on the ouside along with the valve stem. I Say personal Pref. :banghead: