My Honey's 657 Repaint & refresh

[rjg854 11,356]

Persistence pays off 

[ebinmaine 67,397]

Wheelhorse wind chimes.

 

 

 

Priming tonight.....

 

 

And working on getting the well known hitch pin out so I can put a regular hitch on.

 

 

 

[19richie66 17,500]

Love Wheelhorse wind chimes. They make the sound of “progress”

[953 nut 55,163]

            Glad to see you had your safety saddles on while almost knocking the transmission off the table.           

[ebinmaine 67,397]

3 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

            Glad to see you had your safety saddles on while almost knocking the transmission off the table.           

Specialty high grade invisible composite toe protection

[ebinmaine 67,397]

The hitch pin is out!!

 

 

 

The wind chimes and also the bottom of the seat pan were primed tonight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,397]

Got a muffler in the mail this morning.

NOS in an old box. I'll keep the box cuz it's cool.

 

And...

 

 

There's red paint on some linkages and the seat pan!!!!

 

My honey spent a bunch of time cleaning and cleaning and cleaning.

 

 

I got another set screw put into the hubs.

 

 

We've hit a snag on the transmission that I hope can be repaired.

I've posted in the transmission section as well.

There's a bad wheel bearing so I'll need to split the case and where that bearing sits the case has a chip missing.

Edit. The guys in the other thread say that this is probably just a piece of the bearing missing. I'll split the case and see what happens.

 

 

 

If not I'll swap an 8 speed in to my B and she'll use the 4 I take out.

 

 

 

Edited June 18, 2018 by ebinmaine

[midpack 862]

One thing I like to use when I have to do some heavy de-greasing (especially with chemicals) are those disposable Nitrile gloves... they're thin enough that you can feel what you're doing but keep a whole lot of crud off your hands. only drawback is if it's warm, like yesterday when I was using them, your hands get pretty sweaty

 

I've actually used them to keep my hands warm working outside when it's cold   

[ebinmaine 67,397]

Just now, midpack said:

disposable Nitrile gloves

Yepp.... She's using them too !!

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,397]

Frame is primed.

 

The 657 came with a liftable sleeve hitch on it. Well frozen into place by rust of course.

We're not going to be reinstalling the lift mechanism which was only partially there anyway. Cable was actually looped all the way around the transmission for some silly reason.

So I took a few minutes over the last couple days with heat and hammer and rust penetrant and patience and got the pin out of the transmission.

Here's some before and after pictures of the hitch that used to be on my c-160 when I got it. Note the strange tab hanging straight down below the transmission. No idea why that was there. This is clearly some kind of homemade or company made hitch. It resembles a Wheelhorse hitch but the angles don't match up and the holes are a little off center.

When I put that hitch on the 657, the back of the hitch actually was smashing up against the drain plug for the transmission.

I knew I needed to cut off the huge vertical tab so I just took an extra half inch off to compensate for improper positioning.

Me and a Sawzall and a grinder and an hour or more and it was taken care of.

It's now all primed up and ready to be painted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,314]

Progress, progress, progress! Lots of progress.

  Lookin good!

[ebinmaine 67,397]

Poking around in the transmission to find the issues this morning.

 



 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,397]

I took out the differential and discovered that the wheel bearing in the other side was also in very poor condition.

Spent quite a bit of time today cleaning up the case half that was off and degreasing and depainting and derusting and priming it.

Also obviously had to take out every single nut and bolt and washer and lock washer and wire brush all of those.

 

Very time-consuming work but I really do enjoy doing this.

@stevasaurus, I can see why you enjoy tinkering on Transmissions.

 

 

 

 

[19richie66 17,500]

You two don’t mess around 

[ebinmaine 67,397]

1 minute ago, 19richie66 said:

You two don’t mess around 

She's a pretty determined girl

[Chris G 3,296]

You two are definitely trucking right along! Great job so far.

[ebinmaine 67,397]

@Chris G and @19richie66 and others....

Thanks!

 

My honey says - now let's see if we can get all these puzzle pieces put back together!

[ebinmaine 67,397]

Emptied all the gears out of the shallow half of the transmission and all the other bearings looked great!

I didn't even lose my hoobie doobie balls.

My honey spent some time tonight finishing up cleaning the hood and then priming the top surface of that. The case half that is white in the above pictures is now red.

Couple of other small pieces got primed or painted tonight. Little plates. Pulleys. Stuff like that.

 

[Aldon 4,826]

Looks like she will have a real nice tractor when you guys are done. And your working at a blistering pace:-)

[ebinmaine 67,397]

[PeacemakerJack 10,738]

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

My honey says - now let's see if we can get all these puzzle pieces put back together!

That is always the challenge with any project of this nature! You guys are up to it! I can’t wait to see the first video of it driving around when complete...

[ebinmaine 67,397]

So for tonight's festivities my Honey wire brushed the toolbox area / seat base.

Then she primed that and also put a coat on the inside of the hood and a second coat on the trailer hitch.

I wire brushed a whole bunch of bolts and then did a wash-out and threw a gasket or two in the carburetor.

 

 

Here's a pic of the transmission half in its new coat of red.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[PeacemakerJack 10,738]

Grafton—that’s only about an hour and a half from my house but even closer

to Kohler, WI.  

 

You guys are making great progress and I love seeing that thing coming together.

[ebinmaine 67,397]

9 minutes ago, PeacemakerJack said:

You guys are making great progress and I love seeing that thing coming together.

Josh, we're getting down to the wire and don't have much green crap paint to remove. The belt guard is the last big piece. There are several other smaller pieces that have some splashes of it left such as the front axle and some brackets.

As far as Parts go, the only thing I know of that we need to yet procure is a couple of exhaust pipes. Maybe a gasket or two.

 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,314]

Sheesh! At the pace you two are going I see no reason you can’t have it back together and driving in time for the Saturday tractor parade at the WH Show in PA!! This year!!