RJ58 Rattle Can Special

[Horse Play 393]

I bought a pretty rough RJ back in May for $250 and have been slowly and steadily been doing a shade tree restoration.  

 

 Below is what I started with:

 

[WHX?? 49,486]

Nice ...rattle can is my middle name...how far along with it? Looks like you got your work cut out! Nice tub too BTW 

[Horse Play 393]

I'll keep the progress photos coming.  The tub turned out pretty good for how bad it was and then just being spray painted. 

 

[Daron1965 644]

The trailer looks great.  What paint are you using?

[Horse Play 393]

I had to pull the transmission apart and did all new bearings and seals.  Also had all the parts of the back of the trailer sandblasted and sprayed with etching primer. 

 

A forum member helped me out with a nice hood. Recently a friend filled the extra holes and fixed the cracks.  

 

[Horse Play 393]

5 minutes ago, Daron1965 said:

The trailer looks great.  What paint are you using?

Rustoleum IH red.

 

[Horse Play 393]

First batch of red paint.  I scuff the etching primer with a grey scuff pad, degrease, and spray paint out in the driveway.  Two light coats then a third, heavier coat of red.

[WHX?? 49,486]

Just don't matter what flavor of paint Horse as long as it's RED

[WVHillbilly520H 10,374]

14 hours ago, WHX21 said:

Just don't matter what flavor of paint Horse as long as it's RED

As my boy used to say before being pulled into the dark side (JD green), if ain't RED leave it in the SHED...

[wallfish 17,112]

NICE!

I'm interested in that hacked up hood for a custom project if you want to sell it.

For the Kill switch just search epay for a chainsaw switch. It's a single pole to ground switch. Original ones were the same switch as the old Homelites used

[Horse Play 393]

21 hours ago, wallfish said:

NICE!

I'm interested in that hacked up hood for a custom project if you want to sell it.

For the Kill switch just search epay for a chainsaw switch. It's a single pole to ground switch. Original ones were the same switch as the old Homelites used

I possibly could sell it, but it is in rough shape. 

[Horse Play 393]

A sorta local forum member helped me out with this K91.  I bought it without knowing if it ran or not.  I dumped in fresh oil and gas - she fired up on five pulls and runs great.  

 

Transmission reassembled with new bearing and seals. 

 

[Horse Play 393]

Here is where I currently am with the project.  We had our first child three months ago, so the project has really slowed down.  So over the summer I did a lot of painting so the paint could harden really well before assembly.

 

- Parts sandblasted

- Quick run over everything with a DA with 80 grit.  

- Cleaned and degreased

- Sprayed with etching primer.  

- Scuffed with a grey 3M scuff pad

- Cleaned and degreased

- Two light coats of red followed by a third, heavier coat

 

[Pullstart 63,201]

Congrats on the baby!  Oh yeah nice work on the tractor too 

[wallfish 17,112]

On 11/7/2018 at 6:59 PM, Horse Play said:

I possibly could sell it, but it is in rough shape. 

pm sent

[Horse Play 393]

Here's some pics of the mower deck that came with the tractor.  Ever see a deck shell like this?

[Horse Play 393]

My friend did some great work on the hood.  He filled in seven "extra" holes and fixed a few cracks.  I then used a DA with 40 grit and a wire brush on the lettering - I need to find something not too aggressive to clean up the rest. 

 

 

[AMC RULES 37,141]

Wire wheel would make short work of it.  

[Horse Play 393]

Assembly has begun. 

[Horse Play 393]

Can anyone recommend an epoxy for the tank straps to the underside of the hood?

[953 nut 56,168]

9 hours ago, Horse Play said:

Can anyone recommend an epoxy for the tank straps to the underside of the hood?

With the vibration the hood will be experiencing and the weight of the gas sloshing back and forth the only thing I would trust is having the tank straps welded on.

[bottjernat1 2,190]

Mine i had wider straps welded on. Such a great machine. Yours is looking Good!

[VinsRJ 723]

Very Nice Job!

[Horse Play 393]

Thanks all for the compliments.  This is the first project I took on after being a dad, so this is now the slowest project I've ever had!

[Wheelhorse Wes 279]

That is absolutely beautiful RJ. Rattle can works amazing if your patient, by the looks of er you are a good painter. Two thumbs way way up sir....by the way use “redo your horse.com” for your decals he’s a member on here .

I use his decals and they are amazing