Here ~She~ goes again...

[ebinmaine 67,544]

BBT started her Military Tribute Tractor build this afternoon. 

 

 

The chassis was/is a gift from @Herder Adam maybe 3 years(?) ago. 

We'll be using the mid 70s Chrysler mil-spec single cylinder engine from @Stepney Spenser. 

The wheels to be installed are a nice set we picked up from @Sparky last fall at @JCM Jim's North Berwick Maine meet n greet. 

 

The Dismantling Department went right to work this afternoon and spent less then 2 hours to get to where she is in the pics. 

The cleanup crew will be taking over soon. 

 

 

Here's what we'll call the Before section:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here's the current progress:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,544]

More to come soon folks. 

 

[ebinmaine 67,544]

 

 

 

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,318]

Cool project ....I’ll be following along 

[Herder 2,354]

[Herder 2,354]

I looks like you may need to stop in and pick out your next project!!  

[pfrederi 17,741]

What does the pup have in its back back...a refreshing malted beverage of just some brandy???

[roadapples 6,983]

I think she's  mafia material there....

[SylvanLakeWH 25,586]

UHM...

 

Trina's spending time on her own stuff? 

 

Who's gonna finish building Colossus? 

 

 

Looking forward to this QUICK build!!! 

[Achto 27,594]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

I'll be watching the progress on this one.

 

It could be me, but in the picture above the front rims look like they are from a round hood tractor. Say '60 - '62.

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

 

 

Might be a little water in there....

[ebinmaine 67,544]

2 hours ago, Herder said:

I looks like you may need to stop in and pick out your next project!!  

Careful what ya wish for mister. 

 

I told the BBT what you said...

"Alright!" Says she...

 

 

2 hours ago, pfrederi said:

What does the pup have in its back back...a refreshing malted beverage of just some brandy???

Whatever we're in the mood for....

 

 

28 minutes ago, OldWorkHorse said:

Might be a little water in there

Really. 

Might be alot of water there too...

 

 

58 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

UHM...

 

Trina's spending time on her own stuff? 

 

Who's gonna finish building Colossus? 

 

 

Looking forward to this QUICK build!!! 

 

She wants you to know she worked on both. 

 

[ebinmaine 67,544]

40 minutes ago, Achto said:

the front rims look like they are from a round hood tractor

Not being familiar with the older horses....

These rims have bearings in them. Is that a Wheelhorse thing??

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,544]

She's all apaht!!

 

The transmission is in the basement workshop soaking up some penetrating oil. 

All the rest is setting outside waiting to be scrubbed up..

 

 

 

[Achto 27,594]

12 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Not being familiar with the older horses....

These rims have bearings in them. Is that a Wheelhorse thing??

 

I was looking at the rolled edge on the bead as an ID for an older rim.

 

I have not seen Timken style bearings in any older Horse. My '60 and '61 both had bushings instead of bearings.

[ebinmaine 67,544]

1 minute ago, Achto said:

 

I was looking at the rolled edge on the bead as an ID for an older rim.

 

I have not seen Timken style bearings in any older Horse. My '60 and '61 both had bushings instead of bearings.

We were wondering what these were off of. 

 

We'll likely transplant them to Trina's lead worker Pigpen tractor. That's due for some new sneakers very soon. 

 

 

[Stepney 2,325]

Never seen a WH with taper bearings, have however seen some real old campers and boat trailers with rims like that. Had to adapt hubs and bolt on wheeels to my 1958 Chris Craft trailer because I couldn't find a good set like that. 

Also the Jim Dandy round hoods had taper bearing hub-less wheels like that. Could be anything I suppose. Any WH I've ever seen had bushings or the insert ball bearings. 

[Herder 2,354]

12 hours ago, Achto said:

 

I'll be watching the progress on this one.

 

It could be me, but in the picture above the front rims look like they are from a round hood tractor. Say '60 - '62.

The front's came off of a 1964 1054, if I remember correctly that tractor didn't come with wheels.   

[Pullstart 62,905]

I saw the pictures, liked the posts, said hi to Mirror in my head, realized it never got through to my fingers!  Hi Mirror!  Nice coat!

[peter lena 8,631]

 

@OldWorkHorse, noting your trans drain , that's actually the best state to dump it at, the smooth easy release of existing used to be oil will make a fuel oil / kerosene flush follow up most effective cleaning. naturally a new shift boot , and a regular look at the new oil for any other cleaning going on, pete

[WheelhorseBob 1,549]

Looks like a cool project! I like putting them back together much more than taking them apart. The fun is just beginning!

[ebinmaine 67,544]

 

The Paint Department started in today. 

 

 

 

 

[Pullstart 62,905]

Awesome!  Is that primer, or the final color drab?  If it hasn’t been mentioned, is there a certain branch she is honoring?

[ebinmaine 67,544]

4 minutes ago, pullstart said:

Awesome!  Is that primer, or the final color drab?  If it hasn’t been mentioned, is there a certain branch she is honoring?

 

Primer is our standard Rust-Oleum 2x Red Oxide. 

That's OD Green. It appears a tad light because it was taken at night with a flash.

 

I don't think she is specifically going for any particular branch but it works out that her friend is fascinated with the US Army and those are the camo colors  BBT is using.

[OldWorkHorse 3,045]

6 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

The Paint Department started in today. 

 

 

 

 

Wow she did a prime job right there if I do say so myself...