Paw Paw's Charger and leaf vacuum

[kpinnc 12,085]

I think I finally got it looking decent. Final coat will tell but so far so good...

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

20 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

looking decent.

 

Looks great from here!

 

[kpinnc 12,085]

Not much going on, and it's hard to get a good pic of paint in the dark.

 

That being said, this turned out pretty good for a rattle can job!

 

 

Edited November 3, 2021 by kpinnc

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

1 hour ago, kpinnc said:

turned out pretty good

 

It did indeed!

 

So good that I can see that the hinge on your garage door looks a little loose! 

[kpinnc 12,085]

6 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said:

So good that I can see that the hinge on your garage door looks a little loose! 

 

I'll fix that when I get all these tractors done! 

[ebinmaine 67,595]

2 hours ago, kpinnc said:

turned out pretty good for a rattle can job

That's all we use here. 

Works great with a bit of patience. 

 

Nice work there Sir 👍. 

[kpinnc 12,085]

18 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Works great with a bit of patience. 

 

Nice work there Sir

 

Thanks Eb!

 

I listened this time. Wet sanded Sunday and let it sit for 48 hours so as not to reactivate the first coat. Turned out better than I hoped!

 

Still mocking up the leaf vacuum. Pulleys will be swapped out later. It will run from the PTO like the factory vac, but with a few tweaks.

 

[kpinnc 12,085]

Got some more done today. Bearing/ impeller support doo-dad finished, all bolted up. Added a belt tensioner. Verified the seat pan opens fully still, and added a few more parts.

 

Taking it home Saturday, so I got get rolling!

 

[ebinmaine 67,595]

VERY nice looking so far!!

[kpinnc 12,085]

Thanks Eb!

 

Didn't get as much done today. Work was a monster, and I have to work again tonight on a maintenance event.

 

But I did get a little done. Rear fender, and the rest of the blower painted and installed. It looks like it's right behind the driver, but it's way over by the right wheel. Also cleaned the original light covers and shot them with clear gloss. Good enough for a worker. 

 

 

[Bill D 1,926]

Beautiful work.  I love your engineering.

[kpinnc 12,085]

5 minutes ago, Bill D said:

Beautiful work.  I love your engineering.

 

Thank you very much!

 

...Though I must admit I've never thought of it as engineering. I just get an idea in my noggin and piece it together as I go. Works out sometimes, and sometimes I get to tear down and start over. In all honesty I can say I enjoy fabbing stuff up as much as anything. That is part of the reason none of my tractors are original. The other reason is just a lack of options down here in NC. 

[ebinmaine 67,595]

4 hours ago, kpinnc said:

. I just get an idea in my noggin and piece it together as I go. Works out sometimes, and sometimes I get to tear down and start over. In all honesty I can say I enjoy fabbing stuff up as much as anything

Same here. 

The Ole Ball N Chain and I enjoy building them quite a bit. 

Different aspects for each of us. 

 

[kpinnc 12,085]

Had an idea tonight about the headlights. I've used high power LEDs on others, but don't have any to spare at the moment. So I got LEDs, but just the regular ones at the parts store. I knew these had LEDs on both sides of the bulb, so they would basically waste half the light in a standard bezel.

 

Then I remembered that I had some aluminum tape that was pretty reflective and sticks forever... Made a nice reflector on the standard bezel, so the backside LEDs contribute to the forward beam. They turned out really bright! Not bad for a $6 set of bulbs.

 

I also PORed the bottom of the deck. One more thing done.

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,595]

Nice idea on that tape. 

On Trina's 867 Pigpen tractor we have a front weight bracket sprayed bright copper color. While we had that paint out she coated the inside of the headlamp bezel. 

I installed inexpensive LED bulbs at that point too. 

 

Certainly made a good amount of difference. 

[kpinnc 12,085]

Fabbed up a belt guard tonight. Did alot today, but not much to show. 

 

Welding sheet metal is tougher than I thought it would be. But it turned out decent.

 

 

 

Edited November 13, 2021 by kpinnc

[ebinmaine 67,595]

48 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

turned out decent

Decent??

 

Looks excellent!

[kpinnc 12,085]

8 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Decent??

 

Looks excellent!

 

Thanks Eb!

 

This was supposed to be just a "freshen up" project. Ever notice it NEVER works like that? 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,599]

Just…

Wow…

Nice work…!!!

[Horse Newbie 7,074]

14 hours ago, kpinnc said:

Fabbed up a belt guard tonight

Do you have a metal break ?

[ebinmaine 67,595]

5 hours ago, kpinnc said:

 

Thanks Eb!

 

This was supposed to be just a "freshen up" project. Ever notice it NEVER works like that? 

Yer welcome. 

 

Yeah we have noticed. 

Geeez we should fix this. And that. But this first. Oh wait... Them too.  

[kpinnc 12,085]

6 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Just…

Wow…

Nice work…!!!

 

Thank you!

 

1 hour ago, Horse Newbie said:

Do you have a metal break ?

 

No sir, but I'm gonna get one. I had old Toro groundsmaster guards that I cut up and welded 3 pieces together.

 

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Yeah we have noticed. 

Geeez we should fix this. And that. But this first. Oh wait... Them too.  

 

I guess I got lucky in the sense that there wasn't anything much to fix on this one. Just a boat load of fabrication.

[kpinnc 12,085]

Finally got the seat on. I had to modify an old 520-H seat plate to make the seat flip up. Basically I just mounted it upside down. I had to fab a support for the pivot bolts as low as possible, but it works great. This was the only way to fully raise the fender pan with the blower mounted.

 

Didn't get to take it home today. Gonna try again tomorrow. All that is left is the last of the wiring.

 

 

 

Edited November 14, 2021 by kpinnc

[peter lena 8,634]

@kpinnc nice job on that ! loving the detailing !, your pillow block and flange bearing set up , is the bombproof way to go , done many of  those conversions on conveyor drive set ups , lucas grease , no noise or failures . rear seat springs , i added a heavy one at that closest center mount fender hole , worked so well , have it on my 3 horses . always looking for a way to improve function , looks like you are in the same zone . pete

[kpinnc 12,085]

16 hours ago, peter lena said:

looks like you are in the same zone . pete

 

Thanks Pete!

 

I didn't take it home today, but it did go for a drive! 

 

Tilt seat did the trick. No problems opening the fender up now. Also gotta go try blower belt #3... Stupid B belt was too short. If could go on, but is too tight.

Still gotta cut the trailer tongue down a bit, and the choke cable is giving me a fit. Also gotta wait until it goes home to put on the hoses. I didn't bring those with the tractor.

 

And last, I had to go with a digital voltmeter. Ampmeters are useless for my purposes. A little new with the old...

 

 

Edited November 15, 2021 by kpinnc