My C Restoration (Update 9 July 16)

I've kept at it and gotten some done on my rebuild--mainly cleaning everything!  The machine shop has the flywheel, engine, and head.  The powdercoater has a ton of parts and wheels.  Once they come back I should be able to assemble.  A few snags along the way.  Four bent pushrods, a pickup tube full of dirt?  Poor little engine.  I got the driver's final drive back together with all new seals.  New seals everywhere!  Speaking of which, can someone tell me where the engine seal that I'm pointing to goes? 

Parts in plastic bags?? That takes all the fun out of putting it back together. I toss every thing in a bucket and play the hunt and sort game.

Hubnut wrote: Dick, Thank you.  That makes sense.  The gasket set is for both B and C tractors.  I'm disappointed in one of the oil pump gaskets.  Not even close!

The thin one goes under the cover. The thick one the goes between the oil pump and block you can make out of gasket paper. Thickness on the one that goes on the block is not that critical.

Back in the good old days I had an obliging parts counter guy who would trade the extra seals that came in kids for the ones I needed more of. I miss that kind of customer service.

Got a few more things done.  I got all the parts back from the powdercoater, including the wheels.  I sent the wheels to a local tire shop and they ordered new firestone 9.5 x 24 tires and installed them.  Got them back today.  I like the cream color.  I think it will look good with the orange tractor.  I also had the tin parts powdercoated the same color.  Not purist-worthy, but I like it.  I got both final drives reassembled with all new seals, gaskets and bearings.  I put a new mainshaft into the transmission and reassembled that too.  I hope to get some assembly done this weekend. 

Hey Hubnut. That's what I call a quality rebuild.

Better than new. Fantastic detail from stem to stern. Will be the best of best when assembled.

All I can say is you make me feel terribly inadequate in my atempts at fixing my ol junk. Lol   P.s. what size and type of firestones tires are they I really like the looks of them.

Edited by Wdtractorman - 25 Apr 2015 at 9:51pm

You my friend are putting this old man to shame. I see you either put the final drives on the wrong side or the tires.

Hub. I thought to my self, Kenny, How long it would it take for a tractor man to spot the wrong way tire tread direction? You could tell them they were put on that way on purpose because you have a big mud hole you plan to drive into and back out when you get stuck in the mud.
The pro contract combine drivers mount their front drive tires backwards for backing out of soft playa lake wet spots in flat western wheat fields. Going in deep mud to far without the ability to back out with max traction costs lost time and money.
   Now the B&W pic I sent 70u8of the 40 B special vegetable addition had the tire direction bass ackwards. Recon the crybaby kids noticed the backwards mounting and that made them cry that their Grandpa should have known better to reverse the tire to alter the tread width one at a time without swapping sides.. Bet grandpa had lots of unnecessary tire slip when plowing.

WDtractorman, the tires are Firestone super all traction II, 9.5 x 24.

When I first looked at the the rear axle assembled my first thought was the tires are on backwards. I see that the later photos show the tires(wheels) have been reversed. Exceptional job.

Outstanding job Hub! Outstanding! Love the detail. Don't feel funny about using parts bags. They're the best especially for guys like me that it takes 5 years to redo a Tractor! If it wasn't for those marked bags, I'd be in deep do-do! LOL! Sweet Tractor man!
Steve@B&B

Hubnut, that is one sweet looking project! Outstanding work - ought to inspire a whole lot of us. Thanks for all the pix and updates.

Dave

So true, but she's going to be one heck of a nice restoration when you're finished. Hope the machine shop gets that engine back to you soon.