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My Uncle's One-Sixty Restoration (Update 04-23-18)
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Originally posted by Flyer Flyer wrote:

[QUOTE=Sugarmaker]I am not familiar with these. Looks like about the size of a WD?? I didnt even know there was a 160! Great pictures and a family tractor too. Have a blast with the restoration work! It is work, and can be very daunting at times. Usually just prior to paint. Looking forward to your pictures as you progress. Any hints on the changes we can expect??? I have taken liberties with rim colors and moving over to alternators and 12 volt on some of my past WD projects. 
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It is a French tractor made by Renault as a replacement for the D15 in the late 1960s.  Physically smaller in size to a WD, but engine is around 45 hp.
'49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '61 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080
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Looks like based on your wiring work LED lights will not be a issue for you.
Next size larger tires/rims would look awesome too!
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just how many did greenbrier tractor sold? I brought a 160 from a dealer in Lewisburg 5 years ago on rt 219. now its up on the other end of the state in the easten panhandle Now I have 2 of them both are 1970. my dad brought the first one in white post va. now some one posted its about 45 hp. 12 years after dad brought his 160 we had to put in a new 3th gear and he asked them to put it on a dynamometer because he told them that the tractor has more then 40 hp. So they did at 71 hp. it started to smoke and at 73 hp it killed it. I was told that massy rates it at 73 hp.for their tractor. I just wish parts was easier to find.
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Originally posted by Flyer Flyer wrote:

Cleaning is progressing.  The big accomplishment for today:



I was surprised to see they painted in there at the factory. 

All cast iron cases that hold oil at least, are painted on the inside to keep oil from seeping through the porous iron. That's what I was told anyhow.??? That part doesn't hold oil but the other side, of the casting does, I assume.
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What do you have to test out on the LED lights? Looks like any type of lights would be something you could do in your sleep. LOLWink
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^I'm working out how rapid and in what type of pattern can I flash the lights for parade duty.  The strobe module should be getting here in the next couple of days so I should be able to do a bench test to see if what I have in mind will work with the lights I picked.
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Oh, that will be interesting! We want a video when you are done now.... Wink
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Sounds pretty cool. Best of the old and the new!
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Very Nice 160, they are fun to restore we re did ours and added some funs things (Turbo, and pump work, nothing crazy) ours is a fun little tractor, a little bouncy in the field, but that can be fixed with tires and weight. Have fun Yours looks super solid ours was a basket case.
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^That's a nice looking tractor!  I like the exhaust stack.
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Well, it's finally on its way back together.  The engine has been rebuilt and it's sitting on four wheels again.  Pics of the project as it continues:

One rebuilt Perkins AD3.152:


Starting to put it back together.


Clutch is installed.  It looks a lot prettier than it did when I removed it.


Engine bolted back in place.  Getting the two-stage clutch aligned was a little tricky but a little patience goes a long way.


Frame rails and front wheels back in place.  I'm happy to have it back on four wheels.




Still a long ways to go but it feels good to finally get the engine and frame back in place.
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Lookin' good! Back on 4 wheel means you are getting somewhere at least. Smile

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Looks great. Only problem is now I think I need a 160
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I kept an eye out for more than a couple years, looking for a decent 160. A local guy had a rebuilt 3-152 engine with a lot of other work done, new tires rims and paint, with new gauges, clutches, but in a Red and Gray tractor. I bought it.
 Now after using it 2 years for bush hog, grading the drive, plowing garden, discing food plots and plowing snow, I want to find me another engine just like it, to put in my OC46 loader. Approve
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I just hope the engine is as reliable post-rebuild as it was before.  I made the right call on the rebuild considering what I found on the inside of the fuel tank and what the people rebuilding the injection pump found when they opened it up.  However, I'm not going to have it far enough together to fire up until well after it's painted and I really don't want to have to tear into it at that point.
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I think that Perkins.is.the.same.one in my 853 Bobcat. You will love.it.!!! Very stingy on fuel.
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Looking good. Can’t wait for another update!
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Spent several weeks cleaning parts, getting organized, and waiting for weather to support a final power wash and sand blast.  We had two nice days last week and managed to get it blasted and in the paint booth.  It snowed while it was in the booth and cleared off enough to get it back out last night.  We were in a bit of a rush to get it moved back to the shop since it's supposed to snow here again today.  The plan was to have it on the new tires and rims when it came out of paint but those will be installed in the shop instead.  Pictures from the last week of progress:

Post Sand Blast:










Post Paint:






New Rear Tire Progress:








We pushed it into its current spot by hand.  If all goes as planned (not the only project in my friend's shop), the next move it makes should be under its own power.
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Nice!!!
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Very sharp! Flyer, in one of your earlier post you mentioned sand blast. Do you sand blast frame & housings only, or everything (engine included?)?
Thanks for sharing photos & follow-ups on your post. I've enjoyed watching your progress.
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Originally posted by AC7060IL AC7060IL wrote:

Very sharp! Flyer, in one of your earlier post you mentioned sand blast. Do you sand blast frame & housings only, or everything (engine included?)?
Thanks for sharing photos & follow-ups on your post. I've enjoyed watching your progress.


Thanks!

We sand blasted the entire tractor as it's shown in the first picture.  I just made sure all of the openings on the engine were sealed really well before we did it.  We went from sand blast to primer to paint in five evenings.
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New shoes for the back are done. Still have some lug bolts to clean up, paint, and install. The fronts are next on the list and got a lot of parts cleaned up and ready for paint. Not a half-bad bit of progress this weekend.






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looks like a spin on oil filter... hows that work... what is the pn on the filter housing and filter?
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Originally posted by tbran tbran wrote:

looks like a spin on oil filter... hows that work... what is the pn on the filter housing and filter?


Mine was a canister type but I swapped it over a few years ago.  The pieces are in the parts catalog for the 160:

Adapter: 72080564
Filter: 71014120
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