WD Resto progress
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Topic: WD Resto progress
Posted By: Mike56073
Subject: WD Resto progress
Date Posted: 20 May 2012 at 9:14pm
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Posted By: WC7610
Date Posted: 20 May 2012 at 10:58pm
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wow, nice job. I think that is the prettiest carb I've seen! ------------- Thanks Most Bad Government has grown out of Too Much Government- Thomas Jefferson |
Posted By: TREVMAN
Date Posted: 20 May 2012 at 11:39pm
| What size are your front tires? |
Posted By: Flint23
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 12:11am
looks like it's coming along real well  , was there anything you didn't take apart?  ------------- been there done that, not doing it again... |
Posted By: Mike56073
Date Posted: 21 May 2012 at 8:38am
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I'll have to take a look at the tire sizes and get back with them, I should know by now what they are but I don't.
The only thing I didn't take apart on this one was I didn't seperate the finals from the axle housings. The final drive seals weren't leaking, and the upper bearings in the finals were still good and not rusted up. Since this is going to be a parade queen they should go for a long long time yet.
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Posted By: Larrywdin
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 12:36am
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Some of your pictures helped answer SOME of my questions I had. I sent you a private message on another though! THANKS for the post!
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Posted By: Mike56073
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 7:10am
| Got a chance to look at the tire sizes, the fronts are 6.00-16, and the rears 13.6-28 |
Posted By: Larry in Ill
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 7:59am
| Great looking tractor!! Can you do mine next? |
Posted By: Allis dave
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 8:19am
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Great rebuild Mike! I just finished my wd-45 last year. I almost tore down mine as much as yours except I didn't tear down the torque tube and transmission. I also didn't grind and replace everything in my motor like you did. It will be a parade queen for sure!!
Do you worry at all about letting the primer sit unpainted too long and getting the fresh paint to adhere properly? I tried to prime/paint the same or next day because my Martin Seynour specs said to not let the primer sit for more than about 7 days. I'm just curious in case I ever get ambitous enough to try another project that big.
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Posted By: TREVMAN
Date Posted: 22 May 2012 at 10:31am
| Thanks Mike, I think Im gonna go with 6.50 on the front , Ive got 14.9-26 on the back. Your tractor looks great, Trev. |
Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 4:56pm
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gonna bring it down to Butterfield in August?
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Posted By: Mike56073
Date Posted: 23 May 2012 at 11:13pm
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Bill, this one belongs to a customer that hired me to do the work, I don't know if he"ll haul it to Butterfield, but he's thinking about Hutchinson if I can get it done in time.
As far as the primer goes, my epoxy primer says to topcoat within 3 days. The tractor underneath the cover in the pictures is a 53 wd, and I used the same primer and paint on it back in 2004. I've never had a problem with paint adhering despite the fact that sometimes it's more like 3 months instead of 3 days. I've got 4 tractors so far I've done this way, and they all still look great.
I've got a few other things I do while painting that the paint reps. would sneer at, but the techniques have been working out here in the "real world" very well.
By the way, in the pictures the light makes the orange look alot darker than it is, rest assured that it is the correct P.O #1.
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