Cub Cadet

2 minutes ago, the showman said:

Looking the dogs nuts Ewan, going to be the star at Newby.

Thanks Chris, I'm really pleased with it, especially since I have never picked up a spray gun before I started the resto

Lots is going on in the run up to my first show of the year. 

The bonnet has been sandblasted

There was quite a few rust pits hence all of the filler

Trackrods have been added and stainless steel nuts and bolts have now replaced the old. 

Back on all four

Hoodstand back on with the new decal

The front grill, wiring loom and decal now in place 

The new light switch that I turned from a photo of the original to match what was on the tractor. 

Nearly there now, just got the seat, fenders, bonnet and then a few little pieces but I'm very happy with it! 

I love my e-tank, after 12 hours the paint just falls off. 

It looks awesome!

2 hours ago, diggerjames said:

Look good Ewan keep it up mate keep cracking whip on your Dad @meadowfield to help you 

Cheers, he does all the welding for me, I do everything else thought I might rope him into some painting this weekend

1 hour ago, Ian said:

Nice work Ewan, the paint looks great

Thanks Ian, I'm happy with it and my painting skills are getting better  

1 minute ago, Stormin said:

You have been a busy bee. You'll have it finished by the weekend.

I wish, still bits to clean up yet but!

I'm getting lots done now that I've finished school  

The engine has been mostly reassembled now

The hood that was ready for the scrap bin has been patched up the best we could, at least there is metal there now, with a bit of filler it should look ok. 

With thanks to the warm weather today I got lots more painting done and some parts got reassembled  

Hi, does anyone have one of these sitting around that they no longer need as mine is in a state of disrepair, thanks

Lots of parts have been cleaned and painted this week here are some photos.

We started work on the bonnet which was very holey

Awesome build Norm!

7 hours ago, Triumph66 said:

Good luck Ewan. My son is just about to start his GCSEs on Monday. He will then be at Sixth Form himself in September and then hopefully Uni.....

 

What are you studying at Uni?

Good luck to your son, I am going to study Architecture. 

2 hours ago, Triumph66 said:

Looks superb Ewan. What this about a 19 weeks holiday?

Tomorrow is my last day of sixth form, I have to go into school for exam revision and exams but officially I have left and then I start university in late September. Plenty of time to be projecting 

22 minutes ago, Ian said:

Nice work Ewan, the wheels look great and the yellow is very bright

I bet you were holding your breathe while drilling out the lens screws!

 

Yes, it wasn't a pleasant job!

15 minutes ago, Stormin said:

BTW Ewan. Can you get lock nuts on the grub screws holding the front axle pin? Just an idea.

Possibly, might have a look at that. 

47 minutes ago, the showman said:

Good progress Ewan, the wheels look nice 

Cheers, Chris I'm pleased with them. 

55 minutes ago, Stormin said:

Doing well, Ewan.  Hopefully we'll see it at Newby.

All being well, I finish for a 19 week holiday tomorrow

Not much done lately due to having lots of school work to do, here is a little update. 

The wheels are all finished now. 

You can just about see in this photo that a previous owner wanted to put a larger sized battery on the dash tower and so they had taken a hammer to one of the sides to break the spot weld so we set to work on replacing this piece. 

This was the first piece to get replaced, the holes are where it was spot welded before.

Here is the replacement piece

This is the replacement side piece that we made.

The screws that held the tail light on had no head left so I drilled them out. 

Luckily it came off and the original bulb still worked.

Lots of new stainless steel bolts and washers have been bought ready for the reassembly 

Looks awesome, going to look great with the ash 

7 minutes ago, moogie said:

 

Thats it. We think it is a 12 but cant get a good look at the engine yet.

 

 

Nice tractor!

Montgomery ward Gilson S-12? Nice find!

Looks fine to me, or at least thats what mine looks like 

A little bit more done over the weekend, I have now fastened on the brake, clutch and linkages onto the tractor so that I can finish painting it together.

A new front axle pin was made and we used stainless steel grub screws instead of a roll pin which was used before. 

Heres a photo once it had all had some more paint. 

Awesome 

37 minutes ago, the showman said:

Looking good Ewan, will it be ready for Newby ?

Hopefully, if it stops raining 

1 hour ago, Stormin said:

Coming on nicely, Ewan.

 

BTW. Workshop wall looks like mine. Not finished painted.

Thats because Jake gets bored 

A little bit more done last weekend, here are some photos. 

Thanks to my grandad and uncle all of my tyres have now been fitted, I bought some tri ribs for the front as the old tyres were in a really bad state. 

I masked the wheels off and then painted them all, so far they have had two coats and I'm hoping to get a third and final on today. 

I've started painting parts in yellow now, ignore how neon the yellow looks it's only the first coat. I have now put a grease nipple in the front axle so hopefully it should never seize up again. 

I have now bolted the chassis and the gearbox together so that they can be painted together. 

It's looking great! 

6 minutes ago, diggerjames said:

Wow Ewan great progress mate looking good 

Cheers James.