Cub Cadet

10 hours ago, Stormin said:

When you've got it finished, Ewan, I'll have a Raider 10 you can do.

 

A GT14 is next on the list 

 

9 minutes ago, the showman said:

Good bit of progress Ewan, well done mate

 

Thanks Chris. 

Nice buy, I saw that on the bay and wondered if it was a brinly plough, wish it would have been closer to us I'd have been tempted. 

Long overdue update but here are some photos of what I have been up to. 

 

 

Here is one of the rear rims which is in a really bad state, it's nearly rusted through in places and the centres are really bent but I've done my best to straighten them out.  

 

 

One of the spot welds had expanded with the rust so I used a dremel to try and grind as much out as I could and then we filled it with weld. 

 

 

In the meantime I'm looking for a set of 6 inch rims that are in a better condition if any one has any? 

 

 

The transmission and chassis had their final coat of undercoat and are ready to paint with yellow. 

 

 

One of the track rod ends was rusted on and even with some heat it just snapped the threads off so my dad made this nifty repair.  

 

 

I've now sandblasted some more bits and they have been primered. 

 

 

 

I got some new bearings and reassembled the starter generator which is now nice and quiet. 

 

 

The rims have been painted with IH white and then the tyres are being fit this morning, with a bit of hope the weather will stay dry and I can paint the rest of the rims this weekend. 

Nice tidy job Chris , good luck with your ploughing match. 

Happy Birthday Ian!

cheers mate hope it will sit ok at the side of your Dads beasts and not look out of place at Newby

I don't think it will look out of place! I look forward to seeing it in the flesh

Looking good James, it's going to be a beast!

You're doing a cracking job Ewan, I'm looking forward to seeing the tractor at Newby Hall !!

Thanks Paul!

Looking really good ewan I bet you have plenty of red paint kicking around the workshop

Yes but it's not going anywhere near my tractor!

Come on Ewan.

You could paint it Red. Yellow. and White. Be different from every body...

Ive seen them painted in red, like a farmall and they look good but I'm going to make this one original.

Nice work Ewan, your find the blast cabinet so handy when it come to cleaning up the rear wheels..  Way better than doing it by hand..

 

Thats what i'm thinking , I remember what a pain they are to clean up from when I did my C-121 resto 

 

 

Looking good Ewan, the chassis is looking awesome, you have done a great job of it.

 

Tom

 

Cheers Tom, I'm very pleased with it 

A few more bits done over the weekend and yesterday.

Finally started work on the other side of the chassis which was in a worse condition than the other side, we replaced the side in three sections so that the chassis didn't twist.

Just before welding in the last piece.

Finally finished all of the repairs on the chassis, it just needs its final coats of primer and then I can start on the yellow paint

With thanks to my grandad the tyres have been taken off the rear wheels so I can start cleaning them up.

Some more bits sandblasted

Very nice tractor Tom!

Well the grille is correct for a Massey MF-7 that's good. Are the foot rests still available to you?

The new footrests look like they might be bolted onto the old ones.

Nice tractor, im missing my wheel horse, I don't think my dad would notice if I took one of his

I think I will, I'm waiting for another one to pop up.. I think I may be waiting a while! I'm still yet to see another with the same hitch as yours and mine, very weird,

Tom

Hmm I would like to know who made them, someone obviously spent a lot of time on them because they don't look like they have been knocked up in five minutes.

I saw this on eBay, it looks like new. Very nice!

Coming on really well, I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product. Every time I look at this thread it makes me want to do mine but I just can't bring myself to do it!

Tom

Thanks Tom, I can't wait till it is finished. Yours has a nice patina, I would leave it!

Nice work buddy it's coming on a treat nice work the switch

Cheers James

A little bit more has been done over the past few weeks , mostly cleaning up various parts and painting, here are some photos.

The wheels and brake/ clutch pedal after sandblasting.

After a coat of etch primer

A previous owner of the tractor had stripped all of the threads off of the light switch and so the nut had to be cut off.

After cutting the nut off I discovered this.

Luckily we managed to save the light switch by cutting new threads

Awesome find Tom, very nice!

That's stunning work Ewan; you really are cracking on with it.

Can't relax until I see the chassis painted in yellow; looking worryingly like your Dad's WH influence there......

Thanks, at one point he did comment on painting it red....

Where he left it.

Rig up some kind of dust extraction system, Ewan. NOT your mother's vacuum cleaner.

Haha, yep I was thinking about the dust extraction.

Brill job Ewan, looking good mate, well done

Thanks Chris

Brilliant work Ewan how you finding the blast cabinet?

Thanks, I'm liking it, I'm putting everything in an E-tank first to clean the paint off, just so it blasts quicker but it is doing a good job, it's a good size so I will be able to fit my bonnet and wheels in there

Looking forward to seeing this at Newby Hall

Hopefully it will look like it has just come out of the factory

^{Top job Ewan}  

Cheers Paul

Been busy today cleaning up the chassis and painting, here's some pictures.

I'm pleased with the result after a coat of etch primer, it feels like I'm getting somewhere now

To help fill the rust pits I'm brushing on red oxide primer.

My new toy arrived last week so hopefully it should speed up the restoration and hopefully I will be able to achieve a good clean surface so I can use etch primer.

Nice work lad's, I'm surprised that thick metal had rusted away, as it does look like.. er.. thick metal A water trap maybe? Nice repairs by the way

Yes it is a water trap, water had got in between the spot welds and the rust had expanded, heres a pic of the side we haven't fixed yet.