Ian

That's a rather nice paint finish, she's going to look great when your finished

A nice find Paul, your not hanging about if parts are arriving already!

Your right, the gearbox does look interesting

Thanks guy's..    A bit of a quite one yesterday, it was nice to have a day of doing nothing for a change..  

Watched loads of episodes of Roadkill during the day on YouTube.....   If you have never seen Roadkill it's well worth a look.. Just a couple of guy's farting about with cars and doing mad road trips.. A relaxed program with none of the normal "If he doesn't get that part on 100% right the car will explode" sort of stuff..

Oh and the evening was spent watching 24.. We are watching them all right from series 1 to 8, by then series 9 should be on tv

That's just fantastic, love the attention to detail... Just up your street Richard

No idea I'm afraid Mark... It looks like a substantial bit of kit... How wide is is? what's your plans for it?

Mad! But great

Thanks Mark

Nice to have a bit of time to spare.

Thanks Norm... It was nice to get out and about for a change...

It is always good to document what repairs you do to a machine either by pics text or video  & Ian covers every aspect of that

Thanks Neil, yep it's all going on video

Sure looks a professional job to me Ian,,,,,,  

Thanks Kenny.

Spot on ian

Thanks mate.

Some of the lads in the sheet metal department where I used to work, would have had a blue duck fit if asked to do that. Full marks Ian.

 

Ever thought of moving up here?

Thanks Norm... What's up with your old work mates, it's only metal after all!

Nope, it's a bit too cold for me up north..  Better Wheel Horse shopping down south as well

Ian, you are a very talented fellow!

Love to see your building & modification photos!

Thank you very much, loads more to come..

This is not part of the repairs but I thought I'd show you all anyway..

I thought I would have a bash as seeing how much double curvature I could create without having to cut and weld which is how I did the lower corners of the hood..

It gives me hope that should I ever have to remake top corners of a hood they shouldn't be too bad to shape

Your welcome Kenny. It may not be a professional job but it ain't bad

looks like a right mixture, perhaps I've owned it before  

I've just rechecked the photo's in case it had been through my doors also

The wonky decal says it has not!!

Another awesome dude

Cut the corners away ,No pressure there then Ian

No pressure at all Neil

once you've  mastered that one Ian , i'll send you the one I have here  

Oh no... Not another one

its very intresting seeing ians work i was there when he unpacked these and we had a good chat for half an hour over a coffee discusing the best way of doing this job  we went through loads of differant ways it could be done, and its nice to see he chose his way not my way   he"s the master our ian

Morning Nigel, you just knew I was going to repair it my way.. We all have our own way of doing things

Good effort so far Ian

Thanks Mark.

Fresh steel is over rated.. All the base of the hood needed was a quick squirt with primer to make it as good as new

Ok, maybe not. But the primer did give me a surface I could see pencil marks on.. Very handy as I was about to mark this corner out for cutting.

Gulp 1..

The patch is very close to the shape it needs to be.

Gulp 2.. The rest comes off after welding on the first patch.

Two corners on..

Nope the masking tape isn't a bodge, it's a good way of making templates..

Ta-daa     The lip this end of the bottom grill holes needs a little tweak, but I'm reasonably happy with how it's going.

good work so far Ian, you are a fast worker when you are fit!

Thanks Mark, though I'm not sure about being a fast worker even when fit...  To be honest it's only playing with Wh's that's keeping me going at the mo... In so much pain, but welding etc takes the mind off it..

What about the other half?

At the back out of reach     That's my most used odds n sods of metal...   It could do with going somewhere else but I've just not got the space!

I tell you what Ian , i think you done a right champion job of that hood so far , Quite a challenge .

Does this mean that Ken is going to have the restored look or is he going to keep the original repaired look ?

 

good job

Thanks Neil, I like the challenge

I'm guessing Kenny is going for the restored look... Please step in and tell us Kenny..

I got a bit more done today.. The long patch on the side of the hood is fully welded on and ground back...   The final straightening of the edges can wait until all the welding is done and the hood has been through the E-tank... The welds showing on the insides will get a good tidying up as well.

A lot of time has been spent working out how best to remake the lower part of the hood front.. In the end as is my style I just grabbed a bit of flat steel and went for it

The corner patches are over sized at the mo and the shape is almost there.. I won't be able to do the final shaping until I've cut the rotten corners away.... Gulp!

Having finally got the GT's 3 point finished Monday, I wanted a relaxed but fun day Tuesday before I started on some serious rust repairs yesterday..

So Pete and I decided to go for a little drive on the GT to have a look for good places that would be a challenge for my 6x6 and Nigel's Noddy Holder..

The looking didn't last too long as it was such a nice restful place down in the valley, lot's of wild flowers, the sounds of birds chattering and a babbling stream.. I love it down there

Sorry about the quality of these first four photo's, my video camera is much better at video than stills..

It's a shame that the orchids around here grow blurred!

And then suddenly an idea I have had floating around for a long time popped into my head!!

So back to base for a quick bit of lunch, and then back on the GT for another drive in the opposite direction this time armed with a good camera

So welcome to the first 3 of my "Clocks out of context" series..

This ones called "A crack in time"..

"Time for a hanging"

The next two are simply called "Don't jump" 1 and 2

As an added bonus here's "Don't jump with colour"      I love the colours on the bricks, lump of rock and the tree root.

A beautiful spot with the sun shining on the stream.

Have a couple of the bridge brickwork.. My area is well known for clay pits and brick making, so I guess there bricks are slowly returning back to nature..

I'm not sure Pete would of driven over the bridge had known of the big crack in it at the time

And that was my relaxed fun day.... Fun eh

Though I'd add this... Nigel enjoying a drive on the GT..... After he churned my lawn up with the 6x6

Any more clues yet....

Not yet Charlie. D:

:D

That arrangement and fuel tank would work well on project bendy

I guess everything may or may not have a price

A nice find Chris..... As soon as I can get a few ££'s together I will head down and see if I can help with your Wheel Horse congestion problem

It's been quite a while since I last did and serious panel fabrication out of thin steel, and as I'm "breaking in" a new MIG welder I thought I'd start on something easy to get back into the swing of things.. The sides of the hood.

Off came what little remained of the trim molding thingy...  Nice to see only surface rust hiding under the trim..

A quick clean up to see how up the rust had gone.. Not too far as it happens, once again a decal had saved the day

I've no idea what this length of thin steel is from, or even how it came to be in the shack.. But it is the same thickness as the Ranger hood, which is handy

The first repair patch was cut to size and clamped gently to the side of the hood so I could make out where to cut.. The masking tape was stuck to the hood first so I could clearly see the pencil marks..

Patch one welded in.. I still need to do a little welding and shaping but it's almost there..

Patch two tack welded in place..

I had hoped to of got more done yesterday, but time and a shot back were working against me...   But after a good nights sleep (which makes a very pleasant change) I'm raring to go again

Oh, and by the end of yesterday my nice clean bench looked like this

Morning all, as some of you will of know Kenny (Kenmof2000) posted a thread asking if these Lawn Ranger panels could be repaired..

Well, a few-ish days later a couple of parcels from Scotland turned up at the shack

Unwrapped..

Let's have a look at the worst panel, the fender pan..   Er.. Very flat at the back, lot's of holes  and lot's of very deep rust pitting!!

Speaking of holes... If you look at the photo's are the 4 outer (they would be above the tyres) holes original or have they been drilled by a previous owner?

The seat pan only needs a bit of straightening and a few patches to replace the missing metal..   Not to bad at all.

Which leaves the hood... This is the first time I've had a close up look of a Lawn Ranger hood, and I had to say I do like it.. There's something about the raised lines and pressed Wheel Horse on the front that's very pleasing to the eye

If only Wheel Horse had covered all the hood in decals then all the paint would still look like this

On to the rust.... Yep, there's some metal missing!!

The molding/strengthening strip has just about vanished!!   But it will be reappearing again

The base of the front is a right mess where someone at some point has tried to arc weld thicker steel inside!!!

Despite how it looks there is more than enough left to take measurements from and get the correct shape for the repair panel/panels.. I've not decided yet if I'm going to try making it out of once piece of steel or more yet..

From the inside..

So now I knew the amount of work ahead I had to take some drastic measures!!!!

Yep, I cleaned the bench

Not enough things and not enough space

euhm race tractor? i remember a thread from you on rs on how much power a wh gearbox can handle?

 

 

Koen

That thread on RS was quite a while ago.. Well remembered Koen.... But no, this engine is not for a race/rather fast WH.

Lucky to find that

 It seems to be a 14hp, no?

What is the aluminium stuff below the coil?

Yep, it's 14hp

The ally stuff under the coil is the voltage regulator..

Did any spot the strange way the starter motor is wired up!!!

The ally would be for the electric stuff

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That's close enough Koen

 That 3 point works great Ian! Good thing you didn't lift it much higher, as you might have removed the roof from the shack.

 

Matt

Thanks Matt.. I will admit that there may of been a "metal hitting roof" kind of sound the first time I tried raising the GT.. I may of been looking at the 3 point and not the roll bar at the time

just saw the last 3 point video on youtube.great work . i will be starting my own soon on my cub cadet.

Hi Chris, glad you liked the videos, I hope they help with your 3 point build..   For those that don't know a little while ago Chris asked via YouTube if I would do a short video on the 3 point on my 6x6..

Well, that short video turned into the 3 GT 3 point videos

Oh... The GT's roll bar is now matt black..   Well it should be when the paint drys

The third and final part of my 3 point build...

Enjoy

Sorry Kev, I keep forgetting to fill the form... Being a bloke forms are not fun things to fill in

Just given Tractorfest a big plug on my new video, hopefully it will help getting the numbers up

 Very nice build Ian!  Having a 3 point with down pressure is a very convenient feature.

 

Matt   

 Thanks Matt, yep a bit of down pressure is a handy thing on a 3 point

I use mine quite a lot for moving my big trailer when it has a few tons on! Pulling the hitch down lifts the rear wheels and stops them scrubbing

I was thinking the 3 point could make it a lot easier to tip and empty a trailer

Delighted how it all has turned out Ian , look forward to seeing a video of the action

Thanks Neil... As it happens the next 3 point video is being uploaded to MooTube as I'm typing this