Grandfathers CA

Also took off the brakes.  The pads were quite worn and broken up. "Drums" do look good, not 100% but reasonable for now.  

Do appreciate the prior owners who drilled out the middle side of the pins.  Was easy to remove after a couple of days of panther piss.  However, there was a ton of dirt, oil and etc which made it a challenge to remove the pads due to the space being full of organic material.  We prevailed.  

Next is to remove all other sand blast-able parts including the tire rims.

  

Radiator is off, now need to pressurize and find any leaking spots.  Hope to fix vs. buy a new one for ~$200. :'|  

Wiring, generator and starter are now off.  We set aside the wiring as a template when reassembling.  I have new wire and connectors with heat resistant black wrap. 

Was able to remove the front spindle bushings and clean up the spindles.  Do need to use a bit of emory cloth to finalize before assembly.

Did find out the mid steering box is adjustable. An 8th of a turn took out almost all of the slack.  Need to check/add oil grease.

This week we will pick up a new rear tire.  One is in good shape the other has many cracks.  Realized our center pivot tires on the farm are 11.2"X24" and plan to use one of those tires.  I did find many on FaceBook for $50 or more which would also work. Ironically, when I was looking at the other rear tires to see if I should replace it I realized it was also an old pivot irrigation tire!

Next steps: Continue clean up!!  Press in the new spindle bushings, reassemble the spindles, rebuild/repack the the front wheel hub bearings and with new seals reassemble.  Then swap out the front end.

    

Spent the day cleaning.  With a putty knife, screwdriver and wire brush, took all the "chunks" off the engine, torque tube and part of the transmission and differential.  Cleaned up the air filter and should be ready for a bit of sanding and then paint (planning black).  You just gotta love "Brake and Parts Cleaner" for removing the oil and grease as well!  Pretty much strips off everything which was awesome.   Here is air filter, ready for sanding and then paint.

The engine and torque tube!

Torque tube and steering box!

Transmission, differential and PTO/hydraulics!!

A bit backwards, but before all the above, we spent a few hours cleaning.  The results of the day were achieved by the right tools and as previously note...... brake and parts cleaner.  

Notably the best kick ass tool of the day was..... a cordless Milwaukee Hand grinder.  This was awesome to clean up the rest. The Milwaukee drill with a SS wire bur was also a huge thumbs up!!!

Also filled the steering box with Lucas Hub Oil and will check for leaks.

Still need to  dig into the hydraulic system and find the suspected bad "O"-ring.  Then the inner final drive seal need to be replaced!!

  

Thoughts on the following..... Planning Persian Orange #1 and black.

Black paint:  Air filter, front wheel hubs and lug bolts (rims are orange), rear wheel power rims (inner to be orange), steering shaft, gear shifter, hand clutch lever, alternator and starter.

Orange: Everything else.

Thoughts???

It's your tractor and you should paint it whatever you want, but there was nothing painted black when it left the factory.

We pulled a couple of cold rolled angle iron from the iron pile to support the front end while we rebuild and change out the front axil.  Didn't take much with the drill press and pilot hole and a 11/16" bit.  Bought some 5/8" schedule 8 bolts and put it all together.  A piece of C-channel at the base wire welded, to fix the base, just because!!!

  

You do a good writeup on the overhaul.. Pictures are GREAT... Would make a good BOOK !

As most of you would guess....... with a farm that has near a 150 year history, we now need to decide what to do with the numerous vehicles and many, many other old long abandoned tractors and implements that have been used over the past 150 years.  We have everything from the horse drawn plow which is now the mail box, to modern equipment.  It is a constant clean up and my Sis has been awesome!!

Still have my 68 Pontiac LeMans I drove in High School (it is not salvageable due to rust).  We rebuilt the engine, added a low ratio Muncie transmission and changed to a 4.88 rear end. Was a rocket off the line with 12' slicks!!!  Was pretty sly and never really got in trouble..... or caught.!!!!   My driving:  After the green light, the clutch is not needed!!!

  

It is really impressive how it changed within 3 generations starting with the horse and manual labor...  Today it is still hard work but as you mentioned easier to get things done on a larger scale.

Amazing to think that the CA was ~$1,900 in 1958.  

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