WD gauge pod paint
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Topic: WD gauge pod paint
Posted By: Matt Tallant
Subject: WD gauge pod paint
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2020 at 7:31pm
| Do I paint inside or leave bare for good ground? |
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Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2020 at 8:10pm
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I wouldn’t Matt. As a matter of fact I would take a wire brush and make the metal shiny at all contact points. The small screw at the lower left of the cover is a really important area that needs to have a good ground. When I disassembled my 190XT and painted all parts separately I had to go back and scrape paint to get my grounds back in order for my lights to work. What a nightmare especially with 4 coats of PPG on them.. they built them and then painted the tractors. I noticed this when I took it apart, bare metal behind fender mounts. Makes sense now lol. ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: Matt Tallant
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2020 at 8:14pm
| Thank you sir I still need you to fix the brakes on our 190!!! |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2020 at 7:15am
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Would be glad to Matt if you were not 3 hours away lol! Not too bad of a job if you spin the wheels out. If you wanna haul it up to my place I would be glad to to do it for you. How bout them Hokies? Commonwealth cup is back in Blacksburg where it belongs! ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2020 at 8:28am
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When repainting your Tractor, (especially the early model years with 6V systems) its best NOT to paint the inside of the instrument boxes. The early model Tractors with their 6v systems and three position charging switches need the grounds in order to work properly. Paint is an excellent insulator. Alternators get their ground through mounting brackets to the engine block. Voltage regulators get their ground through the chassis of the unit to the sheetmetal or whatever it's bolted or screwed to. With lotsa' paint those grounds can't be achieved and all kinds of goofy stuff starts happening to the electrical system while its searching for grounds. Charging is one of the big problems with lack of grounds. Flickering lighting is another issue. Just keep in mind, grounds are just as important as the feeds. HTH Steve@B&B ------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2020 at 8:47am
Adding ground wires easily overcomes grounding issues with painted parts and they don't give rust a place to start.  ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2020 at 9:11pm
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If your trying to keep originality that doesn’t look to good, but your correct it will work. ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |