The range shifter knob is missing and the remainder are faded really bad.  Alternately,  does anyone know of a way to get the color back in the knobs?

Also,  anyone have a 8000 series temp and fuel gauge in good shape they want to part with?

Thanks!!  

 Regards,

 Chris

The yellow PTO knob is discontinued, but I'll see if I can track one down.  McMaster has phenolic resin knobs that are very close to the shifter knobs.  The main difference being they are threaded,  but I'm sure they could be made to work.

There are some water/fuel gauges on eBay.  Will get a new one for our 6060 as well because the original is getting all rusty.    

Really grateful for everyone's input!  Thank you.  

 

Guess I'll be trying to dye or paint the other knobs.  

Leon B MO

Thanks, Leon.  I'll be sure to post pictures along the way.  With my family working on it with me,  I hope to have it field ready for second crop hay in June.  But,  as they say the best laid plans of mice and men.  It'll be a good addition to our fleet of AC iron and will help keep the hours down on our 8010 which can officially retire to a hay making tractor now! 

Thanks!  I'm excited to get her back to her former glory and back in the field.  Back when I said "full restoration" I was thinking I was dealing with a 13,000+ hour tractor and I was planning on a full overhaul of the engine as well as a full cosmetic restoration.  As I looked into the tractor a bit more,  I realized it was just under 3400 hours.  So my current plans are to fix the cab where it is damaged,  then do a full cosmetic restore on the cab interior and the tractor exterior.  

Also going to install the 540/1000 PTO while I have all the fluids drained.  

  

Most new cameras are taking photos that are 5000 pixels wide and several MegaBites  in size... This site wants a 800 pixel photo with  100 KB size. ( approx).

If your doing everything on a cell phone, then see if you can change the size of pictures it takes ( before you take it, not after)... Most cameras have 5-6 different SIZEs that you can use.. dont know if cell phone can do that or not... Smaller size  = more photos per disc.

70270999 eff sn1711 discontinued

70264915 eff sn1711 $52.95 all from AGCO 

The final things on my list are trying out a couple different paint options for the tan color on the interior and then deciding what paint to use for the exterior.  I've been told to use Durathane from PPG.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!  

Regarding the photo,  I used the "Photos" program in Windows 10.  There is a resize option in there that lets you downscale.  I just selected the smallest size.

I was going to mention the SEM paint for the knobs also. Does a good job on knobs in gerneral. I use the SEM paint to clean up the knobs on the 3 position Headlight/Charging switches I rebuild for the early Tractors. Cleans em' up nice with a little work.....

Steve@B&B

I've totally stripped the interior out at this point.  Man,  was the floor crispy.  Super rusted and pitted with a hole rusted thru in the back under the remote flow adjustment panel.  Here are some before shots of the interior. 

So after several hours of work and about half a dozen flap wheels on the grinder,  I got the floor and most of the interior cleaned up.  Then I put down a thick layer of Rustoleum red oxide primer.  I hate applying that stuff, but you could pave a road with it and it does produce nice results.  After the primer,  I put down a good coat of rubberized truck bed liner to try and keep the moisture away from the floor. 

Next step was to track down a paint to repaint the saddle brown.  I decided the easiest way to do this was to borrow the traction booster cover from our 8010,  which isn't faded at all, and take it to the local Car Quest.  They scanned the inside of the cover with their color matching tool.  They mixed me several spray cans of SEM acrylic enamel so today I prepped and primed the interior parts that I could remove from the cab.  I used adhesion promoter before applying to the plastic parts.  I'm really, really pleased with the way it turned out!

Tonight I took the rear glass out and took the doors off then masked the glass in the cab.  Next step is to prep and paint the interior of the cab.  The plan is to paint the non-visible stuff with POR-15 and the visible stuff with the same paint as the others.  

I've managed to amass all the decals, upholstery, headliner and floor mat.  I also took the seat to a local shop to get re-covered.   I'll post more once I've finished the interior.  Hope to have that done by no later than mid next week.  

On an exterior note,  my dad fixed up the corner of the cab that had been accidently used by the previous owner to support the roof of an old barn in a wind storm.  For what my dad had to work with,  it turned out really great.  To get it much better,  we would have ended up cutting the side of the roof off of the cab and fabricating all new and that's just not an option for this project.  I'll do some smoothing with a very thin layer of bondo and it will look really good when shiny orange again.

Spent a solid 4 hours last night sanding the interior and that job is mostly complete.  There's still some hand work to get done in the corners and things.  Also have to hit some places with the handheld sand blaster.  

I need to pull the steering column today, get it prepped and painted.  I've been putting that off incase I needed to move the tractor out of the shop,  but it's time to bite that bullet.   

   

     

The 8070 will certainly be plenty big for us,  but not too big.

Thanks for the advice.  I had got the brown ones from agco and they matched perfect.  But they don't have the black ones anymore,  so I'll check that out for sure to get them!

The cables aren't hooked up in the right hand console either because it will make my life way easier to mask the outside of the cab with them removed.

lol!  I'd love to help you out,  but I think I'm booked on work for the foreseeable future.  

I'm going to give our 8010 a good going over this winter, although it is in way better condition than the 8070 was.  Our 8010 has been stored indoors from the day it was new, so it just needs a head liner and some other small touch ups from a interior perspective.  I want to paint the exterior,  but we'll see if that's in the cards or not.  It's at just over 10k hours now and the 301 is starting to show some blow-by and the front main is leaking far more than I'd like.  So it'll get a full out of frame while I'm at it.  

The acquisition of the 8070 will let the 8010 retire to a hay making tractor for the most part.  It's earned it.

PAfarmer, I'm enjoying your 8070's restoration pictures. You do great work! Thanks for sharing. If you haven't already, you might try taking your 8070's seat to a local upholstery shop for restoration.  Some local shops can do great restoration at a reasonable rate. For $375, Austin at AlphaOmega Taylorville, IL restored my AC 7040's seat pictured above. It received new foam, vinyl, red fabric inserts, & AC imprint. Austin fabricated a metal AC stamp to recreate the AC imprint in it's upper backrest vinyl. Here's their weblink:   http://www.alphaomegataylorville.com/gallery" rel="nofollow - http://www.alphaomegataylorville.com/gallery

Wow!!  Your seat turned out really nice.  Forgive my ignorance, but did the 7040 have that red insert from the factory?  It's really sharp looking.

I took the seat from the 8070 to a local shop to get recovered.  I found a post on here that had a link to an Etsy shop that has fabric with a really close pattern to the original.  It'll be awhile till I see it back though as they do a lot of work on boats and this is their busy season.

Here you go Mike.  It's a Grammer seat and suspension.  We got if from Abilene Machine.  Not the right color, I know, but it looks ok.  We just installed it a month or so ago and I only have maybe 2 hours in it,  but so far I'm really impressed with it's comfort.   

I'll be sure to post the entire project in a summary post including the seat.  

I spent a solid 5 hours last night sanding old orange paint off.  All that's left to sand are the corner posts and door jams.  Then I'll put down two coats of POR15 on the roof tonight after the sanding so it has time to dry.  We're going to shoot the base and clear orange this weekend.  Black and wheels to follow shortly. 

I can see the finish line on this one which is good as we're getting close to planting and it'll look good in front of the 15' JD 1590.

 

Yesterday we painted the parts that I took off the tractor and man,  did it turn out nice.  I used PPG Omni which I have mixed feelings about.  The outcome was good, but the application of the base coat was a real pain in the neck.  It doesn't cover for crap!!  I read that it's a known complaint about the base and some colors are worse than others.  With all that said,  the finished product is really good looking after the clear went on.  But,  if I had it to do over,  I'd have went with PPG Deltron.    

I also finished the instrument cluster.  I'm really happy with the way it turned out.  I hand painted the silver trim and AC logo with some Chrysler "Bright Silver" touch up paint I had from a Dodge Avenger I used to own.  

Next step is to paint the cab.  Tomorrow's objective is to mask the windows, door openings and back window opening, then paint on Tuesday.  After that we'll block it up and remove the wheels so the black can be painted and also the wheels.  Hope I have enough cribbing blocks! 

Things are really coming together and I'm starting to get excited for the outcome.  If things keep up at this pace I hope to have it completely painted and reassembled by this time next week.  Just in time to hook to the grain drill.

Yes,  the lighting is where I'll depart from original equipment.  I swapped our 6060, 7000 and 8010 all to LED and there's just no comparison.  I use Nilight brand that I get from Amazon.  They are pretty reasonably priced and really bright.  I've used them on a Jeep and some other things as well and I've had really good luck with them.  

 

 

More progress to report.  It's been transformed into a real redneck tractor.  No wheels and up on blocks.

I applied the decals to the side panels,  and I'm really happy with that way those turned out! 

Painted the all wheels and such.  We made an executive decision and went with the cream color like the older 7000 series and such.  Never really thought the white was an improvement.  

Also primed and painted the cab orange.  

The final step is to paint the frame.  Just have to wait a few days for the cab to cure and then I can cover it,  wash it up and then prime and paint.  I'm a little over a week behind schedule,  but we're getting there!

  

Nice job!

I need both sides.

Thanks!

For the side panel repair,  we use Bondo fiberglass repair with the mat and resin.  Then we cover that with a thin layer of putty.  We've used it on several tractors in the past with good results,  it's held up well to field use on our 8010 and 6060 which had the same problems you were describing.

Regarding the prep,  we sand down the old paint nearly all the way off with an air DA sander.  I posted a picture of the panel ready for paint back on 4/11.  It's the same for the fiberglass grille ring,  but that tends to require some hand sanding cause of the nooks.  What grit sandpaper to finish with will depend on what primer your end up using.  It will say on the primer tech sheet.  

As for paint,  we've tried several over the years.  My grandad painted our 8010 with Agco brand paint.  I don't know who makes it,  but it's just a single stage enamel.  

They look good at first and then fade really quick.  It's also just not very durable at all.  

We used a Nason two stage base/clear on our 7000 as our local car quest had a paint code for Persian Orange II.  It shot on OK and seems to be holding up, but I couldn't get a cross to Corp. Orange in Nason for the 8070.  

I can tell you that for the 8070 I used PPG Omni line for the orange parts and the cream of the rims and wheel centers.  For the etch layer I used the Omni MP170 Epoxy primer covered with MP282 high build for the Surfacer layer.  Then Omni MBC for the base coat and Omni Quick Clear for the clear.  Talk to the folks at your local PPG dealer as they'll tell you exactly what to use as far as hardeners and things are concerned as it matters based on temperature and things.  For the black frame I used PPG Drathane which is supposedly a really tough paint.  For the silver rear wheels,  I used Rustoleum aluminum colored paint thinned with acetone and spayed on.  Then hit it with a layer of Rustoleum clear.  Couldn't bring myself to spend the money on the Omni for them.  

I will say this about the Omni system,  I'm told it's durable but I do have to say I did not care for how the base covered.  While the finished product is nice,  it seemed to take a lot of paint.  If I had it to do over,  I'd have used the PPG Deltron line.  That would have been a small challenge as the PPG codes for the Corp. Orange don't cross into the Deltron line,  so it would require doing a spray card of the Omni or the Agco paint and then taking it to a PPG dealer so they could use the spectrophotometer to cross it into Deltron.  I'm told the Deltron is just a much nicer system to use,  but I can't speak to this myself.

With all that in mind,  I am amateur at all this body work stuff.  I've painted several cars and a few tractors with my Dad's help.  He did body work professionally for a decade.  But the paints and technologies have changed a lot so he's not up on all the new stuff.  So be sure to ask the pros at the PPG dealer what to use for sure! 

  

 

Paint is finished.  All that remains is reassembly, wiring for more lights, GPS and Auto Steer.  Change the oil in the transmission and rear end also.  I am planning to swap the tractor over to the dual 540/1000 PTO but I think that's going to wait until planting is done.  We'll see how much progress I make today.  

Here's some pictures of the finished paint!

  

I am really pleased with how things are coming together.  I'm happy I went with the cream color on the front wheels and the rear centers!

Engine oil and all the filters on the tractor have been changed.  Changed the oil in the front end completely.  Unless some really unforeseen pops up,  it'll be field ready by the weekend for sure!  My dad and I are both working on putting it back together so things are moving fast.  

With any luck,  my next update will be the finished product!

 

Does anyone here have a recommendation for a good salvage parts place for Allis that I could source the parts from?

Thanks!! 

You could try Colfax tractor parts in Colfax Ia. 515-674-3001 Good chance they have it, shipping costs???

Tractor is looking great!

Thanks,  it's coming together!  Thanks for the recommendation.  I'll reach out to them today.

The 8070 is back together and I've done a fair amount planting with it and the 15 foot drill.  Things seem fine other than the 2 up to 3 and 4 down to 3 shift is sluggish under load in high range.  It takes a few seconds to get into gear.  Especially the 4 to 3 down shift.  That's something I'll have to dig into cause it's a real pain in the neck on the road.

I'm really happy with how it turned out!  It's a really nice tractor to run.  It's more than enough tractor for the 15 foot drill but doesn't seem oversized.  In our hills,  the power and 4WD is nice.  Our other 4WDs are usually busy on the corn planter and other planting related tasks so the drill ended up on the 2WD 8010 and it was a real handful for it full of beans on the hills.  

I'll put together a post will all the paint codes and different things once we wrap up planting.   

The 8070 and 8010 hanging out.  

Hey Soggy SEM paint is a paint brand all I can say.  I've used it for painting interior plastics and they carry a line of rattle can OEM matching colors.  It seems to be flexible as I understand certain SEM paints are made to be used on car seats and vinyl interior.

Sorry for not replying sooner!  It's been a busy year.  

SEM is indeed a brand of paint.  I used their ColorMatch system for the interior because I was able to take some interior parts from our 8010 that isn't faded to our local SEM dealer and they matched the color for me.  

I also used their ColorCoat product and related adhesion promoters to re-paint the black trim pieces and the various knobs and things on the interior.  I've used SEM products on some car interiors that I've redone in the past and was pretty please.  I'm happy with the way it turned out on the 8070 as well.