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Well yesterday we were asked to put some of our machines out for display. Our county historical society had a planned walk of the small community that my parents are part of. The spent a couple hours wandering around looking at the old cemetery, church, elevator, and other historical areas. We were approached a couple months ago to see if we might be interested in having another spot for them to stop on their tour. Of course we were happy to help bring some color to their event. Thought it was a great time for a photo.......sorry the quality of the photo from my cell phone isn't the greatest, but it gives you an idea.

Where I come from this takes up very little room......

often part 6-42 gets rusted to the shaft and the tab breaks that gets bolted to the side of the tractor

He was quite an advocate for sure. Just can't imaging being on that mission. NASA didn't know if they'd even be able to return...if they ever got there in the first place.

The parts drying rack is you see is my wifes contribution to the cause Jake...our little secret OK? :thumbs:

Get an ohm meter that has a buzzer for continuity. Take the blower cover off of the engine. Remove the spark plug. With the ignition switch off, connect one probe to ground, and the other to the points wire. Be sure that the points are initially set at .020. Rotate the flywheel by hand in it's normal direction (clockwise as viewed from the flywheel side) until the points close. At this point you should be hearing the buzzer indicating that the points are making contact. Continue to rotate the flywheel slowly until the buzzer just stops. That means that the points are just beginning to open. Now look at the flywheel starter gear ring and you should see the "S" mark lined up with the mark on the bearing plate (which is in direct line with the viewing hole).

Painting on the white chairs Looks like they make a good rack. :)

Not so dumb, I don't know where they are either.

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I'll tell ya what I'd do with it, I wouldn't go crazy on it but I would do a nicer worker restoration on it. At the end of the day the only person that needs to be happy with it is you.

I rarely use a cup brush, but when I do, I use which ever gets the paint off. I have brushes from fine through coarse. The best way to remove paint though is sand blasting.

Well....I do see the correct answer above :eusa-think:

Maybe they used it in the "old days" before they started "penny pinching" How many 60's 's do we find that are still in pretty good shape while one's out of the 80's and newer have big rust blotches and paint falling off in sheets?

RIP Neil. He won't be forgotten! ~Jake

not really a primer, but a something for the primer to stick to. Kind of like a sealer.

Thanks guys! I agree that it was very nice of them to ask us to be part of their day. Being only 45 minutes from South Bend makes it even better for us to tie in to the local history. You are welcome to come down anytime Scott. There is always something going on in the barn and we love to have visitors to just sit back and talk tractors. Craig........that is dad's retirement. We house most of our Horses in there and that is where we spend a lot of time hanging out and tinkering on the next project. The barn is 30x60 fully insulated and heated. It has been a great addition to the hobby as we are working in there year round. The shop area is 30x45 and the other 15x40 is storage for outdoor items and where dad parks his truck. We are getting pretty tight on space and should have went bigger.........oh well, doesn't matter how big you build it you always run out of space. Need to start going vertical with storage I guess.

that paint sure made a difference! I definitely think she could use a coat of paint after seeing that. I kinda like the look with no fenders on it,but I think it could use the 6-12's on the rear. Any way you go,it sure will be one cool tractor when finished! ~Jake

belt guard, fenders, no paint, if its gonna be a worker. but if its gonna be a show queen then i would give it a full restore and nice paint, when you have a worker that has paint better than origonal it always it soooo hard to keep clean, i know im always cleaning mine every day, im surprised i havent rubbed the paint off yet lol

I vote south, generally, depending on where exactly in New York you're located. :)

Wish It was a different day. mentone is the same day and I am planning on going there. Maybe next year... Jake

Very cool machine, and I love the old Clinton you put on it! Matt :flags-texas: