Case International 585

[sjoemie himself 2,918]

Aaand then a gust of wind took out one of the doors. Definetely NOT what I was planning to do this afternoon.. 

 

 

Note: yes the door, what's left of it anyway, is in horrible condition and I would love to replace it. Some hurdles to take before that can happen though.

[sjoemie himself 2,918]

First official upgrade to the Case International. It needed some front fenders badly. Took the tractor out in the rain a few times, last time together with one of my  nephews and we got plenty of water and mud flung onto our faces.. no bueno.. although my nephew did'nt seem to care 

 

 

 

Gathered up some flat bar stock and started puzzeling. Turns out nothing is flat, square and/or plumb on a front axle like this so there were quite a few tricky angles to get right.

 

My dad rolled a hoop which I used to make part of the main frame with.

 

Looked at some pictures on the interwebs for inspiration and (imho) improved the design to my liking. Top bolts onto an exsisting bolt which I replaced with an longer one. The bottom wraps around the wheelhub with an exhaust bolt (if that even is a word in English).

 

Bolted the fenders to the brackets with some carriage bolts and self locking nuts.

 

Done! Don't know why but I always really like the look of front fenders on 2wd tractors.

 

Thanks for watching!

Edited March 30 by sjoemie himself
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[sjoemie himself 2,918]

Have been busy the last couple of weeks. The Inter is running well until it did'nt.. fuel issue.. the tank was al plugged up with dirt and debris. I unclogged it and installed a see though pre-filter along with new fuelfilters. Runs much better now.

Still have to properly clean the tank though.

 

Also carried out maintenance on the entire machine, changed all the fluids and filters minus coolant.

 

 

Also fixed both leaky PTO seals.

Bearings are excellent, shafts do have some minimal wear but nothing a new shaft seal won't fix.

 

Now no more leakage detected.

 

After that it was time for the first 'real' test.. cleaning up years of accumulated dirt, grass, weeds and what not to uncover the concrete slabs that were hidden underneath.

I thoroughly enjoyed this little job and the tractor did excellent. I'm kinda getting why all you guys are always going on about 'seat time' 

 

Edited April 17 by sjoemie himself
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[sjoemie himself 2,918]

Gave the Inter the 'ol greasy @peter lena oil rubdown treatment, shined her right up!

 

 

[peter lena 8,072]

@sjoemie himself  as you know , a lubrification rub down / recovery  , is so simple  / easy to do , once its in  place , its steadily  gaining  / correcting  neglect .  usually do that first on , any  mechanical pick up . forget about it , get on with the serious stuff , then  rub it down , re apply  you're good . have to mention , obviousely  do not  personally know you , but back in the day , having you  as a solid work partner , would be my first choice  !  always thinking out of the box , adapting to any issue , think  i would turn those carriage fender bolts over,  have nuts top side , reduce nut crud pick up . thank you for your regular , idea sharing  , pete   

[sjoemie himself 2,918]

Thank you for your kinds words Peter, much appreciated! 

I agree with you that the bolts turned the other way around would pick up less junk but in this Case (pun intended) I chose form over function, I just like the shiny smooth side up better.

I will however, after you pointing this out, give the bolts a proper coppergrease/neversneeze coating when I definitifely install the fenders, still gotta get them painted or powdercoated after some final tweaks.

[sjoemie himself 2,918]

Played in the dirt today. The goal was to loosen the paddock so that it would dry quicker. Looking promising so far and had a BUNCH of fun ofcourse.