Some pictures of my two 520's in restoration

[cleat 4,990]

Installed the foot rests, cover, and guards on the rear 520.

 

 

Front 520 rear wheel in the tire changer showing protective tape on edge of rim.

 

 

Rear tires assembled, leak checked, and installed on front 520.

 

 

Cleat

[motox25 36]

Wow that paint really looks nice, are your seats recoverable?

[dodgemike 52]

Cleat your work is amazing. My

wife has the exact same Stang.

Since your switching between

rattle cans and guns please tell us

what brand and color paint you are

using. Thanks

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[cleat 4,990]

I cut out a piece of rigid black plastic to make a steering wheel center cap.

 

Before.

 

 

After.

 

 

Cleat

[cleat 4,990]

Rattle can paint is Excel farm & implement paint. Harvester red. This paint came from TSC.

Rattle can primer is Rustoleum red oxide.

 

Spray paint, reducer, and primer is at my neighbours as he is in the process of painting the hoods and rear fenders so I will have to get back to you. This paint also came from TSC.

 

 

Wheel rattle can paint is Rustoleum high performance wheel 257791 steel. This paint came from Home depot.

Wheel rattle can primer is Rustoleum light grey.

[cleat 4,990]

Rear 520 has it's front end pulled apart.

Frontaxle before cleanup

Front axle after cleanup, just needs paint.

Spindles have been bead blasted and painted

Front wheels have also been bead blasted and painted but still at work paint drying.

 

Cleat

[JERSEYHAWG / Glenn 4,487]

Looking really good Cleat. Thanks for update and progress pictures.

Glenn

[cleat 4,990]

Front wheels beadblasted and painted.

 

 

Now to wait a couple of weeks for the paint to dry then remount the tires.

 

Cleat

[stevebo-(Moderator) 8,041]

Slow and steady and work is coming out really nice!!

[cleat 4,990]

Cleaned up the tires for the rear 520 and inflated the rear tubes to check for leaks.

 

 

Went and picked up 2 new seats as they were on sale.

 

 

Cleat

[AMC RULES 36,945]

A great rubber rejuvenator, find it at 

your local Napa dealer.

[cleat 4,990]

Thank you for the info on the rejuvinator.

 

I painted the front axle on the rear 520 today.

 

Now to wait until the paint is all dry then resume assembling.

 

Cleat

 

 

 

[cleat 4,990]

Front spindles installed with teflon washers to help steering effort.

 

 

Rear wheels glass blasted and painted.

 

 

All wheels painted and ready for tires once I feel paint is dry.

 

 

New chrome plated lug nuts installed. All rear wheels will be installed this way.

 

 

Cleat

Edited March 15, 2014 by cleat

[Martin 2,130]

looks nice Cleat. I've used the bolts and lug nuts on previous rebuilds and they are definitely a good choice over the oem lug bolts. I'm already getting frustrated pulling the wheels on and off my current build with the oem bolts. just wanted to keep them on this one for some reason.

I'm enjoying the updates......

[cleat 4,990]

Well, I deemed the front wheels paint dry enough and mounted the tires. Went well with no paint damage.

 

Mounted on tractor, greased and installed plastic hubcaps.

 

 

Rears will get mounted next week (I know that sounds bad).

 

Cleat

Edited March 15, 2014 by cleat

[cleat 4,990]

For some reason the later model 520 did not have these belt guides installed. The tractor had the holes punched but never tapped for bolt threads. I tapped the holes and bought a set of guides from ebay.

 

Guides are now installed and belt guard is reinstalled.

 

 

Cleat

[cleat 4,990]

I installed the rear tires and rims on the rear 520.

 

 

Both machines lined up just waiting for the hoods and fenders to come home from being painted to finish assembly.

 

 

Cleat

[HorseFixer 2,012]

Lookin like a couple of nice horses!

 

~Duke

[Ken B 3,116]

Nice work Cleat. Where did you get the seats? The TSC near me used to carry nice seats like yours, now they carry real cheesie looking ones..

[cleat 4,990]

I bought mine at Princess Auto which is about an hour away because of price. TSC that is just down the road from me carries them as well but they cost more there.

 

Mounting pattern is not just right but drilling a hole in the slides worked. Wheel horse mounting pattern is 7.5 wide x 8" deep. These seats are 7.5 wide x 7" deep.

 

The only other issue is the Wheel horse arm rests do not bolt up to these seats. They sell an arm rest kit for these seats but they cost more than the seat.

 

 

Thanks, Cleat

[Aussie 98]

very nice work Cleat, inspires me to get moving with mine

 

I think the reason the later one doesn't have the belt guides is that the drive belt is always under tension from the idler pulley whereas the early belt can flap around a lot more when the idler pulley is disengaged. Doesn't hurt to have them there though.

[cleat 4,990]

That could be. I removed the disengage mechanism from the early one because I never use it and it seemed to rattle all the time.

 

Cleat

[Aussie 98]

That's a great idea!    D'oh - I hadn't thought of it, but will do the same. I think the disengage may have been to take the load off the engine for starting, but obviously wasn't needed as they did away with it. Mine jumps around like mad.

 

thanks

 

 kym

[Hendricksn 7]

Where'd you get the plastic grease caps? And you said tsc carries those seats?

[cleat 4,990]

Plastic grease caps came from ebay. A couple different people seem to have them there. They are not as high quality as the originals.

 

My original ones had the center cut out by improper cotter key installation by previous owner.

 

TSC in Canada carries these seats.

 

Cleat