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I bought a pretty rough RJ back in May for $250 and have been slowly and steadily been doing a shade tree restoration.  

 

 Below is what I started with:

 

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WHX??

Nice ...rattle can is my middle name...how far along with it? Looks like you got your work cut out! Nice tub too BTW :handgestures-thumbupright:

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Horse Play

I'll keep the progress photos coming.  The tub turned out pretty good for how bad it was and then just being spray painted. 

 

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Daron1965

The trailer looks great.  What paint are you using?

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I had to pull the transmission apart and did all new bearings and seals.  Also had all the parts of the back of the trailer sandblasted and sprayed with etching primer. DSC_0002.JPG.cc3c3728078749a8dded5b205d98fb68.JPG

 

A forum member helped me out with a nice hood. Recently a friend filled the extra holes and fixed the cracks.  DSC_0005.JPG.5efbc66a72fd72f48e3bb397915e609d.JPG

 

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5 minutes ago, Daron1965 said:

The trailer looks great.  What paint are you using?

Rustoleum IH red.

 

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WHX??

Just don't matter what flavor of paint Horse as long as it's RED:handgestures-thumbupright:

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14 hours ago, WHX21 said:

Just don't matter what flavor of paint Horse as long as it's RED:handgestures-thumbupright:

As my boy used to say before being pulled into the dark side (JD green), if ain't RED leave it in the SHED...:ROTF:

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wallfish

NICE!

I'm interested in that hacked up hood for a custom project if you want to sell it.

For the Kill switch just search epay for a chainsaw switch. It's a single pole to ground switch. Original ones were the same switch as the old Homelites used

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21 hours ago, wallfish said:

NICE!

I'm interested in that hacked up hood for a custom project if you want to sell it.

For the Kill switch just search epay for a chainsaw switch. It's a single pole to ground switch. Original ones were the same switch as the old Homelites used

I possibly could sell it, but it is in rough shape. 

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A sorta local forum member helped me out with this K91.  I bought it without knowing if it ran or not.  I dumped in fresh oil and gas - she fired up on five pulls and runs great.DSC_0356.JPG.871d3cf4f6af5f060103f5f28bba8475.JPG  

 

Transmission reassembled with new bearing and seals. 

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Pullstart

Congrats on the baby!  Oh yeah nice work on the tractor too :handgestures-thumbupright:

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wallfish
On 11/7/2018 at 6:59 PM, Horse Play said:

I possibly could sell it, but it is in rough shape. 

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Here's some pics of the mower deck that came with the tractor.  Ever see a deck shell like this?

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Horse Play

My friend did some great work on the hood.  He filled in seven "extra" holes and fixed a few cracks.  I then used a DA with 40 grit and a wire brush on the lettering - I need to find something not too aggressive to clean up the rest. 

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AMC RULES

Wire wheel would make short work of it.  :twocents-twocents:

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Horse Play

Can anyone recommend an epoxy for the tank straps to the underside of the hood?

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9 hours ago, Horse Play said:

Can anyone recommend an epoxy for the tank straps to the underside of the hood?

With the vibration the hood will be experiencing and the weight of the gas sloshing back and forth the only thing I would trust is having the tank straps welded on.

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bottjernat1

Mine i had wider straps welded on. Such a great machine. Yours is looking Good!

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VinsRJ

Very Nice Job!

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Horse Play

Thanks all for the compliments.  This is the first project I took on after being a dad, so this is now the slowest project I've ever had!

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Wheelhorse Wes

That is absolutely beautiful RJ. Rattle can works amazing if your patient, by the looks of er you are a good painter. Two thumbs way way up sir....by the way use “redo your horse.com” for your decals he’s a member on here .

I use his decals and they are amazing 

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