867 Rehabilitation

[Handy Don 10,652]

59 minutes ago, Achto said:

 

I used to just have an argument between "me" and "myself". Then I found it necessary to drag "I" in for a tie breaker. The winners gets to have the final say as always, and have a drink to celebrate. The loser is left to drink away his sorrow.

Aren't there two losers? 🙃

[ebinmaine 63,260]

49 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Aren't there two losers? 🙃

Not necessarily.

If there's two parties of the three parties involved and the third party of the three parties is still part of the first three parties then in reality all the parties win even though one party lost or two parties lost

 

 

[Achto 26,600]

A weekend up date....

 

First I'll finish the tutorial that I started on my process of straitening sheet metal. @ebinmaine All of the parts received 1 coat of self etching primer and 3 coats of sand able filler primer, in my case this was a 2k urethane gray primer. After the primer was dry I misted a coat of red oxide primer over it as a guide coat.

 

Now for the wet sanding. Using 400grit on a sanding block and a semi flexible sanding pad, I sanded the primer. After a few swipes you can see how the guide coat will show you what needs to be sanded out.

 

When all of the red oxide has been sanded off, then you know that your part is completely sanded. After it dries I wipe it down with a preps all solvent, wipe it with a tack cloth and it's ready for paint.

 

All this prep work leads to what is finally the fun part for me. Time to squirt some paint. 

 

One other good/GREAT note. My parts finally came in for my engine . I dropped the engine off at my machinist on Monday and was able to pick it up on Thursday, so I was able to paint the block today as well.

 

Assembly time is right around the corner now. 

 

Edited March 21, 2022 by Achto

[857lover 284]

On 3/20/2022 at 8:45 PM, Achto said:

 

 

One other good/GREAT note. My parts finally came in for my engine . I dropped the engine off at my machinist on Monday and was able to pick it up on Thursday, so I was able to paint the block today as well.

 

Assembly time is right around the corner now. 

 

that engine is looking so fresh!!

[oliver2-44 8,869]

10 hours ago, Achto said:

All of the parts received 3 coats of sand able filler primer, in my case this was a 2k urethane gray primer. 

 

When you say 3 coats do I understand that to mean 3 full wet coats plus you initial tack coat and 2nd partial coat. 

[Achto 26,600]

19 minutes ago, oliver2-44 said:

When you say 3 coats do I understand that to mean 3 full wet coats

 

3 full wet coats, then a light mist of red oxide primer out a spray can after it dries for the guide coat. It did get one coat of self etching primer before the 3 coats of urethane was applied.

Edited March 21, 2022 by Achto

[Achto 26,600]

Been doing a little tinkering this week. The pullies that I took apart earlier now have some new paint, bearings, and have been put back together.

 

Allen head 8-32 bolts fit nicely in the groove of the pulley. Had to grind 2 sides of the nuts down so they would fit in the groove. A little red Loctite ensures that they will not come loose.

 

The new paint on the fan shroud is was dry enough to add the finishing touches.

 

A little hand lettering and the decal makes it almost complete. Still need to rivet name plate on.

[Achto 26,600]

 

Black head light bucket????  Well that ain't right. No worries, I haven't lost my mind.  YET!  I painted it black with a urethane clear coat about a week ago. Why?? This was done so that it could end up looking like this.

 

After the black had cured for a week, then I sprayed it with Moto Chrome paint. If you look at my hook that was red in the first pic, you see how the black changes the out come of the chrome paint. Hoping that with a chrome-ish back ground that the lights may be brighter. ( I think that the factory lights are only slightly better than holding a candle in front of you while you drive ) With any luck the chrome paint and the high out put LEDs will be an improvement.

 

@WHX?? stopped by to drop some parts off for me to work on and ended up hanging out to help me put my engine together. Good thing too, as he caught me making a couple of mistakes. When we were unwrapping parts Jim noticed that some how @ebinmaine's chief mechanic must be endorsing the piston that I'm using. She even has her initials engraved on them.

 

A fresh cylinder & piston with a nice drizzle of Lucas pic. Always easy on the eyes.

 

Knocked off for the day with the engine mostly sealed off to the elements. There were a few trinkets that I forgot to paint so I have to wait for them to dry before I finish buttoning things up.

Edited March 27, 2022 by Achto

[oliver2-44 8,869]

Very nice, I'm certainly interested to hear how that moto chrome works out!

Since your almost done, can I drop a couple of engines needing rehab off at your place!

 

[SylvanLakeWH 24,223]

[ebinmaine 63,260]

8 hours ago, Achto said:

With any luck the chrome paint and the high out put LEDs will be an improvement

Absolutely will help. 

On Trina's main worker 867 Pigpen she sprayed the headlamp bucket Bright Copper (partially to get a brighter background and partially to match the front weight bracket). 

Definitely a noticable difference.  

 

[rjg854 10,760]

You must already know that the LED bulbs a vast improvement over the original incandescent bulbs  

[squonk 38,980]

During a lighting upgrade at the hospital they installed reflector material in the led ceiling lights. Some locations it was too much so they had to come out. Of course I scarfed it! 

 

 

[Achto 26,600]

22 hours ago, oliver2-44 said:

Since your almost done, can I drop a couple of engines needing rehab off at your place!

 

I'm usually home by around 4:30, feel free to stop by.  

[Achto 26,600]

Made some good progress today. Finished the engine up this morning.

 

With that done I moved on to throwing a few pieces together on the chassis.

 

Got this far on it & had to quit for the day.

 

 

Edited March 28, 2022 by Achto

[kpinnc 10,819]

Very nice! 

[WHX?? 46,835]

13 hours ago, Achto said:

Got this far on it

Yer makin a monkey out of all of us! So what you started this on 2/12 and its this far already?!?!? Told you guys he gets tunnel vision on a resto! 

 

Is that the original muffler Dan? Looks to be one of those 1" small pepper pot unobtaniums? 

Edited March 28, 2022 by WHX??

[Achto 26,600]

24 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

So what you started this on 2/12 and its this far already?!?!? Told you guys he gets tunnel vision on a resto! 

 

Is that the original muffler Dan? Looks to be one of those 1" small pepper pot unobtaniums? 

 

Started on 2/12. I'm running behind, was hoping for a 4 to 6 week turn around.

 

Yes, that's the original muffler, one of the harder ones to get. It rattles a little bit when you shake it. If that happens while its running, I'll take it back off & see if I can tack weld the baffle some how.

[TJ5208 1,823]

Why not a stack.

[WHX?? 46,835]

3 minutes ago, Achto said:

see if I can tack weld the baffle some how.

If not I have a large diameter tubing cutter. Cut it apart re-gizzard it and weld it back together? Wouldn't be for lack of trying to save it. All of my '67s have the large pepper pot which of course are aplenty but I just like them small ones with a 1" inlet. 

[WHX?? 46,835]

1 minute ago, TJ Salyers said:

Why not a stack.

Originality TJ and me thinks Dan has enough tractors that are "stacked" in his favor! 

[Achto 26,600]

2 minutes ago, TJ Salyers said:

Why not a stack.

 

Staying closer to original with this one. Specially seems I already have the original muffler. I had to find a muffler like this one for my 701. It was one of the more pricey items on that build.

[dclarke 4,011]

You sure do good work, Dan! 

[squonk 38,980]

Curious,  What's the diff between that pepper shaker and what you can get at Tractor supply?  Dia? Length? I have some NOS 3/4" pepper shakers I wish I could find a use for.

[Achto 26,600]

33 minutes ago, squonk said:

What's the diff between that pepper shaker and what you can get at Tractor supply?  Dia? Length?

I

Can't seem to find the dimensions for the older small block pepper shaker with a 1" inlet. I can measure the one on my 701 when I get home from work. They are the same out side dimensions and shape as this one made by Oregon that has the 3/4" inlet. 

 

https://forestdepot.com/35-008-muffler-tecumseh-kohler?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzsik1bHp9gIVKvHjBx3SUgRmEAQYAiABEgLfSvD_BwE

 

This add has the dimensions for the new readily available pepper box with the 1" inlet.

https://www.amazon.com/Oregon-35-006-Muffler-Replaces-Stratton/dp/B0018U04WK/ref=asc_df_B0018U04WK/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167152075853&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9414308703612342658&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019446&hvtargid=pla-308696059389&psc=1