TWT -- The Wrenching Thread (3 Viewers)

[erymer]

Well the only wrenching I did was charging the battery on the tractor. I did use two of my favorite tools today though.

 

[JToobe]

Well the only wrenching I did was charging the battery on the tractor. I did use two of my favorite tools today though.

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Wow, beautiful tractor! More porn pics please and some background!

 

[roadstr6]

Kinda hard to tell from the pic but it looks like an old 8N. Great little tractor. We had one when I was a kid. I drove that thing around the yard like a go-kart. The notches in the throttle plate were all worn down so you'd set the speed and after a while you'd realize you were going slower and slower. You had to constantly stay on top of the throttle or else you'd find yourself creeping along. The steering was real loosey-goosey too. It had one of those spinner knobs on the wheel. Between the steering and the throttle, your hands stayed plenty busy driving that old tractor. It was a good one though. Never failed to start or to do its job. Thanks for taking me back, Eric! Good times.

 

[erymer]

yup it's an 8n. Such a simple yet effective tractor. I use it more than I thought I would. I always wanted one as a kid. We were shopping for car trailer and came across a package deal and my wonderful wife said go for it.

 

[NCFJ]

This is a Bussman micro relay/fuse block. It holds 5 relays and 10 fuses. I have wired it with 5 Relay/Fused circuits and 5 Fused circuits for a total of 10 circuits. The longer flat terminal is a 6 plug for the 5 switches for the 5 relays and a dedicated ground.

All circuits come back to the ground bus bars flanking the box. Bus bars will ground directly to the battery. The circuits are switched on the ground leg. Sharp eyes will notice that the relays are installed upside down, this is so that the second Buss bar acts as a ground buss and allows the circuits to be switched easily on the ground side.

This all mounts behind a 6"X 6" panel

 

[sleepycruiser]

This is a Bussman micro relay/fuse block. It holds 5 relays and 10 fuses. I have wired it with 5 Relay/Fused circuits and 5 Fused circuits for a total of 10 circuits. The longer flat terminal is a 6 plug for the 5 relays and a dedicated ground.

All circuits come back to the ground bus bars flanking the box. Bus bars will ground directly to the battery. The circuits are switched on the ground leg. Sharp eyes will notice that the relays are installed upside down, this is so that the second Buss bar acts as a ground buss and allows the circuits to be switched easily on the ground side.

This all mounts behind a 6"X 6" panel

Awesome work. That is what you mentioned to me a few weeks back. After seeing a picture there is definitely a reason I didn't try to make that.

 

[OGBeno]

This is a Bussman micro relay/fuse block. It holds 5 relays and 10 fuses. I have wired it with 5 Relay/Fused circuits and 5 Fused circuits for a total of 10 circuits. The longer flat terminal is a 6 plug for the 5 switches for the 5 relays and a dedicated ground.

All circuits come back to the ground bus bars flanking the box. Bus bars will ground directly to the battery. The circuits are switched on the ground leg. Sharp eyes will notice that the relays are installed upside down, this is so that the second Buss bar acts as a ground buss and allows the circuits to be switched easily on the ground side.

This all mounts behind a 6"X 6" panel

Solid work Stan.

 

[Roxx]

I have been looking for this for a while and finally found it

 

[JToobe]

I have been looking for this for a while and finally found it

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I'm not ashamed to be the idiot to ask what that "it" is.........

Looks like I will be learning yet another new something today! Try to do that every day but not hard when there is a lot you don't know!

 

[GLTHFJ60]

I have been looking for this for a while and finally found it

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Is that a factory 40 series power steering box?

 

[Roxx]

Yeap, took me a while but i did it !!!!

Is that a factory 40 series power steering box?

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Yeap, took me a while but i did it !!!!

Nice find!! Sneaky posting a pic of the bottom (hiding the pressure lines)

Is that going on your red 40?

 

[JohnVee]

Is that going on your red 40...or on johnvee'S?

Fixed it for you.

 

[jfz80]

Fixing up the 45 after water pump pulley fiasco

New pulley
New belts
New PS pump/res (cracked the old one tightening the temp belt to get home)
New air filter for rice,after ya fix wix it

And since wrenches were spinning The 80 got

New used alternator
Swapped dizzy with new cap/rotor/oring
COR relay re installed

 

[Rice]

Fixing up the 45 after water pump pulley fiasco

New pulley
New belts
New PS pump/res (cracked the old one tightening the temp belt to get home)
New air filter for rice,after ya fix wix it
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And since wrenches were spinning The 80 got

New used alternator
Swapped dizzy with new cap/rotor/oring
COR relay re installed

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Man, that WIX 42096 and pre-filter looks great. Too bad our engines don't provide an easy way to get cold air to them.

 

[joyRidaz]

Paid Wrenchig... but really happy with investment....

new 1980s bling on some 33x10.5x15 big km2's... loving the stlightly taller stance, the oem styling ... rubber overdrive... and my newly cured lack of death wobble!

Muds are a bit louder but they ride nice and until I reinstall my muffler I won't notice the tire noise

After last weekends struggles I paid the pros at "A lube will do"(shop in fort mill, thanks for great rec @elkaholic). Solid business peeps

I love the new look but now I want a touch of oem lift goodness. Maybe by Logans next year

Wanted to get my new eighties bling ready to go on the sixty. Got a lot of YouTube confidence, and for some dumb reason decided to attempt a tire swap. It went poorly to say the least spoiler alert, next weekend I'll let the profs have my money.

1) hilift prep-cut off the ace lock that was keeping hoodlums away from jack purchased from @forrest5000 , success

2) debeading- used hilift and the sixty to break the tire beads, success

3) tire assessment - noticed lots of dry rot on the "get by" incomplete set(4 wheels 3 tires) of tires that came with the bling purchased from Brock last summer

4) tire removal - epic fail, YouTube makes this look way easier than reality, that coupled with not having long pry bars mad this a recipe for disaster. Used soapy water, followed steps, but couldn't get tire off wheel. Got really annoyed/frustrated

5) ingenuity + frustration + sawzall = success and satisfaction

This is one of my few YouTube diy let-downs, usually clever Diy vids are magical

Question - @Izzyandsue - I might need a 101 on this jack(and terminology) at the next meet up, couldn't figure out how to let the truck down one notch at a time. Seemed to jump into "quick slide mode" And couldn't set it to "down" mode without using a screwdriver, will lube up the switch some more.

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[GLTHFJ60]

Big thank you to @S4Cruiser @mtweller @fourtrax @lumbee1 and @SeanLX for the help today pulling the cab off of my Ford. Took 3 hours from driving the truck into the bay to lifting the cab off, real time. Not too shabby. Rest of the afternoon was dealing with towing it back to my house

Had some issues towing the rolling chassis back to my house, but we got it sorted without furhter incident:

Thanks again for all the help guys, couldn't have done it without all of you

400HP coming up!

 

[sleepycruiser]

You guys know too much about wrenching!! Holy moly.

 

[S4Cruiser]

I was super impressed with how smooth everything went, Johnny definetly had done his homework! Couple of "hold my beer" moments but most worked out fine. The ones that didn't are easily blamed on s***ty factory welds - FYI never use stake pockets for strap hold down points unless you re weld them yourself.

 

[izzyandsue]

Should have strapped on a plastic chair and driven it home, Mexico style!