The Rebuild

[Col Tigwell]

I must say a great effort, under what I suspect some trying conditions.

I think I would have become a farmer/sprayer if I known you got great lady TA's as well Grin

Every time the kids pop up in your photos, how quickly they are growing, a credit to you and your lady.

All the best have a safe trip to Corowa

Regards

Col

[hrpearce]

Col thanks for the comments the boys are growing up fast.
The budget is almost gorne so I have resorted to useing what's in the shed. Today I solid mounted an XD muffler and added a length of flexable to the pipe, I also made a flange gasket from a length of No. 10 wire and sealed it with copper selastic it has quitened the old girl down nicely. I also replaced the doors, mudguards and rest of the floor plates today

[hrpearce]

Only remembered today that I would need a spare. So after sanding the cab top and seats and fitting mirrors I started to remove the old tyre from the spare rim, the tube still had air in it. The first side came off in half an hour but the second side is deeper than the thread on the beed breaker so I will have to go around again with blocks under the breaker

[Grant Bowker]

Is your bead breaker a currently available tool or one of those wonderful simple pieces of kit that still serve a purpose but just can't be found in this modern age? You've probably seen lots of us commenting on how much work it is to take tires off CMP rims. It seems that your tool has all that is needed. It clamps to the rim to hold it in place and uses a simple screw to press down on the tire carcass. Has someone been using a cheater bar on the handle of the screw and bending it? If so does that mean that the machine is at the limits of its capacity working on these tires?
If it is a current piece of kit, what is the maker/source? Thanks.

[hrpearce]

Grant,
The T bar was bent when I had around six foot of pipe on it only to discover the nut had been welded on.
The bead breaker was a Christmas present from Vicki a few years back so I could change the rear tyres on the tractors without having to remove the heavy wheels from the tractor, saves a lot of back work.
It was bought through the local John Deer agency and had been advertised in their anual catalogue for a fiew years. Vicki thinks it cost around $400.00 Aus. back then.

[hrpearce]

The tyre is off and I had a bit of luck today I went back to where I bought the four tyres on the blitz from onl to find out they are discontinud, but another worker there said there is one out in the written off stock pile and I could have it for $150.00 ( the original four cost $230.00 each as a field day special), they only got five originally and now I have the lot.
Finished the painting today at long last

[hrpearce]

At long last it's out of the shed and looking like a blitz again Still a bit of work left to do like add a tray and aim headights. Today I redesigned the 4WD engaging leaver to fit around the hadbreak rod and fitted the seats and droped the roof on. No time to make a box so I'll drop the spray rig on and remove the equiptment that will hae to do for now