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Restoration question- does anyone improve their castings?

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Mike Schotte

11-08-2001 10:59:04

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Odd question, but I'm curious to know what the restorers do:

When restoring a tractor, do people normally remove the "flash" or imperfections in their iron castings prior to putting on these show-quality paint jobs?

I just bought a set of cultivator brackets for my Case SC, and there's quite a bit of "extra" cast iron on the pieces, and a few sharp points, to boot. I'm trying to decide whethere to grind them down or leave them be. Obviously, a smooth ground spot would stand out in the normal finish of a cast piece, but I think it would be preferable to having the bumps, etc.

You see casting imperfections on smooth engine block sides from time to time, so I'm sure somebody has puzzled over this question before.

Regards, -Schotte

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Jim WI

11-09-2001 10:43:16

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Re: Restoration question- does anyone improve their castings? in reply to Mike Schotte, 11-08-2001 10:59:04

I've heard that in competition judging of Corvettes, a big negative is having the mold lines on the panels ground off. The theory is that a true restoration is intended to be true to the way the car came off the line. 'Course, I doubt a factory paint job would win one of these competitions.

I don't know how this applies to tractor restoration -- but I do think that the "true restoration" theory makes some sense.

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Cliff Neubauer

11-08-2001 15:25:10

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Re: Restoration question- does anyone improve their castings? in reply to Mike Schotte, 11-08-2001 10:59:04

Last summer at the Red Power Roundup there was an H or super H that had all the castings ground smooth and it was pretty neat, not original but it was one of a kind. I've seen some castings with the ocassional grinding mark from the factory so I would go ahead and knock the bigger stuff off with a grinder.

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