I went at my BN the way you've been at this one, right down to every nut, bolt, seal, bearing . . . The tractor was in such hard shape that I knew from the outset it was going to be that kind of project. It was so cruddy and caked up where the dirt had combined with the weeping oil, that I blasted and primed it first, still closing things up to minimize the blasting media getting into things, but knowing that I'd be cleaning any residual out as I went through it. When it (finally!) came time to paint, I cleaned up and degreased the primer,and gave it a good aggressive scuffing all over before a last coat of primer and painting.
At the time I started, I didn't even have a good indoor place to work, and did most of it (apart from the motor) outside using the deck of one of my trailers for a flat working surface to jack and support things on. Getting her to the point where I could put the wheels back under her to roll her off the triler and get her undercover was occasion for a small celebration (two fingers of Dalwhinnie!).
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Today's Featured Article - A Lifetime of Farm Machinery - by Joe Michaels. I am a mechanical engineer by profession, specializing in powerplant work. I worked as a machinist and engine erector, with time spent overseas. I have always had a love for machinery, and an appreciation for farming and farm machinery. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Not a place one would associate with farms or farm machinery. I credit my parents for instilling a lot of good values, a respect for learning, a knowledge of various skills and a little knowledge of farming in me, amo
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