The first B5100 Delorean

[johngwalsh]

They are each about 20kg. Thankfully all the bouncing from the front has stopped now.

 

[huey]

Amazing work john I've been following for quite a while now .
Enjoy the fruit of your labor my hat is off to you sir

 

[johngwalsh]

Cheers Huey. It's been an enjoyable journey. Delighted to finally be able to use it. It's performed well this summer. I did have a steering box issue which I did a temporary fix on. A new rod isnt too expensive..
I might splash out and do a proper job on it over the winter.
I also noticed a leak coming from the PTO shaft seal. This seal doesn't seem to be on the drawing list for some reason.

 

[johngwalsh]

 

[johngwalsh]

anyone else come across this situation...drawing shows the cover no.28. but doesn't show the lip seal that is installed in the cover.?

 

[johngwalsh]

not sure why but a lump came off the steering rod...

 

[johngwalsh]

It's a fairly rough repair to get me back going but it worked. Had to move fast welding for fear I'd warp the shaft. It's working away but I've not much confidence in it holding so I'll pick up a new shaft soon.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

The seal is listed with the shaft.

 

[johngwalsh]

Thanks for that Wolfman. I'll get one ordered today.
I was looking at that yesterday but it had me thrown ,as I thought it was an inner oil seal rather than the cover oil seal.

 

[johngwalsh]

Repaired the my PTO seal only for the repair job on the steering box to give up again. So I bought a repair kit on Amazon. I had pressed a bearing in there ages back thinking it would be staying there. . Tricky to get out . Tried heat..tried pullers but couldn't get a purchase. In the end I turned down a 16mm nut to the shape of the old bearing and welded that to the shell. I then used a tap to press out the shell. Repair then was straight forward.

 

[johngwalsh]

I Tested it then in the field. It worked perfect . Using it with a 5ft rotavator . It's too big for this little tractor but it gets a good work out trying.

 

[johngwalsh]

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

Great restoration. You're a bit younger than I'd have guessed...

 

[johngwalsh]

Trying to get Jnr hooked on all things orange.

 

[Hugo Habicht]

Hi John,

great tractor, well done and you will not see any corrosion problems in the damp Irish climate any time soon

Greetings from Cork,
Hugo

 

[johngwalsh]

Hi John,

great tractor, well done and you will not see any corrosion problems in the damp Irish climate any time soon

Greetings from Cork,
Hugo

Cheers Hugo. Nice to see another paddy on here.