What did you do to your Implement today

[billrigsby]

I was amazed as to how easy it all came apart, considering all the rust (one snapped bolt) .

An update on progress.

A little premature on that statement, the safety door (which is missing) hinges, are completely rusted into one piece. So replacements are in order.....

A few hinges of the correct dimensions, just modified a bit.

One half of the drive shaft was missing.....

Gathered that together and now ready for paint.

Got new seals and bearings

Gathered new hardware for reassembly, most all is stainless steel

And new Cat1 pins

 

[billrigsby]

Got all the attachment and miscellaneous pieces primed and painted today,

Got the sheet metal covers cleaned up a bit, paint tomorrow

Also got all the tines removed from the tine shaft, no easy task,
some people have just never heard of anti-seize !!

Picked up a piece of 1/8" plate for the safety door that was missing.

Moving along pretty good.

 

[Grouse09]

Man, I like your threads Bill. Great work.


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[billrigsby]

Man, I like your threads Bill. Great work.

Thanks

Been so busy with other stuff, but this is the latest on this project....

Got all the covers primered and painted Kubota Orange

Got the tine shaft primered with Rust Reformer and painted Gloss Black

Got the hinges and safety door welded up

and found a NOS cover gasket on EBay

and .....

 

[billrigsby]

..... gathered up the decals, JD is awfully proud of those things,
but saves me from recreating them on the computer and printing.

This was all over a week ago, just been too busy to post.

 

[D2Cat]

Bill, why do you paint it Kubota orange then put a JD decal on it?

 

[billrigsby]

Bill, why do you paint it Kubota orange then put a JD decal on it?

Well it has to be ORANGE, so this will be the fix.....

 

[D2Cat]

Bill, that's good! Do you make those decals yourself? Do you design them on your computer? What kind of material, cost? Thanks

 

[billrigsby]

Bill, that's good! Do you make those decals yourself? Do you design them on your computer? What kind of material, cost? Thanks

Yes I do the artwork on the computer and have a sign shop print them on vinyl,
as an example, these were for my little dump trailer,
3 of the top one and 2 of the bottom one, $50.00 + tax

 

[billrigsby]

Well! Six years later, I am finally finishing the John Deere 35 Rotary Tiller.

Everything is painted and reassembled;

Tomorrow I plan on mounting to the tractor and sizing the driveshaft to the correct length.

 

[billrigsby]

Driveshaft shortened and mounted to tractor.
Need longer hitch pins and a longer top link.
Also 72 nuts and bolts to reattach the tines.

 

[billrigsby]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=873277557520635

 

[billrigsby]

Had 100 bolts and nuts on order for the tines,
the bolts have been canceled due to lack of availability from the supplier,
time to reorder!