TomMaryland Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 Yes...with a hearty puff of smoke (or cobwebs?), the old girl sprang to life last night! Just a few more things to do, wiring in the headlights, inner tube in the right rear tire, maybe shputz with the throttle and choke a bit, but she ran nicely!
Agricola Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 Please be careful. One should know by now, when these creations come to life, they invade your soul. Sleep, spouse and job come in second to this new life inside of you. There is no cure.
D-17_Dave Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 Good looking tractor. Is this gonna be a worker or showoff piece? It could do both.
SimpleMan Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 A mighty fine looking tractor you have there. :D Good to hear it's "living". Gord
msiebern Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 Great looking project! I have found that even before they breathe that first breath of life, they take on a life of their own and will wake you up in the middle of the night telling you, "Hey! You forgot to do this to me, or you did me wrong on this!" 8D The decals look great, were you able to find new ones or were you lucky enough to have good ones and mask them off?
TomMaryland Posted February 8, 2005 Author Posted February 8, 2005 Thanks guys, I know what you mean about "life of their own"! My wife has enjoyed the nightly updates during the home stretch. The decals had to be photographed and made by a graphics shop. The seat I reupholstered myself using a cover from ebay, cutting out the foam, shaped and glued in place with gorilla glue, trimmed, then sealed with reinforced edge trim from mcmaster. I'm planning on it working for awhile, then maybe retiring to a show baby, or light duty, say, snowthrowing in winter and pulling carts or floats in parades the rest of the year. :D On to the next one now! hmmmm.....what to buy, what to buy...
UCD Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 Tom Before you upload your pictures please resize to 640 x 480. they the fit the screen and are easier to view and the text easier to read. You can fix the one's above by resizing them. Then using the post edit option and upload them again useing the same file name and then delete the second url.
oldone Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 Nice job! There is nothing better than to hear it run for the first time!but it will still keep you busy for awhile. recheck this,that and maybe should have done this. I'm still doing all of that on mine.Once you bring them back to life, you have to keep after it! Snow blower will chip the paint up on the front axle. lift rod will ding the paint up. But you have stop and think, it just a tractor. I had to tell myself that many times! John
TomMaryland Posted February 8, 2005 Author Posted February 8, 2005 Thank ye Maynard, mission accomplished. John, I was thinking of that. I work for Gore (the GoreTex people), and we make a type of ptfe thats as tough as armor. I might snag some and make som bumpers for rub points, etc., should do the trick. Thanks for reminding me!
Hoss Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 WOW !!! What an awesome looking machine, you have done an excellent job of restoration. I think you did a lot more that just clean off the cobwebs!!!
tanman722001 Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 That is a very nice restore job you did to the old girl.Nice job.Tony
gregc Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 She's a real peach! 8D I guess you've got her on the jack stands to keep her from runnin' off without you. ;)
MikeG Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 Nice job, thats one pretty Landlord. I really like the seat mine has a generic replacement, I would love to get an original one someday.
PhanDad Posted February 8, 2005 Posted February 8, 2005 Excellent work. You should be real proud. I know I would be!
dbf Posted February 9, 2005 Posted February 9, 2005 So that's what a 2110 is supposed to look like!! Good work.
TomMaryland Posted February 9, 2005 Author Posted February 9, 2005 Thanks again guys. Greg, I had it on jack stands cause I was putting a tube in the right rear tire. I took it around the driveway last night for a spin and it seems like I need to adjust the clutch a hair. Thanks for the wiring info Ambler, I'll probably do that one this weekend.
jkmustang1 Posted February 12, 2005 Posted February 12, 2005 nice is't good enough for that sweet machine you got there. Great job
MPH Posted February 13, 2005 Posted February 13, 2005 You did a fine piece of work Tom. On the two I've redone, the first ding or scratch hurts the worst, after that one, it's 'I'll fix that some day'.
TomMaryland Posted February 14, 2005 Author Posted February 14, 2005 Thanks guys, it feels good to get such nice feedback! I'm finishing the air breather now. I also put one of those ptfe bumpers in place under the fender pan where it comes down against the dash assembly. Works very well.
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