Sledgehammer Posted May 5 Posted May 5 Finishing a room in the basement. Bottom is barn tin from a building we tore down and top is rough cut poplar, hand sanded, with two coats of polyurethane. Hoping to finish the trim at the top tomorrow. Anywhere there isn't tin on bottom there will be a work bench. 17 Quote
IHKeith Posted May 5 Posted May 5 5 minutes ago, Sledgehammer said: Finishing a room in the basement. Bottom is barn tin from a building we tore down and top is rough cut poplar, hand sanded, with two coats of polyurethane. Hoping to finish the trim at the top tomorrow. Anywhere there isn't tin on bottom there will be a work bench. Pretty cool to use the old tin. I am also a fan of polyurethane on wood. Looks good!!! 1 1 Quote
Alan Dinan Posted May 5 Posted May 5 8 hours ago, IHKeith said: I made some exhaust for this 86 Chevy last night. I had never done the tips so far to the outside, out the back before. I’m happy with how it turned out Nice clean job on a nice clean truck!! 1 1 Quote
iowaboy1965 Posted May 6 Posted May 6 Worked on the 560 tonight a bit. Brought a wide front up to the buildings that I hope to put on it for haymaking this summer. Hubs wouldn't turn but I got them loose with out too much trouble and one side soaking to clean up. I will need the steering arm underneath and will probably end up making a rear braket for the stay rod ball, at least for now. Also pulled the hyd valves loose so I can get them on a bench and take them apart to check and clean the orifices and screens in them as they were not unlatching in at least one position on either valve. Already put a new 12 gpm pump in. Still want to try and seal up the side cover on the engine better. I put a new gasket in it not long after I got it, but one corner still leaked. 11 Quote
Sledgehammer Posted May 6 Posted May 6 Finished the trim yesterday. Got two cabinets hung up also which is nice. Two more matching cabinets will go over the other bench. One bench top is there on the floor. 18 Quote
Lazy WP Posted May 8 Posted May 8 Have the 5th wheel torn apart on my truck. It had some slop, and would NOT release. Took me 2 hours to unhook the other day when I didn’t have 2 hours to waste. Thought I could get by with just the jaw kit, but it looks like everything is going to be replaced. 4 Quote
yellowrosefarm Posted May 8 Posted May 8 2 hours ago, Lazy WP said: Have the 5th wheel torn apart on my truck. It had some slop, and would NOT release. Took me 2 hours to unhook the other day when I didn’t have 2 hours to waste. Thought I could get by with just the jaw kit, but it looks like everything is going to be replaced. That's interesting. I've never seen the underside of one before. Quote
Lazy WP Posted May 9 Posted May 9 1 hour ago, yellowrosefarm said: That's interesting. I've never seen the underside of one before. Me either!😊I still don’t have it where I want it. Throw another wad of cash at it! 1 Quote
jass1660 Posted May 9 Posted May 9 4 hours ago, Lazy WP said: Have the 5th wheel torn apart on my truck. It had some slop, and would NOT release. Took me 2 hours to unhook the other day when I didn’t have 2 hours to waste. Thought I could get by with just the jaw kit, but it looks like everything is going to be replaced. Same kind a lot of our newer trucks have. We have issues with the air cylinder, the mechanics won’t listen to me when I tell them to pop the air line off once in awhile and squirt some air tool oil in it. Quote
Lazy WP Posted May 9 Posted May 9 10 hours ago, jass1660 said: Same kind a lot of our newer trucks have. We have issues with the air cylinder, the mechanics won’t listen to me when I tell them to pop the air line off once in awhile and squirt some air tool oil in it. I have finally gotten the air cylinder to release nearly every time. Straightened the manual pull a bit, lubed the jaws, as well as each moving part of the release. If you notice, I am missing the spring at the front of the jaws. I believe that was part of the reason why it didn’t release. The air release was on the truck when I bought it. No more than I unhook, I never order it otherwise. Quote
TroyDairy Posted May 10 Posted May 10 Well heck Ran loader 10 min and filter plugged. Oil is sparkling ..... We and guy did digging. We have determined the frt axle is disintegrated internally. Brake piston is letting oil suck up the metal. Vent was plugged so wasnt over flowing causing the psi to push debris up to pump. So, the prob is axle rebuild is about 6k. Junk yard is 9000 reman 13000. 25000hr loader. Worth about 15k here. Needs tires...6000. Then how long will the filings keep hanging up the poppets and spools? 5 Quote
IHRedDrive Posted May 11 Posted May 11 Baled the winter wheat. Perfect weather in Kentucky and right before grain formed. 10 Quote
Lazy WP Posted May 11 Posted May 11 59 minutes ago, IHRedDrive said: Baled the winter wheat. Perfect weather in Kentucky and right before grain formed. Would it have made grain? There is a lot of wheat that has either been baled, grazed, or killed. Moisture came to little to late for the burn, disc and drill guys. There’s also some really good looking stuff, from the road. 1 Quote
IHRedDrive Posted May 11 Posted May 11 1 minute ago, Lazy WP said: Would it have made grain? There is a lot of wheat that has either been baled, grazed, or killed. Moisture came to little to late for the burn, disc and drill guys. There’s also some really good looking stuff, from the road. Hard to say. No significant rain on the way here for a week. We made the call, temps rising. Going to plant soy. 1 Quote
560Dennis Posted May 12 Posted May 12 Made this lifting link to shallow up plows to go four inches furrow depth final pass to level out at match . It was a tussle . Thunder ! I’m wore out . Story about plow day Found out the hard way at plow day ,I could not shallow up depth when the guy in front to me was burying his plow 10 inches deep furrow . I learned a lot from the experience. We will see this Saturday at farm parks plow day . I’m hoping that I fixed the problem. Hopefully I find something new to do I never encountered. 7 Quote
MT Matt Posted May 12 Posted May 12 Brought the Super MTA in the shop before hay season. Changed the rearend oil, greased everything, serviced the air cleaner, topped off the power steering and even dumped the sediment bowl. Then tackled the seat bushings. Not much left of them on the main pin or the shock. I was happy both bolts came out of the main pin at least. Dad had a loop of wire on the wall with many types of rubber bushings. Was able to find what I needed, just had to grind them down a touch to make a snug fit. Nice to have the 06 seat back on and sitting square. 9 Quote
mike newman Posted May 12 Posted May 12 2 hours ago, MT Matt said: Brought the Super MTA in the shop before hay season. Changed the rearend oil, greased everything, serviced the air cleaner, topped off the power steering and even dumped the sediment bowl. Then tackled the seat bushings. Not much left of them on the main pin or the shock. I was happy both bolts came out of the main pin at least. Dad had a loop of wire on the wall with many types of rubber bushings. Was able to find what I needed, just had to grind them down a touch to make a snug fit. Nice to have the 06 seat back on and sitting square. Matt....re the ''loop of wire ..'' ~~ I still look in awe at the picture Daughter took, of your Dad's treasures.......with scarce room to hang up another item...in that shed... To find that wire ....you must have done a ''grid search''....using modern computerised technology....... Mike 3 Quote
MT Matt Posted May 12 Posted May 12 6 hours ago, mike newman said: Matt....re the ''loop of wire ..'' ~~ I still look in awe at the picture Daughter took, of your Dad's treasures.......with scarce room to hang up another item...in that shed... To find that wire ....you must have done a ''grid search''....using modern computerised technology....... Mike lol, the loop of rubber bushings was spare parts in the shop. But that doesn’t mean I’ve found all his spare parts in the shop or even know what some of the things are that he saved! I am very grateful when I’m able to dig up the bushing, bolt, o-ring or whatever it is I need for what I’m working on. His “Toy House” still has tons of buried treasures. Don’t think I’ll ever be able to computerize all that’s out there! He sure had a thing for old tools. 11 Quote
MinnesotaFarmall Posted May 12 Posted May 12 Ended up putting an original ih muffler on my 1066. Tractor looks rough buts mechanically great. And my brother made my boy a "corn planter" for his birthday. He's already got his corn done, I still haven't even started. 13 Quote
IHKeith Posted May 13 Posted May 13 The 86 Chev started running poorly a couple days after Bazil picked it up, like it was starving for fuel. I had replaced some cracked rubber fuel lines before doing the exhaust. The fuel tank looked really good (new 3 years ago but no miles) and the sending unit looked ok but was much older. Everything else in the fuel system was new/recent and he decided we should replace the sending unit for good measure and take it from there. When I dropped the tank and opened it up I think I found the problem. The truck has been a project for a while and Bazil bought it part way through a couple years ago. Who knows how much weather a possibly unsealed tank was exposed to. He said they had dumped some nasty gas out of it before they fired it up. My first experience with something like this with all fresh gas, it smells fine but looks like a broth. I have a new tank coming. It still fires right up so I’m hopeful that the fuel filters did their job and the carb is fine. 4 Quote
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