Old Iron
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A Massey-Harris 33.
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smallfoot
He's rockin' the "Nuttin Special"!
Good work Mac!
soltz
The Rat Captain
Pretty !
MercuryMac
Builder Junky!
Thank you for the kind words, Guys.
old28
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Looking forward to the finish product.[
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MercuryMac
Builder Junky!
I'm working away on a bracket for the air-cleaner. It's coming along, though slowly. There is just enough room between the gas tank and the engine for the cleaner, and the intake has to be relatively centered in the hole in the hood. The outlet has to stay inside the hood side but miss the exhaust manifold and the steering shaft, and still sort of line up with the carb intake. Also, the oil cap on the bottom of the air-cleaner has to have a little extra room for it's occasional removal. All of these problems have to be solved while working under the hood with a trouble light in there.
You guys all promised me 'it would be fun to build a hotrod'.
You guys all promised me 'it would be fun to build a hotrod'.
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Old Iron
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soltz
The Rat Captain
Well it was fun, right [S
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smallfoot
He's rockin' the "Nuttin Special"!
Well, we're having fun...[ddd
old28
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Times 2 on we are having fun watching. [P[cl[P[cl
MercuryMac
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Ya Guys, I get quite a bit of happiness out of solving mechanical problems, but sometimes when the problem is still winning I get worn down.
Anyhow, I got some more little things done. I took the bracket out of there quite a few times and bent it a wee bit this way and that way and tried it again, trying to get the air-cleaner intake to point up through the hole in the hood, centered, and then have the intake stack stand straight up on top of the hood. Got it.
I mounted the voltage regulator onto the back of the bracket, and found a piece of mandrel bent tubing to go from the outlet of the air-cleaner to the carburetor.
Anyhow, I got some more little things done. I took the bracket out of there quite a few times and bent it a wee bit this way and that way and tried it again, trying to get the air-cleaner intake to point up through the hole in the hood, centered, and then have the intake stack stand straight up on top of the hood. Got it.
I mounted the voltage regulator onto the back of the bracket, and found a piece of mandrel bent tubing to go from the outlet of the air-cleaner to the carburetor.
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Old Iron
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That's when I walk away and do something else for a bit.
It looks great.
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It looks great.
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MercuryMac
Builder Junky!
During a 'town-day', I scoured the back room of our Napa store in the rad hose section and finally bought a 2" hose that had a few weird bends in it. I needed a bunch of weird shaped connectors for my air-cleaner to carb pipe. The hose worked out better than I thought it would. After I cut the hose into four pieces, I smeared the insides with fast orange and wiggled them on the pipes. I threw the fourth piece away, cut the expansion spring to about four inches and screwed into the 'z' shaped upper hose, so it won't collapse. pic one.
The hold down bracket for the air-cleaner got more complicated. It now holds the voltage regulator and props up the back end of the hydraulic tank. Here it is in primer [upside down]. pic two.
The hold down bracket for the air-cleaner got more complicated. It now holds the voltage regulator and props up the back end of the hydraulic tank. Here it is in primer [upside down]. pic two.
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Old Iron
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That's what I do when I go to the parts house for hoses.
Just because the first and last bends in a hose won't work doesn't mean the other two or three bends won't.
Just because the first and last bends in a hose won't work doesn't mean the other two or three bends won't.
old28
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The air cleaner package looks real sharp & clean. [cl[cl[cl
MercuryMac
Builder Junky!
A wide swath hasn't been cut lately, on this tractor.
I spent some more time in NAPA getting into the rad hose room. I asked this full-grown man, a trained partsman, if I could go into the back room with the hoses for my upper rad hose. He asked what the year, make, model and engine size was. I watched his face drain away even behind his mask, when I listed off 1954 Massey-Harris Wheatland with a Chrysler flathead shoehorned in there. He said "we don't have a hose for you, sir." I said, "I didn't ask you for the hose to fit that tractor, I asked you if I could go into your back room and look through your hoses." "Oh, no, not by yourself" he said. "You won't have any better luck than I would." This guy will never make a hotrodder. We finally went back there and I found a likely hose quickly, brought it home, cut it off, and installed it. [pic one]
Now that the rear hydraulic tank bracket is bolted on there for the last time I reinstalled the voltage regulator. [pic two].
I spent some more time in NAPA getting into the rad hose room. I asked this full-grown man, a trained partsman, if I could go into the back room with the hoses for my upper rad hose. He asked what the year, make, model and engine size was. I watched his face drain away even behind his mask, when I listed off 1954 Massey-Harris Wheatland with a Chrysler flathead shoehorned in there. He said "we don't have a hose for you, sir." I said, "I didn't ask you for the hose to fit that tractor, I asked you if I could go into your back room and look through your hoses." "Oh, no, not by yourself" he said. "You won't have any better luck than I would." This guy will never make a hotrodder. We finally went back there and I found a likely hose quickly, brought it home, cut it off, and installed it. [pic one]
Now that the rear hydraulic tank bracket is bolted on there for the last time I reinstalled the voltage regulator. [pic two].
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old28
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MM- That works. Ya parts guys today are lost if it's not on their computer screen. 95% have never built a motor themself.
Old Iron
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I'm surprised he was that reluctant to let you go look.
When I go into the local O'reilly's, they are more than happy to let me go through their stuff so they don't have to mess with me
When I go into the local O'reilly's, they are more than happy to let me go through their stuff so they don't have to mess with me
MercuryMac
Builder Junky!
OI, it was just this partsman that was reluctant. I think his social skills are lower than some. The rest of the people seem to be OK with me. Some of them even realize that I'm looking for something that is just close enough to work, if I cut a chunk off of it or weld something on.
