Covid induced Ferguson TE20

[Bamamav]

Wanna do my 1955 IH 300 Utility when you get through with that one Mac?

I want to a working resto on mine, fix my hydraulic pump, new brakes, new seat, paint it back red. It's on my , "I'll get to it eventually" list.....

 

[MercuryMac]

There is an IH 'working resto' in my future already. It's about ten years newer than yours, a 674. She needsa' new seat, new steering wheel, emergency brake, and working gauges. All this work will be 'when I get around to it'.

 

[MercuryMac]

Anyhow I've been pickin' away at the body work on this hood. The top is done and one side is done.

 

[MercuryMac]

The hood is done now and painted on the inside. It's ready to go to the sandblaster/painter with the rest of the tractor to get brightened up.

 

[DozerII]

You did a mighty fine job on that MM. [cl[cl[P[P

 

[MercuryMac]

I loaded all of the pieces on the trailer today. Tomorrow I'll take the whole load to the sandblaster.
After a really hard rain storm I headed out to town to A&W to the car show.

 

[MercuryMac]

I took the poor little tractor to the sandblaster today. In the picture there is an old sleeping bag spread over the hood and then tied down.

 

[MercuryMac]

My sandblaster guy phoned to say he was done with the Ferguson. He did a lovely job. Here is the load of tractor that I brought home.

 

[soltz]

Very nice [cl
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[MercuryMac]

Thank you Soltz.
I unloaded all of the pieces without scarring very much paint and got it in the shop. It's starting to look like a tractor already.

 

[MercuryMac]

I didn't take everything from the tractor to the sandblaster guy. The nuts and bolts, the starter, toolbox, generator, engine, and headlights quickly come to mind, so I have to sandblast, prime and paint them. My piles of sand are left outside and are polluted with leaves, grass, roots, and cat poop. I needed a sand screener, so I made one over the last few days. Here it is. My cordless drill turns it, and a wheel barrow fits under it. Pretty soon I'll be able to sandblast my brains out.

 

[DozerII]

Your imagineering was working overtime MM nice job.

 

[soltz]

Don't have one, I know I'll make
Good job[cl

 

[MercuryMac]

The sand screener worked nicely. A couple of days ago I had some ratty old screen door screen pieces on the drum and it didn't do a nice job. There were to many bent and kinked overlap places for the debris to sneak out though. I went to town and splurged on a small roll of 'pet' screen and it is so much nicer. As I said the screener worked nicely, so I was able to sand blast a bunch of wheel nuts and other small pieces.

 

[BillM]

That's brilliant MM!

 

[MercuryMac]

Thank you for the encouragement, Guys.

 

[MercuryMac]

I'm still sandblasting pieces. The bolts, nuts, and washers are a horrible job.

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

I'm still sandblasting pieces. The bolts, nuts, and washers are a horrible job.

Build yourself a tumbler, Mac.

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[MercuryMac]

I'll have to give that suggestion a whole lot more thought, Doc. So far, nothing viable has come to me. I have not seen a real tumbler in action so I can't even rob those ideas.

 

[DozerII]

https://youtu.be/1e-CTzUNnLU