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#21 ·
I'm looking forward to your progress. I've been letting my kids read several of the threads to keep them moving on their 990s.

I need to go back through Zelda's thread and figure out the dash repair. Both of ours are broken. I wonder how many dashes are cracked from failure to use the latches?
 
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As a side project and hobby, I am working on producing a cast aluminum dash replacement. I still have a ways to go but I have been trying to get into metal casting for a while. No idea what they would cost but you would all be the first to know.

I am located in the Grand Rapids area, town called Belding. And thanks for the comments they really help keep it going. And they especially keep the pictures flowing.
 
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#24 ·
What a great tractor to watch get restored. Thanks for the thread.
 
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Rusty Dayton said:
As a side project and hobby, I am working on producing a cast aluminum dash replacement. I still have a ways to go but I have been trying to get into metal casting for a while. No idea what they would cost but you would all be the first to know.

I am located in the Grand Rapids area, town called Belding. And thanks for the comments they really help keep it going. And they especially keep the pictures flowing.
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Cast aluminum dash to go with the grill - perfect!
 
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I look forward to the dash project, should be fun. Here are a couple more photos of the progress. I included my blaster, $110 at TSC, worth it!

Good luck on the job, they are still a little scarce in MI.
 

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#28 ·
Very nice start to your project--and good eye on detail so far!!:fing32:
Rock on, man!!
 
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watch putting grase in your steering parts, i think years of dried up grease build up caused my problem, took 3 washers to shim it back out for a perfect fit now i will clean all old grease out from between gear teeth before i put any new grease in, while the mower is off before hooking up snow blower, when hooking up roto tiller, anyone have any similar experience with their steering?
 
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Wow long hiatus from this project, turns out life came up and I couldn't ignore it. Anyway I am back on track picking up the old blasting and painting routine. The frame is done ($20) and now I am doing the rest so I can start reassembly.

By the way I found a good method to get the disc brake off if anyone has had trouble, mine was terribly stuck. Anyway more to follow over the upcoming weeks and months. And I am still pursuing the aluminum dash, slowly....

(sorry for being gone so long guys, is it weird I feel like I abandoned you all!!)
 
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Glad to see you back here Rusty. I have been following this thread all along and keep up the good work.
 
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That was a great video. I am going to warn you now, the battery tray will be a pita to put back on. You might want to have an extra set of hands to help.
 
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Chewing away at it, man it takes for ever! Blast-clean-paint-repeat.
 

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Ok really starting to make a lot of progress, there are just so many parts.

All four bolts that mount the seat spring broke during dis-assembly. I was able to remove two and the others broke further and had to be drilled out. Currently I have one broken bolt in the cast iron bracket that holds the steering gears, probably going to take that to a shop because I don't want the cast to break and it is really stuck.

Over halfway with parts, as soon as I get the parts with decals to a shop to get copied I will be able to clean and paint those and then start assembly. Lots of odds and ends left but a ton done already.
 
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