[Father Deerest]

I sold the the one in this thread http://www.mytractorforum.com/12-john-deere-forum/701201-49-snow-blow-resto.html awhile back and have been thinking about it more lately wishing I still had it to use on the 317, so I found another 49 to play with.
This one is a tall chute with minor scratches and light surface rust; so just some easy sanding, painting, and the mods you guys have proven to work wonders with these will be added to the list.
The auger spins on the bearings like they are new, it's not bent out of shape or out of balance. The sprockets have little to no wear on them and the gears aren't chewed up so I am off to a good start, money saving wise. I still have enough chain, cables, grease, and paint for no immediate out of pocket expense. It will get new bolts and lock nuts most of which I have on hand already so almost a year to date from the last one to do it all over again, wish me luck. :fing32:

First one.

"New" one.

 

[FlintMich]

Well, considering how ridiculously awesome that last one turned out, maybe you can do a step by step resto thread with gobs of pictures for this one?
*wink-wink*
I'm sure that SOMEONE (me) out there probably has one (or two) of those 49s and would love to see you work your magic up close and personal.

:wwp:

 

[Father Deerest]

Well, considering how ridiculously awesome that last one turned out, maybe you can do a step by step resto thread with gobs of pictures for this one?
*wink-wink*
I'm sure that SOMEONE (me) out there probably has one (or two) of those 49s and would love to see you work your magic up close and personal.

:wwp:

Thank you and will do, I'll try to get pics of the finer details like the bushings I mentioned in the first post in the original thread to make the blower raise evenly. A lot of that work was done without getting pics the first time and now have to remember and remeasure everything but I also stated in post #15 I would never get this far into another one.... :dunno:

This is the only pic of the bushing after it was together. IIRC it was 2 pieces, one pressed in the blower housing (shown in pic) that rode in the one pressed in the black mounting (not seen)

 

[PA318Guy]

Well looks to be in reasonable shape, shouldn't be too hard to restore.

 

[snowplowdog1288]

Thank you and will do, I'll try to get pics of the finer details like the bushings I mentioned in the first post in the original thread to make the blower raise evenly. A lot of that work was done without getting pics the first time and now have to remember and remeasure everything but I also stated in post #15 I would never get this far into another one.... :dunno:

This is the only pic of the bushing after it was together. IIRC it was 2 pieces, one pressed in the blower housing (shown in pic) that rode in the one pressed in the black mounting (not seen)
View attachment 1501649

Since you seem to be on a roll with these, maybe I'll drop mine off by you in spring and you can work your magic on it......

 

[Father Deerest]

Since you seem to be on a roll with these, maybe I'll drop mine off by you in spring and you can work your magic on it...... View attachment 1501993

If I can spend someone else's money redoing stuff like these, that's a little to tempting. :thThumbsU
This one may be a testing guinea pig for a few ideas before the final paint is laid down. Stay tuned!!:fing32: