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| The "Walter A. Wood" implement seat that came on it. | Here's the custom radiator cap Dick Fisher cast for me. |
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| Rolled out | The engine is finally back together and in the frame (July 15, 1998) |
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| New Manifold | The radiator shutter ("winterfront") is actually from an "H", but it looks good, doesn't it? |
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I made the driveshaft shield out of galvanized sheet metal. Not bad for an amateur.
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This tractor originally had a small tank mounted in the hood for starting and warming up on gasoline, and then switching to the main tank and running on kerosene. I spent quite a lot of time trying to find an original tank. After several ads, Ralph Thomason was kind enough to send me an original tank that I could use as a pattern to have a reproduction made. I wasn't able to get the proper quarter-turn cap, and the fine folks at Ellsworth Sheet Metal wouldn't guarantee it to be leak proof unless they could TIG the ends in flush (the original ends are inset about 1/4 inch), but I think it captures the flavor of the original very well. ESM rolled the tank out of 16 gauge black iron, TIG'ed all the seams, a 1-1/4 Pipe filler neck and a 3/8 pipe nipple for the shut off valve. All-in-all, I'm quite pleased with the results.