Snowy Rivers
Well-known member
What a day.....
Spent a couple hours measuring and planning on how to make new tire guides.
Came up with what I think is gonna be a good plan.
Stopped off at the steel yard and dropped $50 on a bunch of materials.
Gotta build a fixture to hold the pieces in place while the guide is welded together.
A nice pipe the right size to scavenge the radius off of, and two pieces of flat bar to form the side plates.
Some 2 x 3 x 1/8" Rect tube for the actual guide portion.
$$$$ wise The materials will come to about $10 each.
Not bad.....
The fixture is gonna take a bit to build...but this entire rigging should allow these tire guides to be slapped together pretty quick....
If ya can't find it BUILD IT.....
Ahhhhh well.
Then the Red tractor refused to start.
2 OF THE 3 GLOW PLUGS had died.....Colder weather and no go....
Spent 3 hours on the phone trying to find some.
Even the dealer did not stock them....ARRRRRRRGH.
Had to drive 20 miles to another berg and a NAPA STORE.
$20 FOR 3 NGK GLOW PLUGS.
But Li'll Red lives again.
Tomorrow is another day.
Spent a couple hours measuring and planning on how to make new tire guides.
Came up with what I think is gonna be a good plan.
Stopped off at the steel yard and dropped $50 on a bunch of materials.
Gotta build a fixture to hold the pieces in place while the guide is welded together.
A nice pipe the right size to scavenge the radius off of, and two pieces of flat bar to form the side plates.
Some 2 x 3 x 1/8" Rect tube for the actual guide portion.
$$$$ wise The materials will come to about $10 each.
Not bad.....
The fixture is gonna take a bit to build...but this entire rigging should allow these tire guides to be slapped together pretty quick....
If ya can't find it BUILD IT.....
Ahhhhh well.
Then the Red tractor refused to start.
2 OF THE 3 GLOW PLUGS had died.....Colder weather and no go....
Spent 3 hours on the phone trying to find some.
Even the dealer did not stock them....ARRRRRRRGH.
Had to drive 20 miles to another berg and a NAPA STORE.
$20 FOR 3 NGK GLOW PLUGS.
But Li'll Red lives again.
Tomorrow is another day.