My 1945 Farmall H Makeover
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:51 am
Am taking this approach for the first time (a restoration thread), so will see how it goes.
Backstory: A friend/neighbor about a 1/2 mile down the road lost his leg in a horrible motorcycle accident last year (2012). He is in his retirement years and had obtained his dad's 1945 H some years before. My friend didn't use it to farm, he just didn't want his dad to be climbing around on it (too old) and getting hurt. I'd inquired a couple times over the year prior to his accident about buying it, but he would always decline. The accident changed everything. Now, his own family convinced him he didn't need to be climbing around on it either. So, I received a phone call in October...the rest of this story is here: http://www.farmallcub.com/phpBB2/viewto ... 76&t=81007
Since cold weather is setting in and I don't have an indoor space in which to work, I'm limited to doing small things...like the oil fill cap.
This is what I had to work with:
It's a series of washers built up to form a cap.
Did some research on the web and found that's not what's supposed to be there. Actually, it should be a stud/post with a solid cap. I got to thinking that a stud/post might hinder adding oil to the hole, so what if the threaded post was a part of the cap?
Did some sketching and put my thoughts on paper, then started cutting out shapes in 1/4" steel:
Then, on to welding it together. First the grade 5 bolt was welded in place and ground flat. Then the "wings" on top of the cap:
I cut a cork ring gasket so the whole thing would fit snug and primed and painted it:
Was pleased.
Backstory: A friend/neighbor about a 1/2 mile down the road lost his leg in a horrible motorcycle accident last year (2012). He is in his retirement years and had obtained his dad's 1945 H some years before. My friend didn't use it to farm, he just didn't want his dad to be climbing around on it (too old) and getting hurt. I'd inquired a couple times over the year prior to his accident about buying it, but he would always decline. The accident changed everything. Now, his own family convinced him he didn't need to be climbing around on it either. So, I received a phone call in October...the rest of this story is here: http://www.farmallcub.com/phpBB2/viewto ... 76&t=81007
Since cold weather is setting in and I don't have an indoor space in which to work, I'm limited to doing small things...like the oil fill cap.
This is what I had to work with:
It's a series of washers built up to form a cap.
Did some research on the web and found that's not what's supposed to be there. Actually, it should be a stud/post with a solid cap. I got to thinking that a stud/post might hinder adding oil to the hole, so what if the threaded post was a part of the cap?
Did some sketching and put my thoughts on paper, then started cutting out shapes in 1/4" steel:
Then, on to welding it together. First the grade 5 bolt was welded in place and ground flat. Then the "wings" on top of the cap:
I cut a cork ring gasket so the whole thing would fit snug and primed and painted it:
Was pleased.