F-12 Originality Question

PurdueAg · Aug 17, 2010

I took apart the radiator housing on my 1937 F-12 today and noticed that the radiator core (fins, etc) had red paint on it. Did the factory paint the radiator core? If so, I am assuming the radiator core and housing were assembled before painting, and the exposed core was not masked off. Any concerns about painting the fins in terms of proper heat radiation?

Also, tomorrow I plan to dismantle the steering bolster. Does anyone know what is involved in that... (tricycle) how to get the steering shaft out of the bolster. It looks like there is a collar with a set screw between the two arches. What about the steering gear - how does that come off?

Thanks for any help.

Tony

James Williams · Aug 17, 2010

Purdue ag,I had my 12 apart,It was hard to steer,I just drove the shaft out,very simple.I thought I would find a frozen bearing but what I found was metal against metal.I had a machine shop cut me a peice of brass to take up for the wear and I put it back together and it steered like power steering

jimmy

36F30 · Aug 17, 2010

The wheels were dipped before being installed on the tractor in red #50 varnish. The entire tractor was assembled and they masked off the sediment bowl glass and put a cover over the mag and then painted the entire tractor. There are pictures of this in the Wisconsin Historical Archives. It was then sent through a drying tunnel long enough to be dry enough to put on the transfers.

PurdueAg · Aug 18, 2010

Thanks. Once I got that collar free of the rust, it finally popped out.

PurdueAg · Aug 18, 2010

Thanks, I went ahead and painted it red.

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