Another Tractor Finished

James Howell · Jan 3, 2011

About 3 months ago Nancy and I bought another 51MT which we named "Mack".

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Working weekends during rainy days and through a few nights got "Mack" all spruced up.

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Decided to take a few photos on New Year's day.

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This hay season "Mack" will share duties with "Sam" pulling the JD 640 hay rake, water buggy, and the JD #16 delivery trailer.

larry@stinescorner · Jan 3, 2011

wow! that looks great! It is also great to hear from you again, it has been a while. Belated Happy New Year to you and Nancy. ... Larry and family

Hoss In ME · Jan 3, 2011

Nice job James!Looks good. Hoss

Jason the Red · Jan 3, 2011

Looks real nice. How involved was the sprucing up??

Greenpully · Jan 3, 2011

Nice looking tractor James ,I finished an MI this past summer.Do not know how to post pictures yet. I am a novice on computers.

rick deere · Jan 3, 2011

good job, but the mt is my least favorite john deere ,because of how hard it is to get on and off of.

Beatles65 · Jan 3, 2011

Very nice looking tractor. Good Job!!!

kruser · Jan 3, 2011

Looks GOOD James!

Still waiting on the glennster to give up his fasination with horses and see if I can get an Oilallover down to Texas for you to restore!

James2

James Howell · Jan 3, 2011

I read some very good advice on this forum a few years back.

Someone quoted an old mechanic as saying [b:654c4848f0]"never tear up more than you can fix."[/b:654c4848f0]

Starting at the front new <li>front tires,</li><li>lug bolts,</li><li>radiator core,<li>radiator pads,</li><li>fan belts,</li><li>muffler,</li><li>gas tank pads,</li><li>starter button,</li><li>battery cables,</li><li>battery,</li><li>cut-out relay,</li><li>ignition switch,</li><li>amp guage,</li><li>electric wiring,</li><li>temperature guage,</li><li>shifter boot,<li>axle clips, and</li><li>hub bolts.

Had both the generator and carburetor rebuilt.

Replaced the broken hub (top and bottom ) on the left rear wheel.

Removed as much dirt, grease, and rust as possible.

Used TSC spray paint and eBay decals.

James Howell · Jan 3, 2011

Since this one doesn't have a seat back, it's a whole lot easier to get on and off.

Vito · Jan 3, 2011

Tractor Mack? Oliver has those books but his tractor in the story is red and spelled Mac.He really likes them.

Vito

fixerupper · Jan 3, 2011

Looks nice. You aren't going to actually use it are you? LOL. You can use it with pride. Jim

RandyB(MI) · Jan 3, 2011

Nice job Jim and Nancy! Where does it look that nice on New Years???

trucker 40 · Jan 3, 2011

Looks good!

Hardline · Jan 3, 2011

(quoted from post at 02:55:24 01/04/11) Nice job Jim and Nancy! Where does it look that nice on New Years???

Hutchins Texas is a suburb of Dallas on the South side. I live in Mansfield just West of there. Great job on the tractor. JJ

Old Roy · Jan 3, 2011

Really lookin Good James.

I like the shadow too. Haven't seen much sun up here.
Ya keep sendin all the clouds up.

Nancy Howell · Jan 3, 2011

The pictures were taken at our farm near Mt. Pleasant in north east Tx.

brandonh · Jan 3, 2011

looking good. By the way, Ive found that sand paper will take the over-spray of the tires. It always buggs me to see paint on the tires. Looks like you did a pretty good masking job. Takes alot of time to mask but it sure makes all the difference.

Case e · Jan 4, 2011

nice job but why did you go through all that work and use cheap paint.

jiminct · Jan 4, 2011

nice work howell's. thanks for the pics

James Howell · Jan 4, 2011

There was some over-spray.

Years ago learned to spray WD40 on tires before painting rims.

Over-spray will usually just wipe off.

James Howell · Jan 4, 2011

All of our tractors are working tractors.

Each one has particular jobs that it does best.

We will probably use it most pulling the JD 640 hay rake.

James Howell · Jan 4, 2011

Make a post asking "how to post a picture" on this forum.

Several folks have good instructions on how to post a photo.

Really would like to see photos of your MI.

James Howell · Jan 4, 2011

This tractor apparently had a bad accident with a previous owner.

The grill was replaced with one from an MC.

There was an MC decal on both sides of the grill.

The gentlemen's last name that sold us the tractor also starts with Mc.

Decided that "Mack" suited the little tractor.

James Howell · Jan 4, 2011

We had two days, Friday and Saturday, with temps. above 70<sup>o</sup> at the farm.

Decided to take some photos during the "nice" weather.

brandonh · Jan 4, 2011

thats a great idea. ill have to remember that.

Greenpully · Jan 4, 2011

Thanks for the WD40 on tires before painting,I will try it for sure.

rockyridgefarm · Jan 4, 2011

Hey,

We call 'em Maytags up here in Wisconsin because they're about as useful as a maytag washer in the field. It should do OK pulling a rake, though

Very nice nice job on the Ol' MT.

James Howell · Jan 4, 2011

Lots of work on any "true" restoration.

All of our tractors get a little bit of clean-up; some more than others.

Decided that "Mack" would clean-up easy, besides kinda wanted a nice looking MT.

Don't know if TSC carries Oliver spray paint.

RandyB(MI) · Jan 4, 2011

Heck , I'm from Mt.Pleasant too!! ( Michigan tho )Brrrrrrrr!

Anonymous-0 · Jan 4, 2011

James My father bought 1 of those at a farm sale in 1961. Yours sure looks good. dads looked like that, never set out. With it, He got a complete line of mounted machinery especially built fot the MT. I see you have the front and rear cultivator bracket still on the tractor. The rear bracket was shared with the belly mower. This machenery had a decal that said quick tatch on the frame. The only thing about mounting that was quick, was how fast it pinched your fingers when the jack slipped.

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