More cleaning and Some PRIMER!

I finally got out there and was able to sand clean and and get some parts ready for primer.  I have taken some pictures of my progress and the things that I have used to primer and what I am using for paint. 

This is where the battery sits. It need lots of cleaning and sanding.

The hood need to have some dents banged out.  The guy at the paint store told me to clean it, primer it, and then use the body putty to make it smooth. 

I got the gas tank looking really nice and ready for primer.

This is all that is still together on the main frame.  I hope to take the wheels off and clean and paint with out taking this all apart.  I have degreesed it about 4 times and each time I clean more off.  hopefully only one more time. 

This joint has been broken for a long time. I welded it back up.

View from front.

Clutch housing.  The hydraulic pump is mounted here.

Hydraulic oil reservoir

This is the thinner to clean my stuff up while painting.

2 part epoxy primer that I am using.

Make life easier when mixing!  A must have!

My neighbors gun that I am using.  It works awesome! Lots of control.

The paint that I will be using.  I can't wait until it is done!

The primer went on really nice.  I wish that my paint gun held more paint.  I could only mix small amounts at a time.  I think next time I will mix lager volumes and just keep adding it as I need it. 

I also got the clutch housing primered, and the tractor dash assembly scraped, snaded and primered!  I got a lot done this weekend.  I hope that next weekend I will have some orange going on!

Brief up date

I put the new bearings in the rear transmission and reassembled the transmission.  It was suppose to snow the night I was putting it together so I stayed up until 2:00am putting the tractor back together. I was so excited to start it up and test out all of my repairs when the battery was totally dead.  It was so dead that the battery charger kept kicking off.  I am going to try to put some resistance in the circuit tonight to see if I can get it to take a charge before replacing it. 

It did snow but only about 2 1/2" so not enough to push around yet.  I am really excited to see the improved range of motion in the blade assembly. Before the repairs it had a range of about 4 or 5 inches.  I expect it to have more then 12" now!  We will soon see.

I also ordered new decals for the whole tractor.  They should arive in about 2 weeks. Maybe by then I will have most of it painted and ready for them to go on.

Tonight I hope to get out there and take the blade apart and remove a bolken bolt and contuine cleaning. Getting it ready for some paint soon!  It is so dirty, greasy, and rusty.  Lots to do before primer can go on.