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20 viewsWent to an auction a couple years ago and bought 3 or 4 Farmall steering wheels; two were Cub size, two were bigger. Almost threw the larger ones away on several occasions, but now I'm glad I didn't. The steering wheel that came on my H had a bad spot, so will use the spare to repair it.Stanton
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20 viewsFarmall H steering wheel on upper left; spare on right. It only had one bad spot.Stanton
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20 viewsFarmall H steering wheel on left with bad portion removed. Spare wheel on right with handles cut and being popped off with screw drivers.Stanton
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10 viewsPieces ready to be applied with JB Weld.Stanton
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10 viewsJB Weld applied. Lots of sanding.Stanton
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10 viewsJB Weld sanded down smooth. Ready for primer and paint.Stanton
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10 viewsPrimed and painted the black portion.Stanton
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11 viewsTaped off the black and shot some red. Turned out really nice.Stanton
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9 viewsMissing a J hook and spring. Formed one from 1/4" cold rolled steel rod.Stanton
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9 viewsFinished J hook with spring. Found the spring at Feldman's, a farm and home store.Stanton
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10 viewsHood was in dire need of stripping. It was 2013 Thanksgiving weekend and the weather was cooperative.Stanton
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10 viewsStripped nose and hood.Stanton
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9 viewsRented a 2" tap to redress the manifold threads. The existing exhaust pipe had stripped threads and just sat down in the manifold. All those years of wobbling around in there rounded off the manifold threads and/or filled them with black soot. First, I tried using a 2" pipe nipple, but it wouldn't grab and center itself to cut; just kept popping out even with pressure and tapping with a mallet. So, I called the rental shop and rented a 2" pipe tap. Was tough to turn at the end. But do-able.Stanton
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9 viewsThreads restored. Rental cost was $15 for 3 hours. Couldn't buy a good used manifold for that.Stanton
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10 viewsThe old battery box had a couple nasty cutouts where the battery cables went in and out. Cut out the old openings and squared them up, ready for piecing and welding some new ones in.Stanton
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9 viewsPieced some new sheet metal into the old openings.Stanton
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9 viewsWelded and ground down the old openings.Stanton
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9 viewsTop is marked out on sheet metal with a Sharpie pen.Stanton
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