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D4 7U 42xxx direct start tail seat restoration

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TractorDon
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This D4 ran fairly well but needed a governor. Had to pull the head because of leakage. Found one marginal valve. 
  Cosmetically it was a disaster. Had bolt on fender extension that were bolted on. The fenders underneath were cracked and bent. Difficult to find any decent orchard fenders anywhere, so I had to deal with them. There must have been 20 holes drilled in them.
    Not a straight piece of tin on the entire tractor really. Hood was bent and warped. Gauge panel bent, broken and torched.  Steering, clutch and fuel linkages levers all bent, wallowed out. No lower engine panels. Many broken bolts throughout. Drawbar and slidebar were shot. Even the fuel tank was dented. That kind of sums up how bad it was. It was a huge amount of work but I enjoyed doing it and the customer was very happy when I delivered it.  Here are a pics of some of the process. 
 Let’s see if pics work this time ?? 
 
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Fri, Jan 28, 2022 10:51 AM
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Hi Tractordon,
That must be an Aussie tractor, all the ones I find are like that but it shows how hardy these machines are, and what punishment they have taken through the years. (If only they could talk)

Have fun putting it back together

Regards
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Fri, Jan 28, 2022 4:08 PM
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rax200 It is a California tractor that I guess seen it’s fair share of not do good of operators and many hours in the field. Beat up isn’t exclusive to Australia😁😁
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Fri, Jan 28, 2022 8:57 PM
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rax200 It is a California tractor that I guess seen it’s fair share of not do good of operators and many hours in the field. Beat up isn’t exclusive to Australia😁😁
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looks nice. is it going to be returning to field work or a show tractor?
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Fri, Jan 28, 2022 9:31 PM
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looks nice. is it going to be returning to field work or a show tractor?
Bursitis, it is fully capable of going back to work but it is going to stay in a garage✅
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Fri, Jan 28, 2022 9:36 PM
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Bursitis, it is fully capable of going back to work but it is going to stay in a garage✅
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Another very nice restoration Don. One of these days I will have to be put on your appointment list and have one done. Tough decision here as to what to send you besides $$!
Keep up the good work. Decals look nice btw. JM
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Fri, Jan 28, 2022 10:11 PM
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Another very nice restoration Don. One of these days I will have to be put on your appointment list and have one done. Tough decision here as to what to send you besides $$!
Keep up the good work. Decals look nice btw. JM
Man that’s a pretty tractor. Color is spot on I’d say. Thanks for the pictures.

BP.
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Fri, Jan 28, 2022 10:53 PM
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Reply to rax200:
Hi Tractordon,
That must be an Aussie tractor, all the ones I find are like that but it shows how hardy these machines are, and what punishment they have taken through the years. (If only they could talk)

Have fun putting it back together

Regards
TractorDon, a very nice machine, looks great and even better now returned to former glory, well done
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Sat, Jan 29, 2022 6:51 AM
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TractorDon, a very nice machine, looks great and even better now returned to former glory, well done
Looking good! What primer, paint and hardener are you using ? Really looks like it flows and covers well.
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Sat, Jan 29, 2022 9:11 AM
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Another very nice restoration Don. One of these days I will have to be put on your appointment list and have one done. Tough decision here as to what to send you besides $$!
Keep up the good work. Decals look nice btw. JM
Thanks Gee, it was a challenging project but I’m happy with how it turned out. I need to find the pics of it with the lights on it. I am up for whatever and whenever you would like to do something ✅ 
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Sat, Jan 29, 2022 11:17 AM
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Man that’s a pretty tractor. Color is spot on I’d say. Thanks for the pictures.

BP.
Busso 20 I can’t give you all the details. It’s been a while since I did the job and it’s the first time I used these materials that were recommended by the paint store. The entire tractor was sand blasted. The chassis was primed with a non sandable primer sealer. The tin was DuPont  primer and the paint was Krylon hi gloss equipment yellow which is an equivalent to old Cat yellow. Color always seems to be a debatable subject 😁 I studied it a hundred times and was happy with it.  I can get you the names and mixture if you need it. 
 Thanks 👍
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