HOW TO RESTORE YOUR FARM TRACTOR

Subtitle Choosing a tractor and setting up a workshop - Engine, transmission, and PTO rebuilds - Bodywork, painting, and decals and badging

Tharran E Gaines
Price $32.99
Description Description
The only all-marque antique tractor restoration guide is back in print, packed with the kind of detail you need to complete a first-class restoration.

How to Restore Your Farm Tractor
features hundreds of helpful full-color photographs, proven tips and techniques, and money-saving advice from restorers who know what works…and what doesn’t. Tractor expert Tharran Gaines walks you step by step through the restoration techniques applicable to all of the most popular and collectible makes, covering:
  • Shopping for a tractor and setting up shop
  • Engine disassembly and rebuild
  • Clutches and transmissions
  • Final drives and brakes
  • Steering
  • Hydraulic, electrical, and fuel systems
  • Tires and wheels
  • Body repair, painting, and decals
There’s even information on antique tractor shows and demos, as well as a handy updated section on parts sourcesJohn Deere, Ford, Farmall, Allis-Chalmers, Minneapolis-Moline, and more…no matter your passion, with Gaines’ guidance you will be well on your way to transforming that old tractor into a shiny “new” classic!
Series:
Format:
Format Trade Paperback 256 Pages
ISBN:
ISBN 9780760368466
Size:
Size8.25 in x 10.63 in / 209.55 mm x 270.00 mm
Published:
Published Date June 9th, 2020
Tharran E Gaines

Tharran E. Gaines is the author of How to Restore Classic John Deere Tractors (2003), How to Restore Classic Farmall Tractors (2005), How to Restore Ford Tractors (2008), and How to Restore Your Farm Tractor (2013), all published by Voyageur Press. In addition, he has written numerous repair manuals, owner's manuals, and assembly instructions for farming-related companies, as well as newsletters and feature articles, radio and TV commercials, video scripts, and advertising copy. In 1991, he started his own business as a writer, and today continues to operate Gaines Communications with his wife, Barb, out of their office in Savannah, Missouri.

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