Ferrari Tractor Restoration part 2

 So, three years, a pandemic and a broken collarbone later, it's done. Not quite the blow-by-blow account I was intending when I put the last post up.

Shortly after getting some assistance with welding up the bonnet, I came off my bike, broke my collar bone and couldn't do anything for a few months. That knocked a hole in my enthusiasm. 

Once I got back to it, it was just a slow process of taking things apart, cleaning them up and repainting. It turns out that RAL6001 is about as good a match as I could hope for. Paint spraying isn't as easy as it looks, and cleaning up a sprayer takes much longer than putting a brush in water for next time, so it's only worth spraying if there is a lot to do. That means I try to get a lot ready in one morning, and end up not getting it done so it needs preparing again next weekend. On the other hand I can nip out in the evening and brush paint a small bit with minimal overheads. 

One brake pipe fell apart under the wire brush, which seems as good an outcome as I could hope for. The master cylinder was not in good shape. I assume it has been replaced at some point as the bracket looks somewhat, shall we say, after-market and it is a type usually fitted to S2 Landrovers. A new pattern one was about the same price as an OEM overhaul kit, without the risk or hassle. The brakes still aren't right, but they just about do something.  

The engine started first time, once I had fitted new batteries and fuel filter. For the record, the fuel filter is a Wix WF8156, aka Bosch A0000901151. It was fairly manky after all that time sitting.

The clutch was less cooperative. I bent the pedal jumping on it to free it off, to no avail, but eventually it came free by itself. There is almost no travel before it disengages so one day soon it will have to come apart for re-lining. New challenges await...

Overall it has gone OK, if slowly. Apart from the clutch and brakes, none of the lights work so there will be a second iteration starting soon, but it is back together and has done one show.