Restoring old zetor tractors .............

no matter how i try i always manage to put the pictures up in the wrong order sorry everyone .

some more ,

then after the welding was done came the unenviable task of wire brushing the whole cab and tractor and all the parts that came with it , this was a nightmare of a job and looking back now i wish the ould fella had bit the bullet and got a lad in to sand blast the whole fecking lot but he had a bad experience before and was reluctant to try sand blasting again ,

so 3 four inch grinders later ( the wire brush attachment shakes the ****e out of them internally and they burn out the brushes and main bearing in no time ) and after much much cursing sweating and loss of skin we managed to get her ready for paint ,

not before i had a run in with one of the grinders while i was laying under the tractor doing the underneath , it was my own fault really but a huge lesson was learnt about safety ,
the grinder had a wicked vibration in the handle due to a dodgy wire brush head so i couldn't keep a great grip on the trigger and after a long period it became impossible so i came up with the brain wave of putting a cable tie around the trigger thus leaving the grinder on full time ,

i was then controlling the on-off by removing the plug , anyway i was on my back grinding away when somehow it got caught in a tight part of the chassis and kicked back and came at me full pelt ,

i put up my arm to protect me face and got a lovely " love bite " from the wire brush right up the length of my arm , the job was then to get out from under the tractor without getting another bite form the bastard while it strangled itself around the floor . it was a mess and should never be attempted by anyone in there right mind !!!!

anyway here are some more pics ,

there is a polish chap in cork , he advertises on done deal , he is very reasonable for second hand or new tin work ,

here is his number , - bart = 0871735681

toastedpickles wrote: »

I've a friend who pesters the life out of me to let him look at this thread when he pops over, mental for it he is, he's restoring an old ford himself, It's a tremendous amount of work your doing so fair play

One thing that's always bugged me about tractors like those is the front wheels, the camber i guess you could call it, why is it so much? like it looks as if the wheels are going to break off, crude diagram like so \----/

Keep up the good work though!

thanks for the kind comments toasted , not really sure what the reason is for the camber on the front , it doesnt seem to be as bad on the 4 wheel drive models but the 5611 that we are currently restoring seems to have a real baw on it !!!

well we are just back in the door from a great run , over 50 miles and nearly everything went like clockwork , all except the 5511 which ran out of diesel on the way to the petrol station ooooops , anyway a quick bleed and we were away again and there was a massive turn out at the Kevin fowley memorial tractor run when we arrived in mullaghmore , 142 tractors was the final count and i believe a large sum of money was gathered fro MS and the north west hospice so it was a great day all round , here are the only few pictures i managed to get because i was flat out driving .

sorry about the ****e pictures guys the phone isnt great especially when your trying to drive at the same time lol .

colm_mcm wrote: »

Find you ever think of doing one in the less common yellow blue or green that were available on the home market?

yeah i have a 3011 at home awaiting restoration that was originally blue so hopefully she will return that color , i had my eye on a blue 2011 in mayo for some time ( very very rare machine now ) but sadly she went to the crusher a few months back unknown to me , pity she was running and all !!!!! :mad: