Minneapolis Moline Knoedler Seat Frame

[D2Cat]

Looks fantastic! Now you have to schedule time to paint the rest of the tractor!

If after a while the spring gives up too much you can install some of those spring spacer that use to be used to "lift" a car.

 

[RCW]

Looks fantastic! Now you have to schedule time to paint the rest of the tractor!

If after a while the spring gives up too much you can install some of those spring spacer that use to be used to "lift" a car.

Thanks, 'Cat. Appreciate it.

I wondered if a spacer might help.

Probably a diet for me would help, too....

 

[D2Cat]

Thanks, 'Cat. Appreciate it.

I wondered if a spacer might help.

Probably a diet for me would help, too....

The spacer will make it ride rougher though.

 

[cthomas]

I kinda like the blue spring color. That spring might even be powdered coat for liability proposes. If I remember right 1st generation Ford Taurus had issues with the rear springs just being painted, and the paint would flake off during compress/rebound allowing rust to start. I have only replaced a few hundred rear springs in that body style.

 

[BAP]

Thanks, 'Cat. Appreciate it.

I wondered if a spacer might help.

Probably a diet for me would help, too....

Spacer is much quicker and easier!!!

 

[RCW]

I remember driving this without a seat for several years.

Prime and paint for the swing arm before the Knoedler seat goes back on.

The tractor is painted an industrial yellow‘Moline color. The correct color is Prarie Gold No. 2. I’m painting this stuff the correct color.

Like ‘Cat mentioned, I would really like to be able to get it in the correct clothes, even if it’s a little at a time.

 

[RCW]

Knoedler Seat reconstructed. Very happy with outcome.

I think there’s a spring spacer in the future…..like BAP said, quicker than a diet.

 

[bird dogger]

RCW, that looks GREAT!

I remember many days of splitting the time between the hard seat pan and standing on that platform while plowing as a kid on dad's old "U". I suppose a seat cushion was too much of an extravagance back then and he wouldn't want his fellow farmers to think he'd gone soft. LOL!! Power steering would've been nicer than the normal "thumb buster" steering also. Who said, "Those were the good ol' days"???

 

[RCW]

Since I’m more than the 200 pounds per inch coil spring can handle, got a $6 coil spring booster at Auto Zone.

Cut a couple pieces out of it. It wouldn't fit in a 3" OD coil spring, and there wasn't room enough to the shock.

No longer bottom out!

 

[D2Cat]

All that when you could have gone on a diet?

It is nice work, and good you got it the way you want it.

 

[RCW]

All that when you could have gone on a diet?

It is nice work, and good you got it the way you want it.

Thanks, much appreciate it!

 

[RCW]

Okay. The squashed spring got to me...

Still squashed it with spacers....just couldn't look at that every time I plunk myself in the seat.

I can hear my Grandfather and Dad saying "you need to lose some weight young man?!?!"

"I'm RCW, and I'm a LOT taller, bigger, and chubbier than my paternal ancestors....."

While Grandpa is gone, my Dad is still kicking and hasn't seen the seat rebuild first-hand yet. I'm not saying a word about spring change.

Call this version 1.400, I guess, as it's a 400lb/in spring. 300 might have worked, but I'm NOT buying another spring...period....

Spring OD just fits. Had to make new yoke for top, and get new caps. Ended up buying 4" stainless washers for survey stakes. $7 each was good in my book. Good and heavy...maybe 10 gauge or close. Reused shock from the golf cart.

Also shortened the side links on the new yoke. Closer to what I saw in pictures of OEM. That might have helped with the 200lb spring, but at this juncture I didn't want to guess.

I noticed the funky weld on the near side in the first picture. Looks cracked or cold, but you don't see that in person. I think it needed more grinding before paint, as the weld looks high in person. I think/hope it's solid.....

It also raises my seat position a couple inches. Not a bad thing, especially with the blade on. We used to drive this a lot standing up, as the seat was low.

Will likely re-make the version 1.200 with the spare parts, as I have an extra cheapie shock I got from Amazon.