A Little Bit Goes A Long Way! - My Dream 318 Tractor Project Is Almost Done! - Part 7
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- Опубліковано 24 чер 2024
- Working a little bit every day for over 100 days is starting to add up and it looks like this dream garden tractor project is almost finished. There's a few bumps along the way but if we stay the course, we can get this tractor finished up before spring. In this episode I start the process of painting a yellow John Deere 318 garden tractor!
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The Robby Layton of John Deere garden tractors! lol
Ha! Hardly!
The old John Deere tractors are much better than the new ones!
You forgot one thing on that list everybody should have an exhaust fan in the garage in their shop anywhere you're doing painting or there's fumes or anything I put mine in my garage and I will never ever swear to God be without an exhaust fan again in my life they work fabulous
Painting, concrete, drywall mudding, all good jobs for someone else! We got hail and 2" of rain in 20 minutes out of that same storm system. Glad you didn't have any damage!
I couldn't agree more! I don't know how UA-cam has talked me into painting again. My "booth" is certainly no booth!
Yeah, I don't know how it missed us. We heard it roll through and I thought one of the barns would be gone!
BTW, We're enjoying the VW Rabbit resurrection! The music montages today were great and we watched the entire portion at the end with your wife learning. Kara had a Cabriolet and enjoyed reminiscing the same lessons with her Dad. :)
@@digdrivediy My mom's family was all VWs. They had squarebacks, Dashers, Rabbits, Rabbit trucks, etc. My mom and all my aunts learned to drive in them. My mom can shift a rabbit like nobody's business.
Lol… “if I’m lucky I will see you IN that next one”
Ah! Crazy Carl. He would always call me superman for some reason! Brings back memories!
Ha! He's a character. I hoped someone watching this would be able to reflect on Carl. Funny the impressions that people make that we don't appreciate until later in life.
I'm glad you are OK from the severe storm Friday night.
Glad u n ur family escaped the storm with no damage and injuries tge tractor is starting to come to life great video
Your editing skills are excellent. You knack for knowing when to audio-dub and when to audio in real-time is very professional and one of the reasons you are top 5 favorite channels on UA-cam.
Great job by the girls and Kara for cleaning, supporting and keeping this entire project on pace. I can only imagine the number of late evenings where they all thought to themselves “ He’s out there working on his baby, again” 😂
Thanks, Neil for the great content. My Sunday evening relaxation and entertainment in downtown Tokyo. Cherry Blossom 🌸 season here.
Really appreciate it Marcus. Its still hard for me to imagine you watching over there, but that fact is one of the coolest things about doing this.
I'd love to see those cherry blossoms in person one day. As always, thanks for tuning in.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone paint a 318 that industrial yellow, interested to see how it turns out. Gotta give you props for doing it all yourself!
Thanks Jeff!
it's a scrub cadet! as Taryl would say
Neil, the 318 is looking great!!,, I do like the color combination. Can't wait to see it completed. Carl FONDEROSA FARMS MD
I'm getting the feeling this is going to be a killer color combo!
I have to say when you first revealed you were painting your 318 yellow I was not a fan but the more I see painted the more excited I am to see it done
I'm glad to hear that Greg!
Happy to hear that you weathered the storm!! Sounds like another round coming this Wednesday....not impressed. That construction yellow looks awesome man! Can't wait for the follow up video.
Neil, I’m glad that y you weathered the storm! The 318 series is just packed with teasers!!!! Your doing a great job of keeping us wanting more 😂. Take care my friend
Thanks as always Mike!
Wow! I am so impressed with the amount attention to details you have on this project.... the storytelling and video editing is off the charts.
Another very enjoyable update Neil. Glad your place didn’t have much damage, and glad neighbors weren’t injured.
The cheap HF guns usually work well! Excited to see the industrial 318 come back to LIFE!
What a teaser!!! You’ll see us all in the next one!!
I have been using your one-thing-per-day method for a while now, and it works well. Thanks for the tip.
Great to hear!
I would of liked to see the tractor get painted original colours and new decals but still a nice job
I personally don't care how long it takes, I've enjoyed the ups and downs of them all. Thanks for taking us along :)
I concur
Great job can't wait till old timer is done
Always something to learn watching you Neil. The hinge tape trick, so simple but effective. As always thank you for the attention to detail both on your projects and your videos
My pleasure!
Waiting with bated breath for the completion of the 318.
I remember Deere Industrial yellow tractors in the 1960's. New York state had Deere 2010's mowing side of roads in the Upper North Country where I spent my teen years on the farm. I seem to recall that they had mid mount mowers on them.
Found a youtube video about Deere 140 yellow that were built in 1970 for use by the U.S. Navy. Apparently only 50 were made and 4 are known to exist. As stated in video, some are most likely at bottom of the ocean. It certainly is a beautiful garden tractor. Search " Deere 140 yellow navy" UA-cam selection should pop up.
I saw that video on the Industrial 140. Pretty darn cool!
I think you did a fine job. I love the industrial yellow and grey. The combination is unique!
Love seeing the twins helping daddy and having fun. That is something to cherish!
I don't blame you for leaving off the rear PTO guard, cover, thing. Keeping the hydraulic lines neat and tidy was more important.
I'm going to predict that you will be finished on day 118 or 119 since the weather has been crazy. Ah, the joy of Spring... (lots of sarcasm there)
Guaranteed I will see you in the next one.
Take care, Neil. Have fun while you are at it. 👍👍🥰🥰🤗🤗😘😘
Thanks as always Susan! I'm always grateful for them to help and get involved. Hopefully when I'm will want to drive this rig this summer :)
Probably to late, but you need to reduce the color. I go 4 parts paint 1 part reducer 1 part hardner with JD paints. I use a urethane clear coat hardner. I owned a collision shop for 15+ years, feel free to ask any questions.
Thanks so much for the tips! I will do that for sure.
Great video Neil, thanks for sharing and thank God you and your family escaped any harm from the passing storms. I'm looking forward too the next instalment
Hi Neil. Great progress on the 318. A wise man once said "It's not a failure if you learned something", or something like that. I think the color scheme looks awesome. It probably wouldn't be too difficult to fabricate a shield for the rear PTO. Since it is a rare option, I wouldn't cut up the original but a custom replacement looks pretty simple. A tip to easily bend heavy plate steel is to score it on the backside about half way through, bend it is a vise and weld up the score on the inside. It looks fine without it but Deere included it for a reason, probably safety related. Thanks for the video!
-mike
Not a bad idea Mike. I'm not sure what I'll do with that thing yet. Mike mount the hydraulic hoses vertically or something too.
I am really happy that I have come across your channel. Your little bit every day motto is the best. I hit a slump this winter on my granddaughters cub cadet 124 I’m refurbishing but have tried to stick to your motto and it’s helping. Thank you.
That storm yesterday was bad. I’m glad you all are okay.
Getting closer and closer! This is such a fun series to follow. No shortage of amazon boxes at your house either I see.
Keep on tractoring!
Ha! No, Amazon doesn't get lost coming to our house!!! 😋
Thanks for watching Jon!
With all creative respect, think about painting that steering wheel knob mount the same J.D. yellow as the other accent parts! Thanks for the videos, they're fascinating to watch!
That would be cool
I have an uncle that made his own equipment, like tractors and a front end loader, and he got used stainless steel fasteners at work, and if he got tired of something he made, he would take it apart, and save the used fasteners, and other parts that still had valve, and reuse them. I've followed a bit, his ideas, so I have stainless steel fasteners for my projects as well. He never painted them, and I don't plan to, either.
I love stainless fasteners.
I’ve really enjoyed watching this project. I never owned a 318 - but they certainly look like a machine I’d like to use! A suggestion for your next project- the Bronco! 😊
She’s lookin real good!
Storms were bad on Friday too. I live in the Little Rock area and the path was about 3 miles from us. Lots of trees down - lots of firewood for the tree services if they set the big trees and limbs aside. Looking forward to the seeing how the paint sprayer works out. Thinking about picking one up for some projects coming up.
Can't wait to see it done!
Neil your never let me down with a quick little one liner that people might catch or not catch. Like “ I’ve been saving that one for a rainy day.” Or nervous because doing it in front of people on UA-cam. I hear ya with that one. Ha. But I’m glad the 318 didn’t come to completion on this video because that means there’s another one coming yet to watch. Awesome series. We’ll there all awesome but this 318 vids are pretty cool to watch. Because I feel ya on the getting something put together. I’m excited for you because this will be a dream come true for you and that’s cool. Thanks Neil.
Thanks a lot Paul!
I love the hinge method on placing decals. THANKS!
You bet!
WOW 111 DAYS! Only seems like a few weeks.
I'm watching the back catalog and I thought it looked strange in yellow until you said it was construction yellow in the last video. Now seeing it next to the gray frame I think it looks fantastic!
Like others have suggested thinning the paint might help with HVLP gun; the length of hose you are running will have an effect on the effective volume and velocity at the gun as well.
Stay the course Neil, it's gonna be awesome! Looks great...thanks for the video!!
I am really liking the yellow! Looks great so far. I have been really enjoying this content! Keep up the good work!
Wow, crazy year for weather. Glad your fam and property are ok. Watching this gave me an idea. I have a 10 yr old craftsman riding mower that was only $999 new in 2013. I use it about 10 times per year and it takes a bit of maintenance to keep it going. I may paint it the JD color palette you are using. That’ll be a head turner at the 4th of July parade! Quality paint scheme on a POS! And thanks for the reminder on the gray color name.
I'm in Pennsylvania last night the wind was so bad it was snapping trees like tooth picks. Lost power around 9 last night it's still out here as I watch this lol.
Our power came back sooner than they expected but was still out for 18 hours.
Put some wizards back to black on the dash. It’ll look great!
Been following your progress since day one. Looking very good.
Chrome Exhaust Stack Idea
What about a fancy chrome stack like one some of the newer Deere Construction equipment?
Great video again my friend
Thank you for sharing, great project 👍👍👍👍
Glad you didn't get any severe damage from that storm. It did a lot of damage around the Quad Cities area, but the worst I had was 8 or 10 branches scattered around the yard and went without grid power for 27 hours. The Harbor Freight Predator I bought almost 2 years ago, started on the 3rd pull and kept us in heat, well water and cooled the fridge just fine.
This was the first time I ever used a back up generator and it worked great.
I finished my basement re-wiring project a week or so back, by using your "do something every day" idea. 👍🏼👍🏼
Those generators sure are the best thing ever when you need them!
I love hearing from folks that have used the one thing a day method as well. Great to hear your project got done that way!
Progress is progress! I've become a bona fide professional at getting 15 projects going at one time and making snail progress on every one unfortunately. Got a substantial step forward in my cutting edge refractory furnace finally, flooring picked out for the bathroom, and I moved the tarp on my 214 to measure the frame rail adapter kit that's 'in the works'. It all counts, right? 😁
It all counts in my book! Like you said, "progress is progress!"
Man this is a great series, I admire the dedication. One recommendation for when your painting around small/weird shaped items that you don't want painted (steering wheel) you can use aluminum foil instead of all the tape. I've found it to be easier and cheaper.
318 is coming together, keep your patience with it. That storm was nasty and we are above its path a ways, glad you guys got mostly missed.
Ya glad you guys are okay. We had a tornado hit the town I live in and it did alot of damage. 3 dead and 8 injured and up to 100 families displaced but I don't know if that was the final count or not. It took out half of a concrete lock building that has been there from probably the 50s and a bunch of house and sub- stations and power lines. They declared emergencies and brought in fema and state emergency response crews and put the whole county under curfews for two days. They were still trying to calculate stuff but said it might have reached an f3 rating.
Been binge watching this strip down and rebuild, I’m surprised you didn’t do that to the brass drain valve, take care
It's looking really good Neil
I've had to thin the paint a little bit every time I've used an HVLP gun. I'd say try that and see how it works. I have that purple Harbor Freight gun and it works great for me. Good luck! I've been following along with this series. Excited to see it finished up :)
I like to fill my gun halfway up with paint thinner and put the spray nozzle inside the paint hopper to soak for a day. Then you strip the gun down take out the needle and seat and clean with a scotch-brite. Make sure all the orafices are clear on the nozzle. I keep the excess cleanish thinner from soaking the gun in a little container with a 1" paintbrush for cleaning the gun.
That paint you might have to thin out slightly depending on the size of the nozzle. It might be slow to dry also and if its taking over a day to stop "fingerprinting" you might want to add some activator or catalyst. 8-1 ratio or 8 parts paint 1 part activator is good. There are different seasonal activators for summer and winter but any of them will do in the cold. Don't advise using a winter activator in the summer it will cause it to dry too fast...
Coming along nicely there, Neil!
Good afternoon Neil
Hey Terrance!
Finally a new video from you! Love this series as i have said before. That commitment every day thing, no matter how much gets done, is something im gonna take to heart. Seems so simple, yet never thought of it.
Keep it up!
-Peter
Thanks Peter!
Awesome progress and great work keeping after it! You are right, that’s reality, it’s hard sometimes not to be discouraged when you feel defeated. Its a continued inspiration to see a real dad in real life working on real goals/projects. I can’t wait to see how things go in the next one!
Thanks as always buddy. You're right. Just gotta keep after it!
Glad your family is ok the storm was bad
Glad you guys are alright, and that construction color scheme is going to look amazing! So excited to see the next video! 😁
We had one growing up and ended up putting a 3 cylinder diesel in it and stretched it
Phenomenal job so far on the tractor. Having done a couple of similar projects in the past, I can attest that the detail your going to is not an easy feat. Especially the prep and painting. That takes a special skill and patience that I never fully mastered. By the way. Excellent color choices.
Having the patience is hard for me too!
Hi everyone! I can’t wait to see it finished, who knows maybe somebody from John Deere will see the finished tractor and start painting some models that color. I think it’s going to look amazing have a good day everyone. From Northwestern Vermont
Looking good even small things away Ata time adds up to project compete
Great job looking great your doing great keep up the great work love your videos thank you
Neil, you could modify the pto guard to fit around the hydraulic fittings on the back, and they shouldn't get in the way.
Awesome video, can't wait for the next video. Thank you for making videos.
Thanks for watching!
The suspense is killing me!!!!!!
It's looking really really good
Hello from the Netherlands.
thanks for the video Neil 👍.
Sincerely Hollandduck
Hey, thanks a lot Hollandduck!
@@digdrivediy 👍
Oil pouring tip, the straight part up and contour down makes the container glug less
Love it all.looking amazing.
there another way to make a diy paint booth a old tent for camping, cut to square holes in back for box fans put plastic screen in the holes and furnace filters on the inside and never have to worry about spray dust getting on anything anymore, just a idea for ya, i made one my self for painting
That's a great idea Todd!
Nicely done 😊
From the can, the paint must always be poured into the sprayer tank through the filter. There are always clots and dried crumbs. They get stuck in the spray nozzle and...
Good luck and speedy completion of your project!
Great point!
That color is great!
Man looking good Neil. Liking that color combination. 👍✊
For the hydraulics make the bracket go on top of each other instead of side-by-side
Neil, awesome video series! I am getting excited for you to see your 318 to completion. Take your time and enjoy the journey!
was lucky enough to not get hit too hard by that storm the other night, it did catch me walking home from work though, been a long time since i got that soaked.
love the videos Neil, thanks for the content.
Your screen name is perfect!!!
@@digdrivediy hahaha thank you! used it for years.
@@sogybritches It was funny cause I read that you got soaked walking home in the rain and then looked up to your name to see "soggy britches"😋
My heart jumped with joy when the engine started. We only have a 14,000 square foot property.. but I need a tractor now!
Frank in Colorado
Hi Neil, love the channel. Been watching for two years. Love the 318 project. I love resto peojects too! Suggestion for the spray painting in the shop. I hate spray pInting in mine. I have an old tent that I set up to paint smaller projects. Thought I would share since you have shown me a thing or two, lol!😂 Keep on keepin on, brother!
That's a great idea 👍🏻
You shield have kept it John deer green but you have done a great job so far anyway amazing work too
Coming along well and looking unique.
You know that's gona look so good industrial. It's gona need one of those JD belly grader blades to be complete....😅
Little bit truly does go along way. Little bit at a time.
That was supposed to say “go a long way” but my phone decided for me I wanted to use “along” instead of what I typed.
This is a neat project. Good job.
Maybe you could rebuild the hydraulic hose bracket to put them in a vertical orientation rather than a horizontal one. Then you might be able to have your PTO shield on.
That's not a bad idea.
You should modify your mount and turn it sideways to fit on the side of the PTO shield.
I can’t wait to see the 318 all completed, this project has been a blast to watch you go through. You’re gonna get me with the food idea fairy when the family 318 joins me, already itching to get a Reugg 3pt hitch for it.
Glad your family is all safe. The weather this winter and spring has been wild.
Looking great! Pretty exciting.
Hey Neil, just wanted to share something with you that has worked very well for me in the past. Everybody's "magic combination" is a little different, so your mileage may vary here. When I mix paint for tractors, on sheet metal I use the ratio 8:4:1. 8 parts paint, 4 parts reducer (I actually use mineral spirits more often than not), and 1 part hardener. I paint I weather where just a flannel shirt on feels good. Then I lay it down in thin THIN layers. First coat over primer looks like it's just barely tinted. Let it tack up for 10 minutes or so, then hit it again. I usually have a rack of several parts needing paint, so usually by the time I get to the end, I'm ready to go back where I started. Usually takes 4-6 coats to get good coverage, and I've only had a 2 instances where it didn't turn out like I expected.
On cast iron and chassis parts that can be a little less glassy smooth, I mix my paint 8:2:1, and use fewer coats. Comes out a little thicker, and not as smooth as the sheet metal, but works great for cast.
Hey great advice! Thanks for the tips. The paint can says mix it 4:1. I sprayed it this past weekend and it turned out ok. Little heavy on the orange peel but it is very shiny. I might wet sand it.
@@digdrivediy that's part of the reason I usually use mineral spirits. It tacks up fairly quick, but stays "liquid" long enough to level itself out. I've found that even "slow" reducers dry too quickly. Again, just sharing my experiences with my adventures in painting tractors.
Neil, Firing her up for the first time must have been thrilling. I know I was. You've made it this far. Stay the course and I'm sure the paint job will turn out great. I know you want to get er done but have patience. It's going to look great. Thanks for the great series.
Amazing video and story to watch. You do such a great job of explaining your logic and allowing us to go along with you.
Thanks Aaron!
@@digdrivediy Your journey needs to be HGTV!