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This is Richies shop, it is 100 x 75 shop up in Marshfield. He has pretty much any tool you can imagine with a paint booth included.

This is the big air compresser that generates enough air to power the big portable sandblaster. We used this for the bigger parts of the tractor like the frame outside.

This is a picture of the progress of me and John taking apart the tractor and stripping it down.

This photo was of me and John my granfather/mentor pressure washing all of the parts to get grease and grime off before bringing them to the shop to sandblast and prime and paint.

Me and John started stripping down the chicken coop to use it for our tractor work space. We also started putting up the insulation around the walls, and on the ceiling, using a staple gun to secure them.

This is our parts tractor that we got from Mass. We purchased this 140 to take any parts off of so that we could save money. It also helped us to look where things go, while putting back together the main 140.

Here is the frame, with the motor out, this part was as easy as taking out a few nuts and bolts, and lifting it out.

This is the transmission after we pulled it out, it was a bit heavy but we managed to lift it out safley

Here is some of the hydraulic lines put back in. Some were difficult to fit in certain spots due to the thick paint, but after moving them around the were worn in.

We ended up making sure that everything was running right on the motor before putting it back in. We ended up replacing the carborator, and adjusting it so it idled correctly.

This is the finished product. After fully restoring this 1973 John Deere down to nuts and bolts, we put it fully together again, and it is mint. This tractor is candy to the eye, and runs great.

You can see here some of the new decals we installed. We found a site that sold all of the original decals for the 140.

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