Paul Palmer Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) well i have done the cab,i remembered that tamiya flat aluminium is a very good match for silver mist,looks like i have to reposition the left hand mirror,it looks pants at the moment,not sure to weather it yet,i also broke the lower right window while putting it back in,im getting another 590 for its rear wheels for another mf project,so i will take that piece of glass from the cab from that 590, mirrors and door handles put back on Edited December 20, 2015 by paulali 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan_coe2012 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Looking good Paul!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 12 minutes ago, Jordan_coe2012 said: Looking good Paul!! thanks Jordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I have found that the track widths too wide on the standard model Paul. And you may have discovered that the tractor doesn't sit level, this is due to the 2 rear axle trumpets not being attached level, it takes a bit of cutting and adjusting to get this right, I have a 590 4wd planned at some stage for myself and would like to narrow the track width a bit but unfortunately this means cutting the front axle and rejoining it probably around the centre, just a pity UH didn't get these things right at the time because most things about the tractor are good, the not sitting level is very apparent when looking at it from the back and this bothered me a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMC Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Looking good Paul are u going to fit it with the MF 80 loader ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) 1 hour ago, B O R said: I have found that the track widths too wide on the standard model Paul. And you may have discovered that the tractor doesn't sit level, this is due to the 2 rear axle trumpets not being attached level, it takes a bit of cutting and adjusting to get this right, I have a 590 4wd planned at some stage for myself and would like to narrow the track width a bit but unfortunately this means cutting the front axle and rejoining it probably around the centre, just a pity UH didn't get these things right at the time because most things about the tractor are good, the not sitting level is very apparent when looking at it from the back and this bothered me a lot never noticed it Brian,mine seems to sit right,i allways thought the rear tracking width was way off,but trawling the internet and having a chat with sean about this before im happy with the rear track width,and the front lines up with the rear,i also remembered you saying about where the silver mist meets the red on the cab and most people when doing this to the cab had the line down to low,again from the internet and brochures,the very first 500 series did have the line down low,also the part of the cab by the bottom of the front windscreen was silvermist,after only one year i think the line was moved higher up by the door handle and the part of the cab by the bottom of the windscreen was red,as in the 2 pictures above,picture below of the line on the cab down low and silvermist by the bottom of the front windscreen Edited December 20, 2015 by paulali 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) 56 minutes ago, JMC said: Looking good Paul are u going to fit it with the MF 80 loader ? im seriously thinking about it,i have just pm'ed Sean asking about the loader as he has one Edited December 20, 2015 by paulali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenside MF Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 you have done a nice sharp paint line where the two colours meet Paul,no bleed through the masking tape good finish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 i use frog tape Jamie,much better than ordinary masking tape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B O R Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 i definitely must push on with another few 500s next year as I'm very fond of them, I remember drawing silage with an early 4wd example like in your above pic, bad lock and awkward wheel centres for going through narrow gates etc. The later 4wd was much better and in later years I got to drive one over many miles going from farm to farm with a slurry pump. My most desirable 590 4wd would be a very late example with the red cab and sliding side window... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 i used to drive 2 mf 575's Brian,both 2 wd both on the same farm,the second one still had the grey top cab,but was a 2 door cab,and i did drive a 590 2wd on another local farm,the 500 series were very popular down here in the seventies,never seen a 595 though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 14 hours ago, paulali said: well i have done the cab,i remembered that tamiya flat aluminium is a very good match for silver mist,looks like i have to reposition the left hand mirror,it looks pants at the moment,not sure to weather it yet,i also broke the lower right window while putting it back in,im getting another 590 for its rear wheels for another mf project,so i will take that piece of glass from the cab from that 590, mirrors and door handles put back on That coming on very well nice looking work on the cab .. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 thankyou Cyril Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Looks good Paul job well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 thankyou Pete,my next mf for a bit of work will be the 690 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Do love a good 590 , use to drive a red cab 4wd and a silver cab 2wd , there's not much difference sitting in a 4wd 590 and a 2wd 595 as we use to use the bosses brothers 595 during cauliflower planting . Have plans to do a2wd 590 and a 595 , I know the 595 won't be 100% but might have to strip down a 2620 and offer it up to the 590 body work , great work Paul keep them coming mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 You can adjust the rear track easy enough, just pop the rear axel stubs off and shorten them along with the axel, other option is a fit a pair of uh 1200/1250 tyres on the rims, kind of hides the issue so to speak , well to the eye a bit better ,but still out , helps hide it if you swap the front tyres to,uh cx105 tyres in original hubs 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 2 hours ago, nathan said: Do love a good 590 , use to drive a red cab 4wd and a silver cab 2wd , there's not much difference sitting in a 4wd 590 and a 2wd 595 as we use to use the bosses brothers 595 during cauliflower planting . Have plans to do a2wd 590 and a 595 , I know the 595 won't be 100% but might have to strip down a 2620 and offer it up to the 590 body work , great work Paul keep them coming mate thanks Nathan,few more mf's are in the pipeline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 2 hours ago, Tractorman810 said: You can adjust the rear track easy enough, just pop the rear axel stubs off and shorten them along with the axel, other option is a fit a pair of uh 1200/1250 tyres on the rims, kind of hides the issue so to speak , well to the eye a bit better ,but still out , helps hide it if you swap the front tyres to,uh cx105 tyres in original hubs cheers Sean,i know we discussed the rear track width before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger82 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Looks even better now paul .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Looking good Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 19 hours ago, trigger82 said: Looks even better now paul .. Cheers CYril Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 17 hours ago, Barry said: Looking good Paul Cheers Baz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 well,back from the outlaws for xmas,only been home a couple of hours and started on my uh mf 690,im using the uh 590 wheels,as we all know that the original wheels on the 690 are naff,ive made my decision but would like to know other members views on the tractor tyre options,first 3 pictures are of the 590 wheels and tyres the last 3 are of the 590 wheels with the 690 tyres,which do you guys prefer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 i fully understand you Mark 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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