bluegreen Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Collected my 8330 from G&M on saturday & as I expected it needs some work before it takes up its summer roles on the carpet farm of pulling a baler & then a new 9furrow plough Heres what she looked like out of the box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Trac Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 what do you think of the fromt linkage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 Ive listed its good & bad parts on the Britains section so I will just review whats got to go Firstly the rear wheel track is daft (see below) Ive never seen an 8000series with that setting so I will be adjusting it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 With the help of the team below I also intend too make the siku front linkage "dissapear" along with the beacon & front wheels & front tyres & rear tyres too \ rear wheels with weights are very good (for once) so they will stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Trac Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Ive listed its good & bad parts on the Britains section so I will just review whats got to go Firstly the rear wheel track is daft (see below) Ive never seen an 8000series with that setting so I will be adjusting it! i took the spacers off but found the wheels rub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 Yes Ertl in there wisdom have changed the under mudguard set up they have with the 7830 tractor which allows for wheels too fit correctly, therefore the track will have to be set a little wide just enough too stop rubbing Why cant they just leave things alone the cab wont come off unless you undo a few screws!! The 7830 design was just fine as it was Anyway heres a slightly out of focus picture of the 8330 without wheels, beacon & sawn off linkage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim deere Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 the original rear end looks very funny with those original spacers , how can they produce things that looks like that , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Yes Ertl in there wisdom have changed the under mudguard set up they have with the 7830 tractor which allows for wheels too fit correctly, therefore the track will have to be set a little wide just enough too stop rubbing Why cant they just leave things alone the cab wont come off unless you undo a few screws!! The 7830 design was just fine as it was Anyway heres a slightly out of focus picture of the 8330 without wheels, beacon & sawn off linkage Can it not be 'fettled' to bring it back in line with the 7000 shape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWINZ Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 lookin good so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 Well ive been busy today with my conversion so I thought Id bring you lot uptodate First job was too find a suitable pair of front wheels & tyres. I had a rummage in the spares box & decided to rob the ones of an CLAAS Axion850. I had to drill out hole to 4.5mm, do a bit of cutting, packed out behind hub cap with a washer or to but its not too bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 From the front the track is about as wide as I have seen an 8000series set at so it passes my credability test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 Now onto the back tyres. I decided to try a few different types but chose ones donated from an Fendt 930 and they are 99% right! I also removed spacers from axle &cut around 10mm of it too achieve tightest possible track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 From side view the tyre sizes look about right too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 My next concern is the front weight & too get this right I firstly hacked off the support bar from an unwanted JD 8430T tracked machine \ I dont much like the old style weights that the tracked machine has so they got removed too. I had previously modified the ridicuously large front weight from sikus 6920 farmer special & Ive cut a groove in it too look like real thing (i hope) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Can see this been a very good conversion well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 As you can see ive drilled holes in tractor front & in support bars, & here i have roughly fixed it altogether. Tommorrow Im going to try & glue or weld this lot & then I can start thinking about the lights & the beacon & finally all the painting! Im planning on pairing this rig with the Lemken 9 furrow plough for on land work ,but firstly it will see the summer out on a big CLAAS baler I reckon 280hp is ideally suited too nine furrows & just about enough too hike the big baler about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWINZ Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 fatty (thats good by the way) looks well nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Looks much better Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremner_metallica Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi6920 Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Wow that looks so much better, how many hours work went in to that ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted May 4, 2008 Author Share Posted May 4, 2008 So far about 7 or 8 hours however ive done a few other conversions so Im quite quick! The secret is too keep things simple, the best convos for me only require about 30% of the model to be changed Scratch builds are a nono for me as few if any ever look any good imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 nice work, shame RC2 didnt really think about the model before they decided to ship them out.....will they ever learn we are not idiots! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim deere Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 really nice work its starting to look as good as it should Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Looking a hell of a lot better. Looks much much nearer to how it should when it came off the production like now. Smashing job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegreen Posted May 4, 2008 Author Share Posted May 4, 2008 Hi guys, Ive spent 2 or 3 hours on the model today & started by soldering the weight support bar together (with mixed results) and then glued it with araldite too front of tractor with the two copper wire drilled in for extra strength Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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