Farmall A Grill tools

[DZA]

I am looking for the 3 piece tool set to straighten the bars on a Farmall A grill. Would be interested in a used set at the right price. Thank You

 

[1946 BN IHC]

I made my own with a pair of sheet metal bending vice grips ,wide and straight edged, a large old cold chisle ground flat and squair, asection of u chanel set in my "monster" 8 " dench vice. These did a fair repair. I could have spent copious more time BUT I don't profess, even though my wife says otherwise, to be a PROFECTIONIST, just reasonably carful, nt obsessive.I will atemot to post a picture of th front of the tractor shortly so you amy judje.

 

[1946 BN IHC]

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[1946 BN IHC]

Had to take a secondd picture hope it works

 

[gab]

I got more time than money so I used bits and pieces from my iron pile, little grinding here, little bending there, body hammer and couple of dollies. Super C grill was smashed about flat with a couple of broken bars and the Super M was caved in at the top right seam, also split out the spot welds, had a lot of bent bars too.

 

[JRSutton]

And you've got patience. Nice work. I've tried straightening a few grills and found "close enough" was about as far as I was willing to go.

 

[ShermanPowerDigger]

I'd like to know more about the tools mentioned, i did not know there was a special set of tools for this. Sheet metal is mostly good on my menagerie of old tractors but some work is needed.

I'd like to se pics of the homemade tools as that's the route I would likely take. I'm guessing you mean to grind a chisel down to the specific shape of the bars.

Awesome work in those pics fellas, I have some dents and rust repairs too down the road so I will need to draw on some metal working knowledge and tips. First I have to get this old herd running again, then worry about making them pretty.

 

[1946 BN IHC]

All I did was take an old aproximatly 1 to 2 inch wide
cold chisle grind the end absoluty flat and square then
taking a file touch the corners creating a micro radius.
The u chanel iron was just a piece that fit. The wide
flat metal working bending pliers purchased at the
hardware store, nothing fancy wide jaw.
Just took time tapping out each "loover" tweeking
twisting with the piers peaning and repeating. Took time
as I said I could have taken days more BUT called quits
when I reached a satisfactory place. There are still some
bumps and dips else where on the tractor. I feel each
bump or dip keeps me humble and thinking of the number of
years the tractor has been through. How many bumps and
digs would I have if my age parallel equaled the tractor.
If you would like more pictures write me. Open e mail
Wm.

 

[Ken Hansen]

I too have an old BN and have a habit of trying to mow too close the the hedge row at times! So I may be doing some grill work myself one of these days. Already have the wide flat jaw pliers and a pretty good pile of scrap steel to work with!

 

[rustyfarmall]

(quoted from post at 07:24:43 07/02/18) All I did was take an old aproximatly 1 to 2 inch wide
cold chisle grind the end absoluty flat and square then
taking a file touch the corners creating a micro radius.
The u chanel iron was just a piece that fit. The wide
flat metal working bending pliers purchased at the
hardware store, nothing fancy wide jaw.
Just took time tapping out each "loover" tweeking
twisting with the piers peaning and repeating. Took time
as I said I could have taken days more BUT called quits
when I reached a satisfactory place. There are still some
bumps and dips else where on the tractor. I feel each
bump or dip keeps me humble and thinking of the number of
years the tractor has been through. How many bumps and
digs would I have if my age parallel equaled the tractor.
If you would like more pictures write me. Open e mail
Wm.

"Bumps and dings" add character. I use that excuse also, but then I also know that very few of these old tractors were without flaws even when new. They certainly DID NOT come from the factory with the high gloss paint that every body seems to think is original.

 

[Roger46]

Once you have used the grill straightening tools you will never try to do it by hand. I used to spend hours and hours trying to get the grill ribs straight with a sheet metal vise grip and piece of flat iron. Since I have been using the grill straightening tools I have near perfect results in an hour or so depending on how bad it is bent up. However, I don't want to sell mine, sorry. For those that don't know about these, they are sold by Sunsdahl's Restoration. Not cheap, but I think worth the money if you want a nice looking grill. I have used on Farmall and John Deere grills.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

$72 plus $9 shipping for the A/B/C set on ebay right now.

Just search for "farmall grille tool" on google or ebay.