Vintage, '58 Case Model
310b Utility
Spark Ignition, non adjustable front end.
Rock Island plant in 1958
Manufactured 1,628 units.
Saturday, February 19, 2005
Keep an eye on this page. I will post more photos as it progresses.
Brought Old boy home!
12-21-03
Let the restoration begin!
Original, or more like what I found for wiring.
Fabricated a new wiring harness from scratch, started to paint the engine
parts.
Stripped off the covers and thoroughly cleaned all the moving parts.
Rebuilt the carburetor and stripped the valve cover and gas tank to bare
metal.
It's time to start putting it back together.
Before
After
Stripped ALL the removable tin work down to bare metal.
All primed, just waiting for warmer weather to paint.
New Fenders installed, new tires on order.
When I took it out to clean I found that the Power steering Piston rod had a
good bend in it.
Disassembled and ordered new seal kit and straightened the rod.
FINALLY FOUND THE CORRECT SIZE NEW TIRES!
Loaded the tires with 47 gallons each, "Ballast Star" NON Corrosive
and Environmentally friendly.
Rims all painted and the weight box cut down some for storage.
Original "Eye Brow hood" and headlights.
Tin work painted
DONE!
Some History
1955
Case revamps it tractor line and now introduces the Case 300
series. This tractor came with either a Case or Continental engine. This line
was built until 1958, including Models, 300B, 310B, 320B, 320 and the 350.
Jerome Increase Case started his company in Rochester, Wisconsin in 1842. He
soon moved to Racine, Wisconsin where he begin to manufacture threshers. In
1953, J. I. Case accepted 3 partners to form J. I. Case & Company. Their Eagle
Trademark, "Old Abe", was adopted in 1865 and is patterned after a
bald eagle that served in the Civil War as a mascot.
Case built their first steam engine in 1869 which was moved around by horses.
By 1876 they had developed their first steam traction engine. The first Case farm tractor appeared on the scene in 1892.
