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Not too much interesting to report, but the tractor is torn all the way down and cycling parts through the dip tank and getting primer on them, starting to have more parts cleaned and primed than dirty so that's good, made a good order from Wheelhorseparts, a bunch of odds and ends that I'll need to put things together so I'm excited to get that in the mail. The engine ran really well so I don't plan on tearing that down although I have taken the shields off to get ready for paint and clean the whole thing up. I plan on just cleaning everything well and painting the block and the shields and putting back together.
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Well, I have a plan for the upper steering shaft on the 523-H, but it will be the weekend before I try it. I want to add a couple inches to the length to raise the steering wheel, so I'll definitely need some additional support. Hopefully it'll work out.
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C-Series Hybrid Idea
kpinnc replied to Easton Rich's topic in Restorations, Modifications, & Customizations
I've had a couple of each, and as Don @Lee1977 and I were talking about them this past Sunday- they vary so much one to another, regardless of type. You would think the precision built into them would make them more like any other of the same type, but that is not the case. My Bronco has the absolute fastest hydro I've ever had. My 1990 520H has the quickest response of all of mine. It will spin the tires easily. I'm starting to think the linkage adjustment has alot to do with it, but I'll know about that soon enough. -
Trains and trolleys were my transportation while working in Europe. My fave was the cogged train to the base of the Matterhorn at Zermot.
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Actually the later 520's moved the steering shaft bushing to up under the dash. The dash can be drilled to accept a wheel bearing as well. A couple of mine have been done this way.
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Ahhh Can't see the vid my internet too slow and sucks. Especially with vids.
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@WHX?? I don't think it was broken al the way, in the video you can see a chunk out of the cam,but it didn't break till I took the cam pin out. This was in the pan. It ran when it was parked. Lasted 8 years
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It depends on exactly what happens and when. On paper each cylinder should be able to lift 4500 lbs, and so should be capable of lifting anything I will ever put on this lift (that Explorer is literally the heaviest thing I own that isn't a building, at about 4300 lbs curb weight), so one cylinder should also be able to hold it up by itself. However a leak in any part of the hydraulic system compromises the whole system since there is only one power head. If it is a slow leak that started while I was working on something but didn't have it on the locks it should do as you said, safely and slowly leak down until it rests on the lock, or the ground if you are below the first lock ( vehicle approx 2 ft off the ground). The leak I had, if it had started while something was already in the air it may have not been so slow, but the locks should still have stopped it. On the other hand I saw a video recently where a guy was in the process of lowering a Mustang when a cylinder failed, so he had the locks released. The car was on the ground before he could react. Let's just say, there is a reason I chose to reseal both cylinders at the same time. Also, when I took the "good" one apart, I inspected the pressure seal carefully before disturbing it at all. These are a mildly pliable plastic material, not a teflon or rubber seal. The pressure seal on the "good" cylinder was intact, no breaks, no chewing wear like on the failed one. As soon as I tried to stick a pick under it to work it out of its groove it shattered.
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Yep been there done that ... guy at plow day said he checked his oil ... bull roar. Nothin but sludge in the pan. Got extremely lucky and only busted the cam. Never even bent the cam axle. Can't believe it ran with only a tic Rider.
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Did you take the keys? Be prepared for some folks to slip in and run it!
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Thought maybe it was a bluish Permatex sealer I tried once that did't work. We was just talkin about glassing pumps. Good trick ... gonna those pics for my fuel pump instructional. I always misted them with a rattle can like a head but the mist can go where you don't want it to.
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I've got one, but mines on my C-141. They are super thick. I'll be following along to see if we find an answer because I was wondering.
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@WHX?? the blue is magic marker, poor man's Persian blue. Put it on sandpaper on glass, check the high spots
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Interesting, bought this tractor off a guy in Pa that mentioned he goes to the show , could it be I have the seat that you sold??
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Picked these vices up at a flee market, thay are cheap but they work. First one was $15 and second one $10, they were pretty dirty and banged up. I made the crank handles
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Dang near ... Funny thing is I never see them. I don't think I would know what one looks like without googling.
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Be sure to wear ear plugs when you are hanging in the shed!
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We got out the HO set two years ago so the grands could see it. Two of them appreciated how to handle and use them; two of them were ready to start being rough. Sigh. Been lucky enough to ride lots of trains: commuting to NYC for 30-ish years, Auto-Train to Florida, overnight and high-speed trains in Europe, the Acela, the Eurostar through the Chunnel, subway systems in lots of cities. The train through the Rockies and maybe a transcontinental are still on my bucket list. Heck, @Bill D drives trains for a living!
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C-Series Hybrid Idea
Easton Rich replied to Easton Rich's topic in Restorations, Modifications, & Customizations
Ok, I'll look for the model, but I was wondering since I had the choice between a 1100 and that Sunstrand. -
Shouldn't be too difficult.
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Other day I was helpin @Achto with a K91 and there were dauber nests in the head & engine fins. I tried digging them out of the head with the jack knife and they were like concrete. Them devils can be worse than mice. I've got outlets in the overhead of the lean to on the warehouse for battery tenders and every one the ground hole was filled with a nest.
