ztnoo 2,298 #26 Posted February 26, 2019 1 hour ago, gt14rider said: pulley will not work on a gt14 That info is right out my my GT 14, Model 1-7441 Parts Manual. It agrees with the casting number on your busted pulley. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldredrider 2,549 #27 Posted February 26, 2019 I had sent gt14rider the wrong pic. Should be squared away now as I do have the correct pulley for him. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gt14rider 797 #28 Posted February 26, 2019 Thanks Paul I will take the pulley. I'll pm you Ztnoo 8144 is the right pulley, oldredrider pulled wrong pulley before he has the right one now and I will be getting from him, again thanks for all your help Been a little busy, I'm a GRANDPA She came at 7:32 pm don't have all the information but all are doing good 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldredrider 2,549 #29 Posted February 26, 2019 Congrats on the Grandpa! I became a Great Grandpa 2 weeks ago. I haven't even retired yet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gt14rider 797 #30 Posted February 26, 2019 Thanks Paul. Sent you a pm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gt14rider 797 #31 Posted March 15, 2019 Hay all been trying to work on the pump but wife has other plans up to my eye ball in a bathroom remodel. Can someone chime in on what grit sandpaper to stop at. I'm at 800 and the pistons and pump don't look to bad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,522 #32 Posted March 15, 2019 What is it with gt14’s, wives and bathroom remodels 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 17,875 #33 Posted March 15, 2019 Nice job!!! I went to 1000 and then crocus cloth but yours look good maybe just a light dose of crocus cloth to shine them up a bit.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aldon 4,827 #34 Posted March 15, 2019 Likewise I went to 1000 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,134 #35 Posted March 15, 2019 1 hour ago, 19richie66 said: What is it with gt14’s, wives and bathroom remodels Precisely why you won't find that model in my collection. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daveoman1966 3,762 #36 Posted March 15, 2019 From these 2 pics your Piston Slippers and Charge Pump Housing face look good. You MUST also resurface the Base of the Cylinder Block and the Thrust Washer. Be sure to locate the charge pump housing correctly...note NOTCH location. Here are a few helper pics... Keep EVERYTHING clean on reassembly and use ASSEMBLY OIL on any and all contact surface to prevent 'dry start' of freshly finished parts. (Thats the red oil you see.) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gt14rider 797 #37 Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) Here are the other parts still working on them. How do the last two look? Edited March 16, 2019 by gt14rider Update Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daveoman1966 3,762 #38 Posted March 16, 2019 As long as you get out the deep scores and gouges...good to go. You don't need a mirror finish on these parts...just a dull buff is good. As for spring tension load.... Collectively between the material removed from the piston slippers, the thrust washer, and the base of the cylinder block, there MAY have been enough material removed to lessen the spring tension. To compensate for this (maybe an overkill) I usually cut open an alum beer can (have a few) and cut out a shim (or 2) to just undersize of the thrust washer and install that shim BEHIND the washer. Shim is out of the way and is stationary so as not to interfere with any movement or rotation...it just sits there. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gt14rider 797 #39 Posted March 16, 2019 Thanks for all the help. I have one question, what kind of beer is best for the shim? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldredrider 2,549 #40 Posted March 16, 2019 Since it's just a shim, any LIGHT beer will work! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daveoman1966 3,762 #41 Posted March 16, 2019 59 minutes ago, oldredrider said: Since it's just a shim, any LIGHT beer will work! Coors Light has the most malleable aluminum. I know because after 4 or 5, I can STILL hand-crush them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,334 #42 Posted March 16, 2019 20 hours ago, 19richie66 said: What is it with gt14’s, wives and bathroom remodels I had a GT 14 years ago. Really liked it but sold it. It was before I found RS. I thought it was strange that a sudden feeling of relief came over me when it left! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,522 #43 Posted March 16, 2019 (edited) Love mine. Of course it’s not the way it left the factory . 😎 Edited March 16, 2019 by 19richie66 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,096 #44 Posted March 16, 2019 I’ve been hoping for the day I bring a GT14 home... after reading about all these extra projects they seem to create, you guys have got me rethinking my life goals! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,522 #45 Posted March 16, 2019 But you don’t have one and you already have more projects going then half of Red Square.... you’re safe. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,522 #46 Posted March 16, 2019 5 hours ago, oldredrider said: Since it's just a shim, any LIGHT beer will work! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,773 #47 Posted March 16, 2019 23 hours ago, 19richie66 said: What is it with gt14’s, wives and bathroom remodels I have a wife and a GT-14 and once I got them both straightened out they have both been wonderful! Our house is only five years old so no bathroom remodels for me! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gt14rider 797 #48 Posted March 16, 2019 Ok got most of pieces done and cleaned and bagged, so that stay clean. Next pump housing, can I just pull gears and leave bearing in, clean in kerosene, blow compressed air to dry reassemble? Oh see scratch (in red) someone's been here before, what do you think Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 17,875 #49 Posted March 16, 2019 Never went into the gear pump side of a hydro. I leave them alone. Mine seem to work, clean up the piston pump end but I leave the gear pump alone. Cna't say what the scratch could cause. Was it leaking before?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gt14rider 797 #50 Posted March 16, 2019 (edited) Don't know if it leaks, parts tractor, sat for about 15 years that I know of. Reason I want to take pump apart is trans fluid has turned to a strawberry jelly like muck, just want to flush everything, clean clean clean, next Is lift valve and lift cylinder, hoses Edited March 16, 2019 by gt14rider Share this post Link to post Share on other sites