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VEHICLES => TRACTORS/MOWERS/HEAVY EQUIPMENT => Topic started by: Crispycritter on January 27, 2023, 05:58:23 PM
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Heres what i did my first week only have photos of the end but i replaced the ring gear and starter on a jcb lift that we took on trade that supposidly had no problem.
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This old pos was brought in needs all fluids and filters changed and starter and the throttle cable and linkage fixed... The guy dont want to spend more then 4k he wanted the brakes fixed but that could be 2 to 3k itself depending whats wrong
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Oh yeah, fix it but dont spend more than ten dollars,, heard that before
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Oh yeah, fix it but dont spend more than ten dollars,, heard that before
ya i didnt miss these convos it needed more work like all new hydraulic lines ,and the cylinders rebuilt and the tachometer fixed but he would have had atleast 7k in a tractor thats worth 4k
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Taking apart a case backhoe extendahoe today had to have my father extend the arm while i wrangled it with a uniloader with forks wouldnt pull out cause the hydraulic lines got caught in the a arm so had to cut them in middle (was tearing it apart to replace those very lines) then it pulled right out. The cylinder needs rebuilt its also leaking even if it wasnt id recommend doing a rebuild while it was apart instead paying for a few hrs of labor to get it apart again
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Photos
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No pics today but i was rebuilding the cyclinder and trying to put the backup ring on and it broke in half luckly we had another one in stock and it went smooth after that got to use the torch heating up the bolt .. Did some practice welds on some iron im rusty after a couple blowouts im ready to stick metal together.. Also pulled in another backhoe that sold and tore the headliner out to find a couple big mice nest in the vents. All the foam was ate and the headliner cracked so itll be getting replacements. I expected to find wires chewed but i couldnt find anything so i got to figure out why the ac light is on...i love a challange
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The interior of the backhoe eaten by mice and the cylinder put back together
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Got the extend a hoe back together went pretty smoothly except the new lines for bucket were wrong and 3ft to short they werent for a extendahoe so now have to wait for the correct lines. Its mainly my fault for not measuring them when i recieved them tuesday.. Also throwing the old lines away i was paying attention to where i picked them up and inbedded 4 wires in my thumb so spent awhile digging those out thankfully i keep a kit in my box with good tweezers and a piercing needle for digging.
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Tractor was still having starting issue where it would onlywork intermentially even with a new starter. It needs a new positive cable which is likely culprit but he dont want to spend the money and were trying cheap fixes first so i spent a bit 2 hrs fabricating a mount and installing a soleniod. Not prettybut its not a pretty tractor to begin with.
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Tractor was still having starting issue where it would onlywork intermentially even with a new starter. It needs a new positive cable which is likely culprit but he dont want to spend the money and were trying cheap fixes first so i spent a bit 2 hrs fabricating a mount and installing a soleniod. Not prettybut its not a pretty tractor to begin with.
How much would the battery cable be?
Parts and two hours labor on the "cheap" fix?
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Tractor was still having starting issue where it would onlywork intermentially even with a new starter. It needs a new positive cable which is likely culprit but he dont want to spend the money and were trying cheap fixes first so i spent a bit 2 hrs fabricating a mount and installing a soleniod. Not prettybut its not a pretty tractor to begin with.
How much would the battery cable be?
Parts and two hours labor on the "cheap" fix?
the factory battery cable is NLA so itd have to be made by special order which we have done by napa so itd be anice chunk not sure how much boss didnt tell me the price its close to 10 ft long Book time says 6 hrs to replace. At 175 a hr i could probably drop it to 4 if i didnt encounter anything bad. The soleniod, supplies and my time was400 bucks. He has close to his limit of 4k in it now the tractor worth 6k as it sits he says it needs to llast only 6 more months till he can buy something new and scrap it.
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Also worked on the rat piss backhoe today hooking up a quick attach for front bucket when i noticed the left cyclinder wouldnt extend on its own so i pulled on it and the rod came out along with 2gallons of oil in my boots. The bolt had snapped off the end tried taking the gland nut off but the set screw twisted off so i had to drill it out then tried heating it to get the gland to come off with a 3/4 breaker and 5foot of cheater and it just wont budge looked down the hole and the cyclinder is trashed the bolt and rod been beating a Er ound for awhile. So we found a used one for 600 to put on.
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The cylinder i mentioned that i tugged on and came apart:cool2:n:cool2:n
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Well i messed with the positive battery cable today and noticed it had a bolt on automotive connecter instead of the "normal" crimped and soldered connecter so i unbolted it and they had cut half the wire off to make it fit the terminal luckly their was enough cable i cut off about 2inches to clean undamaged wire and crimped and soldered a new terminal on so that should help it .. Unless its rigged elsewhere
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Pictures of the terminal i crimped soldered on and chewed up cable
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Heres fun today trying to remove a gland nut off cylinder on the rat piss backhoe heated it up and then used my wright 3/4 ratchet with a cheater and it wouldnt budge with two of us hanging on it so we tried using a skidsteer to press down on the ratchet. But we sheared the pins off the gland nut wrench.. Its not coming apart ill have to remove it and take it elsewhere
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Finished greasing a trax machine and the rat backhoe replaced foam on headliner still needs installed. Pressure checked the ac overnight no leak so filled it and placed uv dye in the system. Ac lights still on so still need to figure that out..replaced 2 cylinders one required the help of a uniloader with forks and 2 large prybars.wasnt able to snap pics tho i did have a b f up when aligning the rod for hydraulic cylinder i flipped it so the zerk was unreachable. Took 4minutes to fix but still felt like a idiot for not paying attention
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Wasnt anything for me to do today since im stuck waiting on parts so boss called me at 7 and said not to come in.. Parts should be in monday
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Slow week at work so got instructed to replace the entire brake assemblies on the shops trailer. Had to use the torch to cut the socket cap bolts holding them on they were crusty and not budging. Then drove to 5 different stores for replacements and final stop was fastenal who had enough to replace all the bolts with nyloc nuts... Finally finished it today.. Took about 8hrs with 3 of itdriving around
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Slow week at work so got instructed to replace the entire brake assemblies on the shops trailer. Had to use the torch to cut the socket cap bolts holding them on they were crusty and not budging. Then drove to 5 different stores for replacements and final stop was fastenal who had enough to replace all the bolts with nyloc nuts... Finally finished it today.. Took about 8hrs with 3 of itdriving around
Just wondering, do you know about McMaster Carr?
Locally Fastenal has sucked for me, because I need metric a lot.
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Slow week at work so got instructed to replace the entire brake assemblies on the shops trailer. Had to use the torch to cut the socket cap bolts holding them on they were crusty and not budging. Then drove to 5 different stores for replacements and final stop was fastenal who had enough to replace all the bolts with nyloc nuts... Finally finished it today.. Took about 8hrs with 3 of itdriving around
Just wondering, do you know about McMaster Carr?
Locally Fastenal has sucked for me, because I need metric a lot.
none within 45 minutes which is farther away from the shop then the boss wants me.
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It is an online place.
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It is an online place.
ahh i thought they had distributer center explain why it didnt show any near .lol..special ordering was a option at 3 of the places i visited but i needed it yesterday not a week later the trailer used upto much space. 24ft trailer dual axles custom built to haul a bulldozer its oversized. 106" wide
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Well today was a half day only went in afterlunch do to dr appointment . had a uniloader come in with a hard start issue it cranks for about 40 to 50 seconds before it starts then runs fine and you can turn it off and start it right back uup so i troubleshot and found it was losing prime so theres a leak but it was packed full of mud so remove bottom plates and pressure wash it. Got it clean brought it in and had a coworker hand prime it while i checked lines found it squirting out of a hole that been rubbed but to reach it had to pull the radiator and fan shroud which is as far as i got before work ended.
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Well today was a half day only went in afterlunch do to dr appointment . had a uniloader come in with a hard start issue it cranks for about 40 to 50 seconds before it starts then runs fine and you can turn it off and start it right back uup so i troubleshot and found it was losing prime so theres a leak but it was packed full of mud so remove bottom plates and pressure wash it. Got it clean brought it in and had a coworker hand prime it while i checked lines found it squirting out of a hole that been rubbed but to reach it had to pull the radiator and fan shroud which is as far as i got before work ended.
Those old uniloader are good loaders. I rebuilt the hydros in several of them.
Sent from my Twisted Mind Of The Mudman
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Well today was a half day only went in afterlunch do to dr appointment . had a uniloader come in with a hard start issue it cranks for about 40 to 50 seconds before it starts then runs fine and you can turn it off and start it right back uup so i troubleshot and found it was losing prime so theres a leak but it was packed full of mud so remove bottom plates and pressure wash it. Got it clean brought it in and had a coworker hand prime it while i checked lines found it squirting out of a hole that been rubbed but to reach it had to pull the radiator and fan shroud which is as far as i got before work ended.
Those old uniloader are good loaders. I rebuilt the hydros in several of them.
Sent from my Twisted Mind Of The Mudman
today replacing fuel line... And doing a service on another unloader that also has a bolt broke off the belly plate i need to figurehow best to attack
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Only half day today im stuck waiting on parts for three machines with nothing i can do so i came home when they couldnt find anything for me..parts should be in tommorow
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So back. To action ... Working on getting a pin out of a stabilizer on a back hoe........wouldnt come out with air hammer with heat so went and hooked the uniloader upto the hydraulic hammer and try get it used heat too. Well that failed so i cut the damn thing in piece with help of 6in cut off wheel and torch and used air hammer to punch the small pieces out.. I logged 4 hrs into just this machine today and that all i accomplished the other 5hr i was unloading trucks and finding equipment that being sold and service it .
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Hope you had Ringo playing in the background.
You know it don't come easy......
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Hope you had Ringo playing in the background.
You know it don't come easy......
that was very puny... Rebuilding hydraulic cylinder today on stabilizer and it has a bent ram so itll be getting new one there was no scoring or stratches inside the.cyclinder so its good
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Parts no longer available for the cyclinder so got a complete new one. Took the front axles apart they been leaking for a long time judge by the build up and one side is newer then the other so a lil bit different