Got my rearend kicked yesterday

[SkipperII]

Went up to the farm yesterday to put ether start, on a Farmall 806, my buddy just picked up. He asked my to check out a leak on his Dad's 806, that he uses on a MOCO. Pulled the batteries, found the leak in the pressure line that goes to the steering motor at the top of the steering column. Pulled all the necessary tinware, taped a piece of wire to the hose, and pulled it out. Ran to a local parts house, that still makes hydraulic lines, back to the farm, and pulled the line back in. Then the fun began, I could not get the upper connection to start, I could get it close enough to cross thread. Working through a 2"x3" hole, with two fingers, forcing my left hand into the front side, beside the throttle linkage, to guide the hose, while standing on the left side steps. Thus, not being able to see what I was doing. After removing the voltage regulator, and rerouting the hose a couple times, I determined that the hose had been replaced at some time in the past, and somehow they got it connected. One the third reroute, I was able to get it to align, and fit properly. What should have been a two hour job, became 5 1/2 hours, and these nearly 80 year old arms, look like I wrestled one of Olds racoons. No! I didn't get the start aid installed.

 

[Tgrasher]

It's not only the seemingly endless effort but the cramping of fingers and hand, the aching back, and maddening knowledge that your only a 1/2 degree off but what direction. We all can feel your butt kicking.

 

[Richard G.]

It's not only the seemingly endless effort but the cramping of fingers and hand, the aching back, and maddening knowledge that your only a 1/2 degree off but what direction. We all can feel your butt kicking.

You said what I was thinking.

 

[casecollectorsc]

What the heck happened...all of a sudden a bunch of us are near 80 years old.

 

[yessam]

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[Ray,IN]

What the heck happened...all of a sudden a bunch of us are near 80 years old.

I'm getting further away each day. As if the cramping fingers/hands wasn't enough when performing something like that, the next day is worse for me.

 

[37chief]

Went up to the farm yesterday to put ether start, on a Farmall 806, my buddy just picked up. He asked my to check out a leak on his Dad's 806, that he uses on a MOCO. Pulled the batteries, found the leak in the pressure line that goes to the steering motor at the top of the steering column. Pulled all the necessary tinware, taped a piece of wire to the hose, and pulled it out. Ran to a local parts house, that still makes hydraulic lines, back to the farm, and pulled the line back in. Then the fun began, I could not get the upper connection to start, I could get it close enough to cross thread. Working through a 2"x3" hole, with two fingers, forcing my left hand into the front side, beside the throttle linkage, to guide the hose, while standing on the left side steps. Thus, not being able to see what I was doing. After removing the voltage regulator, and rerouting the hose a couple times, I determined that the hose had been replaced at some time in the past, and somehow they got it connected. One the third reroute, I was able to get it to align, and fit properly. What should have been a two hour job, became 5 1/2 hours, and these nearly 80 year old arms, look like I wrestled one of Olds racoons. No! I didn't get the start aid installed.

I feal your pain. I was fairly good with stuff in tight spots, after working on radial aircraft engines in the Navy. But my 84 ear old hands just don't work that well any more, like they did in my 20. stan

 

[the tractior vet]

Went up to the farm yesterday to put ether start, on a Farmall 806, my buddy just picked up. He asked my to check out a leak on his Dad's 806, that he uses on a MOCO. Pulled the batteries, found the leak in the pressure line that goes to the steering motor at the top of the steering column. Pulled all the necessary tinware, taped a piece of wire to the hose, and pulled it out. Ran to a local parts house, that still makes hydraulic lines, back to the farm, and pulled the line back in. Then the fun began, I could not get the upper connection to start, I could get it close enough to cross thread. Working through a 2"x3" hole, with two fingers, forcing my left hand into the front side, beside the throttle linkage, to guide the hose, while standing on the left side steps. Thus, not being able to see what I was doing. After removing the voltage regulator, and rerouting the hose a couple times, I determined that the hose had been replaced at some time in the past, and somehow they got it connected. One the third reroute, I was able to get it to align, and fit properly. What should have been a two hour job, became 5 1/2 hours, and these nearly 80 year old arms, look like I wrestled one of Olds racoons. No! I didn't get the start aid installed.

Well first off it should not be a HOSE but a steel line , somewhere along the line it was replaced with a hose , Why ?????? . I have never run into one that needed fixen YET and that covers a lot of ground and god only knows how many 806's i have worked on . Also if your 806 needs and either kit to start when it get chilly ya got other problems like the valves are setting to deep in the head or your injection pump is getting weak at starter cranking speed or not turning fast enough or over time usen either has cracked the top compression rig . I have seen a 806 Diesel start setting in the from the first week in Nov. till the end of Jan, fire up with no either no block heater at 25 below 0 . End of Jan. 1977 . We had bought a rag 806 in late Aug. of 76 and we did a major rebuild on the WHOLE tractor ,engine , injection system , new clutch , T/A rebuilt the M C V rebuilt the pto fixed the shifters , new seat , fixed the electrical system and repaint , new tires all the way around rebuilt the ft. end then put it in the field doing fall plowing and discing and harvest putting around a 120 hours on it with the engine set at 112 hp. It had three oil and filter changes during the break in . We ran it like we stole it . Then we placed and add , got a couple calls two tire kickers with offers we turned down .Then came the blizzard of 77 here in N/E Ohio. We had been working digging out roads parking lots cutting paths thru frozen fields to get milk truck into stranded farms and we at the shop working on my plow truck when this short chubby guy comes thru the door and says you the ones with the 806 for sale , yep . Ya think it will start TODAY ????? we don't know it is way down back in the shed . He wanted to see it and hear it . TO get to it we had to dig out the drive with the back hoe and small Case 310 dozer .After and hour a half of digging and pushen to clear 400 feet of drive we get to the 806 and my buddy gets in the seat sets the throttle and pushen the button and in about five turns of the fan she fires off no either , no block heater and he said i'll take it , next was to dig out the trailer and haul in the seven miles to his place . My Rag ugly 806 i now have with over 11000 hrs on the clock will start down to around 10 above with out either if it gets colder then that I ain't ah going out of the house.

 

[Texasmark]

Went up to the farm yesterday to put ether start, on a Farmall 806, my buddy just picked up. He asked my to check out a leak on his Dad's 806, that he uses on a MOCO. Pulled the batteries, found the leak in the pressure line that goes to the steering motor at the top of the steering column. Pulled all the necessary tinware, taped a piece of wire to the hose, and pulled it out. Ran to a local parts house, that still makes hydraulic lines, back to the farm, and pulled the line back in. Then the fun began, I could not get the upper connection to start, I could get it close enough to cross thread. Working through a 2"x3" hole, with two fingers, forcing my left hand into the front side, beside the throttle linkage, to guide the hose, while standing on the left side steps. Thus, not being able to see what I was doing. After removing the voltage regulator, and rerouting the hose a couple times, I determined that the hose had been replaced at some time in the past, and somehow they got it connected. One the third reroute, I was able to get it to align, and fit properly. What should have been a two hour job, became 5 1/2 hours, and these nearly 80 year old arms, look like I wrestled one of Olds racoons. No! I didn't get the start aid installed.

My 84 year old skin on my arms gets damaged every time I get involved in anything.....almost a continuous bandaging of this arm or that arm. One time I was going past a door in a hallway where I had a circulating fan in the middle of the hall. Accidentally hit the door sill with my arm and ripped a piece of skin back. Right now I am just removing the bandages from a 1" rip in my left arm I picked up working on a tow behind weed eater.

Surely like everyone else, you get involved in a task and getting into a situation where you are concentrating on the task and not necessarily your body, things happen. I get a lot of bruises and they take a couple of weeks to disappear. But I'm not a "couch potato". I've thought about selling my farm and moving to town.....numerous times......come up with the same result: I'd go nuts with boredom!!!!!

 

[SkipperII]

Well first off it should not be a HOSE but a steel line , somewhere along the line it was replaced with a hose , Why ?????? . I have never run into one that needed fixen YET and that covers a lot of ground and god only knows how many 806's i have worked on . Also if your 806 needs and either kit to start when it get chilly ya got other problems like the valves are setting to deep in the head or your injection pump is getting weak at starter cranking speed or not turning fast enough or over time usen either has cracked the top compression rig . I have seen a 806 Diesel start setting in the from the first week in Nov. till the end of Jan, fire up with no either no block heater at 25 below 0 . End of Jan. 1977 . We had bought a rag 806 in late Aug. of 76 and we did a major rebuild on the WHOLE tractor ,engine , injection system , new clutch , T/A rebuilt the M C V rebuilt the pto fixed the shifters , new seat , fixed the electrical system and repaint , new tires all the way around rebuilt the ft. end then put it in the field doing fall plowing and discing and harvest putting around a 120 hours on it with the engine set at 112 hp. It had three oil and filter changes during the break in . We ran it like we stole it . Then we placed and add , got a couple calls two tire kickers with offers we turned down .Then came the blizzard of 77 here in N/E Ohio. We had been working digging out roads parking lots cutting paths thru frozen fields to get milk truck into stranded farms and we at the shop working on my plow truck when this short chubby guy comes thru the door and says you the ones with the 806 for sale , yep . Ya think it will start TODAY ????? we don't know it is way down back in the shed . He wanted to see it and hear it . TO get to it we had to dig out the drive with the back hoe and small Case 310 dozer .After and hour a half of digging and pushen to clear 400 feet of drive we get to the 806 and my buddy gets in the seat sets the throttle and pushen the button and in about five turns of the fan she fires off no either , no block heater and he said i'll take it , next was to dig out the trailer and haul in the seven miles to his place . My Rag ugly 806 i now have with over 11000 hrs on the clock will start down to around 10 above with out either if it gets colder then that I ain't ah going out of the house.

Actually the pressure and return are both hoses.

 

[the tractior vet]

Actually the pressure and return are both hoses.

NOt on any i have worked on ya got two steel lines running from the valve ontop o the speed transmission up to the hand pump . no hoses . And son i have worked on a ton of them over 40 years now . Just did a bunch of work on a 1206 with a ton of hyd issues two years ago . I am NOT your weekend warrior when it comes to working on ON I H tractors to the point i can tell ya what wrenches ya need to do any job on them . Then add in i have every I H factory tool the I H dealer had to work on them . Plus while i still had the shop open every week i also was at sales buying every flippen dead I H i could lay my hands on to bring back to life .

 

[the tractior vet]

My 84 year old skin on my arms gets damaged every time I get involved in anything.....almost a continuous bandaging of this arm or that arm. One time I was going past a door in a hallway where I had a circulating fan in the middle of the hall. Accidentally hit the door sill with my arm and ripped a piece of skin back. Right now I am just removing the bandages from a 1" rip in my left arm I picked up working on a tow behind weed eater.

Surely like everyone else, you get involved in a task and getting into a situation where you are concentrating on the task and not necessarily your body, things happen. I get a lot of bruises and they take a couple of weeks to disappear. But I'm not a "couch potato". I've thought about selling my farm and moving to town.....numerous times......come up with the same result: I'd go nuts with boredom!!!!!

Just yesterday one of my OLD customers called to see if i was still above ground , Bob and i are both Nam vets . he was over there when i was leaving as Bob is a year younger and he was sayen that he is thinking hard that come next year he is going to call the auctioneer and sell out . Me i have cut way back on who i will do anything for . and some jobs we flat refuse to do . I ain't no spring chicken and i have lost a whole bunch of strength ain't no more hand lifting a diesel cylinder head up on the guide studs . No more lifting 100 lb ft weights one in each hand and no more tuggen on the torque wrench pulling 600 FT. BS. I had enough just getting a 66 lb window A/C unit in the house . that heart attach kicked my donkie .