ok.. so got off work early today.. wasn't busy.. decided to go beat on the old tractor.
pulled the trailer around and backed it up so the trailer was right in front of the bay door. i like to do my initial servicing of my new tractors while still on the trailer so i can move them around and get all around and under them easier.
first order of business was repalcing the lower radiator hose that was also rubbing the ps belt.. took the hose off in pieces.. it was pieced together from 2 hoses and had pvc fittings inside of it!!
oem hose didn't fit good due to the belt, so I opted for a 25" flex hose ( 1.5" id ) and an extra rad clamp. this hose had a spring so it did not kink off as well. at the place of the highest bend near the belt I added a hose clamp that makde the hose stay round and more open vs trying to flatten and close... repair looks decent.. and the hose doesn't stick out any past the loader frame that made it oh-so- easy (not ) to work on.
next I pulle dthe trans detents and springs and replaced 3rd. it was worn a lil as they all were. new spring was longer / stiffer. 3rd feels like it locks in better now.. oh yeah.. spring story. when I pulle dthe plastic baggie open, spring shot of into my shop and I spent 5 minutes with a flashlight trying to find it.. landed UNDER the rider lawnmower..
started looking at the hoses. about half of them have been repalced in the last decade.. but 5 of them look scarry.. no rubber left.. and rusty wire braid, chaffed in some areas and bulgeing!
so, I rummaged around my spares box and came up with 3 of the hoses I needed, all bew of course, leftovers from other projects. so headed to tsc to get more hoses as napa had just closed.
4 of the hoses were male to male pipe, and one was male pipe to female pipe swivel.
picked up the mal to male hoses and a swivel adapter.. got down to the bucket cyl ( they looked the worst) and wouldn't you know it.. the 90 adapter into the block on the bucket cyl sheared off when i tried to take the hose loose.. GRRR..
an easy out tapped into the hollw broken portion easilly extracted the broke nipple.. I found another adapter and homefully it's in tight and won't leak now.
one of the connections was from the valve to the hard lines running down the arms.. boy was that sucker on tight. nearly fell off the trailer when it came loose..
am replacing the oem crank breather with a universal one that is a lil smaller as it interferes with my rube goldber'd lower rad hose a bit.
grabbed some more chain and clevis's to hook up the check chains in the rear. also tightened down a loose fender bolt.. no more wobbly fenders. noticed the loader mounts were nice enough to incorporate sway par hookups.. so will add those as well, later on.
tires are loaded calc..e tc. got all the oils I need to do a full service. notice dthe vent cap on top of the loader resv was broke and so loader oil supply is wet. will drain and flush and replace. made a new plastic preather cap for the loader resv.
speaking of oil.. here are some price comparisons I noted.
15w40 diesel oil, traveler brand, 10.94 per gallon,.. vs walmart supertech at 10$
tsc UTF fluid at 35$ per 5g compair to walmart at 39.85 per 5g.
walmart r&o hyd oil was 36$ per 5g.
tsc iso 32 and 46 hyd oils were a whopping 42$
why buy an iso 32 hyd oil for 42$ when utf is 35$
even better.. tsc has a brand of 303 oil.. says it meets some but not all transmission and hyd specs for new tractors, meets most old specs, and should perform fine as a general hyd oil. 25$ per 5g.
thus I bought that for my loader oil. already have utf for the tractor hyds.
a quick look over the tractor shows an expanded metal front grill has been made for it, as well it has a new, decent fitting radiator. my guess is something pushed thru the oem grill and ate the radiator thus the expanded metal grill.
I'm tempted to leave it like that too.
also notice I have one front stud broke off. and amazingly it ain't welded to the hub inthe back!! thus i'll pop it out and drive a new one in maybee on friday.
by that time I was already working by trouble light so threw in the towel and came in and made some dinner.
did find 2 small cracks on the loader frame and bucket that will need welded. nutting major. looks like a 2 rod job. more work on friday i guess!
soundguy
pulled the trailer around and backed it up so the trailer was right in front of the bay door. i like to do my initial servicing of my new tractors while still on the trailer so i can move them around and get all around and under them easier.
first order of business was repalcing the lower radiator hose that was also rubbing the ps belt.. took the hose off in pieces.. it was pieced together from 2 hoses and had pvc fittings inside of it!!
oem hose didn't fit good due to the belt, so I opted for a 25" flex hose ( 1.5" id ) and an extra rad clamp. this hose had a spring so it did not kink off as well. at the place of the highest bend near the belt I added a hose clamp that makde the hose stay round and more open vs trying to flatten and close... repair looks decent.. and the hose doesn't stick out any past the loader frame that made it oh-so- easy (not ) to work on.
next I pulle dthe trans detents and springs and replaced 3rd. it was worn a lil as they all were. new spring was longer / stiffer. 3rd feels like it locks in better now.. oh yeah.. spring story. when I pulle dthe plastic baggie open, spring shot of into my shop and I spent 5 minutes with a flashlight trying to find it.. landed UNDER the rider lawnmower..
started looking at the hoses. about half of them have been repalced in the last decade.. but 5 of them look scarry.. no rubber left.. and rusty wire braid, chaffed in some areas and bulgeing!
so, I rummaged around my spares box and came up with 3 of the hoses I needed, all bew of course, leftovers from other projects. so headed to tsc to get more hoses as napa had just closed.
4 of the hoses were male to male pipe, and one was male pipe to female pipe swivel.
picked up the mal to male hoses and a swivel adapter.. got down to the bucket cyl ( they looked the worst) and wouldn't you know it.. the 90 adapter into the block on the bucket cyl sheared off when i tried to take the hose loose.. GRRR..
an easy out tapped into the hollw broken portion easilly extracted the broke nipple.. I found another adapter and homefully it's in tight and won't leak now.
one of the connections was from the valve to the hard lines running down the arms.. boy was that sucker on tight. nearly fell off the trailer when it came loose..
am replacing the oem crank breather with a universal one that is a lil smaller as it interferes with my rube goldber'd lower rad hose a bit.
grabbed some more chain and clevis's to hook up the check chains in the rear. also tightened down a loose fender bolt.. no more wobbly fenders. noticed the loader mounts were nice enough to incorporate sway par hookups.. so will add those as well, later on.
tires are loaded calc..e tc. got all the oils I need to do a full service. notice dthe vent cap on top of the loader resv was broke and so loader oil supply is wet. will drain and flush and replace. made a new plastic preather cap for the loader resv.
speaking of oil.. here are some price comparisons I noted.
15w40 diesel oil, traveler brand, 10.94 per gallon,.. vs walmart supertech at 10$
tsc UTF fluid at 35$ per 5g compair to walmart at 39.85 per 5g.
walmart r&o hyd oil was 36$ per 5g.
tsc iso 32 and 46 hyd oils were a whopping 42$
why buy an iso 32 hyd oil for 42$ when utf is 35$
even better.. tsc has a brand of 303 oil.. says it meets some but not all transmission and hyd specs for new tractors, meets most old specs, and should perform fine as a general hyd oil. 25$ per 5g.
thus I bought that for my loader oil. already have utf for the tractor hyds.
a quick look over the tractor shows an expanded metal front grill has been made for it, as well it has a new, decent fitting radiator. my guess is something pushed thru the oem grill and ate the radiator thus the expanded metal grill.
I'm tempted to leave it like that too.
also notice I have one front stud broke off. and amazingly it ain't welded to the hub inthe back!! thus i'll pop it out and drive a new one in maybee on friday.
by that time I was already working by trouble light so threw in the towel and came in and made some dinner.
did find 2 small cracks on the loader frame and bucket that will need welded. nutting major. looks like a 2 rod job. more work on friday i guess!
soundguy
