vinito
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Hmmm. Photobucket has been down all weekend. Hopefully it will be fixed - I've been using it to host my pictures for years so it will create a ton of broken links if it got nuked.The image didn't work
I'd doubt that the parts you cut will weaken it too much. As you do need to weld them back up to hold fluid again.
I accomplished several things this weekend. Sorry I can't show a pic right now. I made all three tank covers, straightened a bunch of bent stuff and welded several cracks, built and welded in some hinge pins and latches for the back door (just like the BIG boys not, hehe). I filled the wallered out faces for the arm pivots and a few other tidbits.
One thing I think might help a lot is that there is about a 1/8" strap 3/4" wide that runs on edge along the chain "well". Turns out it is only tack welded in a few places so it functions as more just a bumper for the bottom of the fiberglass chain cover. This means that if water or anything else gets on the floor of the machine, it can just seep under the strap and get into the chain oil cavities, so I just ran a bead all along the length to seal it up. Honestly I don't see much function for the strap if it isn't sealed, so now it is and that may do a good job of keeping most any chance of water and dirt from getting into the chain "sump" area.
So I didn't complete what I hoped to, which was to get all the welding complete so I could start prepping for paint. But it's a fairly short list remaining. 1) have to drill the arm pivot holes to match the new ball joint bolt hole size 2) cut a hole and weld an angled fuel filler end to the side of the machine and make and weld the fuel filler hose fitting to the lid I made today and 3) weld on the 2 pairs of new ball joints to the opposite ends of the lift arm. That seems like a pretty short list after what I've been looking at. It's another day's work so it will probably have to wait until next Saturday. But I'll yell "woohoo!" once that's done because the next step is PAINT baby! And we all know that once it gets painted, it's mostly just putting things back together. What a treat that will be!
I'll post a couple pictures once (if?) photobucket get's their chitlins together.