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Hydra Mac 8A (Gehl 2500) restoration... or "Oh No... What have I done?"
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<blockquote data-quote="vinito" data-source="post: 93806" data-attributes="member: 12954"><p>What is this? the "Keystone Cops"?</p><p>My buddy brought his "5000 psi" washer over today and turns out it's only 3000psi just like everybody else's. No big deal, it should still do the trick right? But only if it starts, which it wouldn't. No spark. And I'm just not going to spend a day fixing another tool project just so I can work on another, there's just been waaay too much of that already and I'm sick of it. SO I purchased one today which I will have to wait for a while to be delivered to the store for pickup. Not a big deal even ehough I was looking forward to starting on the body, but hell, there's a ton of other stuff to do anyway.</p><p>I guess I lied a little about fixing a tool, but I freshened up my parts washer (so at least it's <em>my own</em> tool) today and it was just replacing the hardened hoses and fix the leaky connections. That went smoothly at least, so now I don't have to haul stuff to work to wash parts. It was low on solvent and that stuff is priced through the roof these days. Last I bought some it was only $20 or so per 5-gal bucket (yea I'm old) and now it's over $80. But I found something good from the local Tractor Supply for half that and it works well. I like solvents best as I have never had much satisfaction from the tree-hugger cleaners. They don't factor in raising all the cows it takes to make the hamburgers to feed the worker burning calories using up all that unnecessary extra elbow grease, so the useless bio-safe cleaners are false economy anyway I think. So the parts cleaner is good to go again.</p><p>I guess attention will go back to the hydrostats which will feel good to get back together after all. And for today, there are plenty of things I can clean up in the parts washer, plus some ongoing garage organization I can do as well. So I'm now in a holding pattern on the repaint until I get the pressure washer. By the way, it's a 3600psi Generac, which I hope was a good choice. I can still return it if I change my mind for any reason, but a little online looking seemed to reveal that it's could be pretty good and have better staying power. A lot has been touted about their "professional grade triplex pump". I dunno what that even means, but that's what is on it and hopefully it's a thing.</p><p>@Tazza, that's what I was thinking about the bearings as well. There is a lot of crap and a lot of high wuality stuff coming from Asian manufacturers, and the difference is pretty much about the quality control. I'm pretty sure it was appropriate to go for the Timken.</p><p>This machine <em>better</em> be awesome when it's done. I'll have $40K of labor into it even if the parts only cost a couple grand, hehe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vinito, post: 93806, member: 12954"] What is this? the “Keystone Cops”? My buddy brought his “5000 psi” washer over today and turns out it's only 3000psi just like everybody else's. No big deal, it should still do the trick right? But only if it starts, which it wouldn't. No spark. And I'm just not going to spend a day fixing another tool project just so I can work on another, there's just been waaay too much of that already and I'm sick of it. SO I purchased one today which I will have to wait for a while to be delivered to the store for pickup. Not a big deal even ehough I was looking forward to starting on the body, but hell, there's a ton of other stuff to do anyway. I guess I lied a little about fixing a tool, but I freshened up my parts washer (so at least it's [I]my own[/I] tool) today and it was just replacing the hardened hoses and fix the leaky connections. That went smoothly at least, so now I don't have to haul stuff to work to wash parts. It was low on solvent and that stuff is priced through the roof these days. Last I bought some it was only $20 or so per 5-gal bucket (yea I'm old) and now it's over $80. But I found something good from the local Tractor Supply for half that and it works well. I like solvents best as I have never had much satisfaction from the tree-hugger cleaners. They don't factor in raising all the cows it takes to make the hamburgers to feed the worker burning calories using up all that unnecessary extra elbow grease, so the useless bio-safe cleaners are false economy anyway I think. So the parts cleaner is good to go again. I guess attention will go back to the hydrostats which will feel good to get back together after all. And for today, there are plenty of things I can clean up in the parts washer, plus some ongoing garage organization I can do as well. So I'm now in a holding pattern on the repaint until I get the pressure washer. By the way, it's a 3600psi Generac, which I hope was a good choice. I can still return it if I change my mind for any reason, but a little online looking seemed to reveal that it's could be pretty good and have better staying power. A lot has been touted about their “professional grade triplex pump”. I dunno what that even means, but that's what is on it and hopefully it's a thing. @Tazza, that's what I was thinking about the bearings as well. There is a lot of crap and a lot of high wuality stuff coming from Asian manufacturers, and the difference is pretty much about the quality control. I'm pretty sure it was appropriate to go for the Timken. This machine [I]better[/I] be awesome when it's done. I'll have $40K of labor into it even if the parts only cost a couple grand, hehe. [/QUOTE]
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