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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: 94928" data-attributes="member: 12954"><p>Yea you're probably right. Makes me wish I had left it functional longer and used it a bit more so I could better remember the old condition and better appreciate the improvement.</p><p>By the way, I've run into a decent deal on a new engine which might suit this machine OK, so I may be looking at a repower on top of everything else. But because the original engine needed a few things anyway if I continued using it, and because I was going to extend the throttle and choke up front somewhere anyway, and the new one shouldn't need much more than a shaft adapter and maybe a simple riser, the repower would be about as much work as not and very likely to run better. It's just a Predator V-twin so I won't have the ideal amperage output. But I can't imagine that for my use I'd need lights much at all and they could run off what's in the battery for a while. Hopefully it will put out enough to run a couple gauges because that's about all the additional load it should have beyond starting and keeping itself running. If it's a problem, I'll deal with that then. If nothing else, this engine could buy me a couple years or so for me to diddle with the Onan in no hurry and make it strong again. Things are always cheaper when you're not in a rush.</p><p>I'm hoping to dig back into the lift arms and have them complete Saturday and spend this Sunday trying to complete the remaining bits of the chassis, which is possible if new commitments don't pop up between now and then. Wish me luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vinito, post: 94928, member: 12954"] Yea you're probably right. Makes me wish I had left it functional longer and used it a bit more so I could better remember the old condition and better appreciate the improvement. By the way, I've run into a decent deal on a new engine which might suit this machine OK, so I may be looking at a repower on top of everything else. But because the original engine needed a few things anyway if I continued using it, and because I was going to extend the throttle and choke up front somewhere anyway, and the new one shouldn't need much more than a shaft adapter and maybe a simple riser, the repower would be about as much work as not and very likely to run better. It's just a Predator V-twin so I won't have the ideal amperage output. But I can't imagine that for my use I'd need lights much at all and they could run off what's in the battery for a while. Hopefully it will put out enough to run a couple gauges because that's about all the additional load it should have beyond starting and keeping itself running. If it's a problem, I'll deal with that then. If nothing else, this engine could buy me a couple years or so for me to diddle with the Onan in no hurry and make it strong again. Things are always cheaper when you're not in a rush. I'm hoping to dig back into the lift arms and have them complete Saturday and spend this Sunday trying to complete the remaining bits of the chassis, which is possible if new commitments don't pop up between now and then. Wish me luck. [/QUOTE]
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