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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: 95754" data-attributes="member: 12954"><p>Thanks jerry. I'm on top of it! Other than it will have to wait until after I'm done with this restoration first.</p><p>Well I have pictures as promised.</p><p>First, I finished the cover plates and it was a lot of tedious drilling and tapping. Then I turned a punch on the lathe and it made quick work of cutting the proper sized holes in the gasket material.</p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/punch.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/punch.jpg" alt=" photo punch.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/gasket.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/gasket.jpg" alt=" photo gasket.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Then I moved on to remoting the fuel filler. Cut and turned the parts from some scrap tubing, then welded it together, cut, drilled & tapped and attached it to the machine. Whadda ya think?</p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/parts.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/parts.jpg" alt=" photo parts.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/parts%20assy.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/parts%20assy.jpg" alt=" photo parts assy.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/filler.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/filler.jpg" alt=" photo filler.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/full%20filler.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/full%20filler.jpg" alt=" photo full filler.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Last one shows the cover plates and filler ends installed. It will just take a 12" piece of 2" diameter fuel filler tube to connect it up. <em>Soo</em> much more convenient than climbing into the tight little machine and lifting the can to fill and spill gasoline where it needs and wants to go.</p><p>So that's it for now. I found a couple tweaks I need to do before I blast it, dangit. It's pretty small stuff though so still shouldn't be long. Progress is happening at least and it feels good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vinito, post: 95754, member: 12954"] Thanks jerry. I'm on top of it! Other than it will have to wait until after I'm done with this restoration first. Well I have pictures as promised. First, I finished the cover plates and it was a lot of tedious drilling and tapping. Then I turned a punch on the lathe and it made quick work of cutting the proper sized holes in the gasket material. [URL='http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/punch.jpg.html'][IMG alt=" photo punch.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/punch.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL='http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/gasket.jpg.html'][IMG alt=" photo gasket.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/gasket.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Then I moved on to remoting the fuel filler. Cut and turned the parts from some scrap tubing, then welded it together, cut, drilled & tapped and attached it to the machine. Whadda ya think? [URL='http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/parts.jpg.html'][IMG alt=" photo parts.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/parts.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/parts%20assy.jpg.html'][IMG alt=" photo parts assy.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/parts%20assy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/filler.jpg.html'][IMG alt=" photo filler.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/filler.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/full%20filler.jpg.html'][IMG alt=" photo full filler.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/full%20filler.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Last one shows the cover plates and filler ends installed. It will just take a 12” piece of 2” diameter fuel filler tube to connect it up. [I]Soo[/I] much more convenient than climbing into the tight little machine and lifting the can to fill and spill gasoline where it needs and wants to go. So that's it for now. I found a couple tweaks I need to do before I blast it, dangit. It's pretty small stuff though so still shouldn't be long. Progress is happening at least and it feels good. [/QUOTE]
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