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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: 96519" data-attributes="member: 12954"><p>Got a bit done on the hydrostats today. I re-discovered that I need to order a few little pins before I can put them together. While those are being shipped, I can continue on what's left to install the drive, which is only to paint the gearbox case and finish the control levers - not much.</p><p>So here's what I'm looking at. Sealing surfaces are stoned flat, shaft seal areas are polished and measured to make sure the size didn't reduce much (less than a half thou is what I got - good). All rust cleaned off and everything rinsed well with solvent, air blast dried off, aerosol oil sprayed on as protective lube, then set in ziploc bags to keep it clean until needed. Until I get the new pins I'll hold off assembling anything because it shouldn't take too long once started since everything is prepped.</p><p>Here's the parts minus check & relief valves, and probably other things I can't remember right now:</p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/hyparts.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/hyparts.jpg" alt=" photo hyparts.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>So regarding paint, you've seen the machine painted above. I'm trying to decide on my secondary color other than black, which will be used here and there as well. Gehl often used a red back in the day and it doesn't look bad. I kind of like it. So I am going to use a red, but having a littke trouble deciding. Anybody want to offer an opinion? Below is an image of the two reds I've narrowed it down to next to the yellow on the machine. These are scans of actual painted samples.</p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/cpick.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/cpick.jpg" alt=" photo cpick.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>I kind of like the darker one on the left just for something a little different until I hold it up close to the machine, then the brighter one looks slightly better, then I stand back and I like the first one and I keep going back & forth like that. Probably doesn't matter really, but since I'm picking a color you have to wrestle and argue with yourself don't ya?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vinito, post: 96519, member: 12954"] Got a bit done on the hydrostats today. I re-discovered that I need to order a few little pins before I can put them together. While those are being shipped, I can continue on what's left to install the drive, which is only to paint the gearbox case and finish the control levers - not much. So here's what I'm looking at. Sealing surfaces are stoned flat, shaft seal areas are polished and measured to make sure the size didn't reduce much (less than a half thou is what I got - good). All rust cleaned off and everything rinsed well with solvent, air blast dried off, aerosol oil sprayed on as protective lube, then set in ziploc bags to keep it clean until needed. Until I get the new pins I'll hold off assembling anything because it shouldn't take too long once started since everything is prepped. Here's the parts minus check & relief valves, and probably other things I can't remember right now: [URL='http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/hyparts.jpg.html'][IMG alt=" photo hyparts.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/hyparts.jpg[/IMG][/URL] So regarding paint, you've seen the machine painted above. I'm trying to decide on my secondary color other than black, which will be used here and there as well. Gehl often used a red back in the day and it doesn't look bad. I kind of like it. So I am going to use a red, but having a littke trouble deciding. Anybody want to offer an opinion? Below is an image of the two reds I've narrowed it down to next to the yellow on the machine. These are scans of actual painted samples. [URL='http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/cpick.jpg.html'][IMG alt=" photo cpick.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/cpick.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I kind of like the darker one on the left just for something a little different until I hold it up close to the machine, then the brighter one looks slightly better, then I stand back and I like the first one and I keep going back & forth like that. Probably doesn't matter really, but since I'm picking a color you have to wrestle and argue with yourself don't ya? [/QUOTE]
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