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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: 96986" data-attributes="member: 12954"><p>Aaargh!</p><p>At least there's a lot of weekend left. I lose part of today since I just got a call to help run family errands... again. Happens <em>every single day</em> and <em>always</em> right in the middle of the "free" part of the day and <em>always</em> at the last minute. But that's not the frustrating thing.</p><p>I was working on it for just a little while today and discovered several things that don't line up right and require machining some spacers and such to make right. Just didn't count on that. Then I realized that the solitary thing I thought I could get by without rebuilding does in fact need it, so have to order more bearings and o-rings and do that before I get too far. Then I went and bought the bolts I needed to install the new engine riser but the holes for the engine mount are smaller than specified, so have to go back and get different hardware along with a half dozen other pieces that weren't right the first time. I could add a few more new negative discoveries but you get the idea. I'm either going to start throwing things, crying, or walking away for a couple days but none of those seem like constructive answers, so I'll probably just continue to beat my head against this dang thing and see if something good happens instead. Of course even that has to wait until after I get done doing favors which seem easy enough that several other people could have been called on before me, but oh well.</p><p>Long story longer, it suddenly became obvious that there are still a ton of things to do toward getting this dang thing back together correctly. I guess I'm just sick of it and would prefer to spend my time on other things that also need doing badly.</p><p>So now that I've sighed heavily, here's a picture from a few days ago of several painted bits. Been painting a bunch of small stuff in preparation for assembly and at least I'm making progress there. Quite a few other things painted since this photo but no picture taken.</p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/ppart.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/ppart.jpg" alt=" photo ppart.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>And here's a quick, fuzzy, underexposed one of the tub with the engine loosely bolted in on the new riser. At least that appears to have been made properly and should work out fine:</p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/enin2.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/enin2.jpg" alt=" photo enin2.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Note the decent color match of the gearbox with a coat of my own mix on it. At least that's working out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vinito, post: 96986, member: 12954"] Aaargh! At least there's a lot of weekend left. I lose part of today since I just got a call to help run family errands... again. Happens [I]every single day[/I] and [I]always[/I] right in the middle of the “free” part of the day and [I]always[/I] at the last minute. But that's not the frustrating thing. I was working on it for just a little while today and discovered several things that don't line up right and require machining some spacers and such to make right. Just didn't count on that. Then I realized that the solitary thing I thought I could get by without rebuilding does in fact need it, so have to order more bearings and o-rings and do that before I get too far. Then I went and bought the bolts I needed to install the new engine riser but the holes for the engine mount are smaller than specified, so have to go back and get different hardware along with a half dozen other pieces that weren't right the first time. I could add a few more new negative discoveries but you get the idea. I'm either going to start throwing things, crying, or walking away for a couple days but none of those seem like constructive answers, so I'll probably just continue to beat my head against this dang thing and see if something good happens instead. Of course even that has to wait until after I get done doing favors which seem easy enough that several other people could have been called on before me, but oh well. Long story longer, it suddenly became obvious that there are still a ton of things to do toward getting this dang thing back together correctly. I guess I'm just sick of it and would prefer to spend my time on other things that also need doing badly. So now that I've sighed heavily, here's a picture from a few days ago of several painted bits. Been painting a bunch of small stuff in preparation for assembly and at least I'm making progress there. Quite a few other things painted since this photo but no picture taken. [URL='http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/ppart.jpg.html'][IMG alt=" photo ppart.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/ppart.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And here's a quick, fuzzy, underexposed one of the tub with the engine loosely bolted in on the new riser. At least that appears to have been made properly and should work out fine: [URL='http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/enin2.jpg.html'][IMG alt=" photo enin2.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/enin2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Note the decent color match of the gearbox with a coat of my own mix on it. At least that's working out. [/QUOTE]
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