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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: 97627" data-attributes="member: 12954"><p>A couple days ago I couldn't really think of anything that could keep me from having this thing running this weekend. Well yesterday I found out.</p><p>It's all put back together and I could have fired it up if it weren't from two fittings breaking on assembly. It's the female swivel NPT collars. I was tightening them up and these two wouldn't get snug, then I realized that the crimped neck had cracked and thus trashed. At least this is a dead simple thing to fix if I just had the part in hand. I should be able to find replacements locally on Monday, but I figured out I <em>could</em> get some hardware store plumbing fittings to cobble it together temporarily to run it today, so I may do that.</p><p>It's looking pretty good otherwise. There are a few clamps and the battery tray I'll make eventually to tidy it up nice, but that doesn't have to be done for it to run OK. I did turn it over briefly just to make sure the wiring was right and that went fine.</p><p>Sorry no video yet. Whatever can happen will happen, especially with this damnedable machine.</p><p>But here's a look into the back with the battery tucked nicely into its new location:</p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/Battry.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/Battry.jpg" alt=" photo Battry.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> </p><p>And here's one as it sits right now. All dressed up and no place to go, i.e. two bad hydraulic connections waiting to be replaced:</p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/Almost.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/Almost.jpg" alt=" photo Almost.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vinito, post: 97627, member: 12954"] A couple days ago I couldn't really think of anything that could keep me from having this thing running this weekend. Well yesterday I found out. It's all put back together and I could have fired it up if it weren't from two fittings breaking on assembly. It's the female swivel NPT collars. I was tightening them up and these two wouldn't get snug, then I realized that the crimped neck had cracked and thus trashed. At least this is a dead simple thing to fix if I just had the part in hand. I should be able to find replacements locally on Monday, but I figured out I [I]could[/I] get some hardware store plumbing fittings to cobble it together temporarily to run it today, so I may do that. It's looking pretty good otherwise. There are a few clamps and the battery tray I'll make eventually to tidy it up nice, but that doesn't have to be done for it to run OK. I did turn it over briefly just to make sure the wiring was right and that went fine. Sorry no video yet. Whatever can happen will happen, especially with this damnedable machine. But here's a look into the back with the battery tucked nicely into its new location: [URL='http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/Battry.jpg.html'][IMG alt=" photo Battry.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/Battry.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And here's one as it sits right now. All dressed up and no place to go, i.e. two bad hydraulic connections waiting to be replaced: [URL='http://smg.photobucket.com/user/mikeyphoto/media/Almost.jpg.html'][IMG alt=" photo Almost.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v110/mikeyphoto/Almost.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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