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To be honest, the hardest part(s) of this has been the unknown. The TM spells it out, has images, but they are TM images from the late 50's, not so clear and the instructions aren't either. And the way the not so smart people before me worked on it. I do not think whoever it was was a mechanically inclined person. Things were stupid tight and just all jacked up. And the way it was assembled is just as it was in the 70's so it is nothing like I am used to working with. It is like taking a trip in a time machine back 50 years. And the fact that the -16 hoses were old, hard and pipe threaded into the component with some sort of sealant that was extremely difficult to get un sealed, coupled with over tightening.Good Lord, please take me away in my sleep before i ever have to do this with my M62 , for surely the task will kill me with much suffering, bloody knuckles, bumps, bruises, pulled muscles, popped joints, and cussing the likes of which will not allow me thru the gates.![]()
.To be honest, the hardest part(s) of this has been the unknown. The TM spells it out, has images, but they are TM images from the late 50's, not so clear and the instructions aren't either. And the way the not so smart people before me worked on it. I do not think whoever it was was a mechanically inclined person. Things were stupid tight and just all jacked up. And the way it was assembled is just as it was in the 70's so it is nothing like I am used to working with. It is like taking a trip in a time machine back 50 years. And the fact that the -16 hoses were old, hard and pipe threaded into the component with some sort of sealant that was extremely difficult to get un sealed, coupled with over tightening.
The fitting deal is just progress. The Ermetto stuff was from the 50's. It is NLA. It just made more sense to convert to a modern product for ease of maintenance. Wasn't cheap, but since we plan to have this as a worker bee, it will be safe and reliable.
Next hurdle is gong to be getting the hoses back down the center and getting the routed properly.
Still want to do some sort of filter pre pump. Still needs to be re spooled with new wire rope on the crane and need to get with Justin at Red River to see if they have the rear winch cable end. Maybe i'll call them today.
He painted #s on all the fittings as well as used a punch to put dimples on the fittings in case the paint comes off, kind of like reading braille..
I don't know if you have any "bell wire" (Ma Bell, the 2 inch stuff that carries traffic to the neighborhood) but It will make life a lot easier if you wrap a piece onto each end of the new hoses. You know... The color coded stuff like you use on Cat5 cable would work too. Blue / Spot Blue and so on. That way you plug the hose into the right connector...
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.He painted #s on all the fittings as well as used a punch to put dimples on the fittings in case the paint comes off, kind of like reading braille.
I think it has something to do with his early childhood.
I know. Wouldn't that be a kick in the pants to be having a convo and all of a sudden switch to German! We could really mess with them! Imagine, we say something, stop, look at them and just start bustin' up!Im down with it. We're both German.
Wagner and Warner
You already seem to have a good grasp of all the 4 and 5 letter German cuss words.
Hey you do know that all our friends are German right.
It's just none of us speak it.
that is so true, the stress alone keeps one up all night .. I went thru a week-long learning curve to discover the ermeto's on the M62's were a one-shot OEM deal just for the A/W boom and been NLA a long time.. It took awhile of the "unknown" to find a hydraulics outfit that even remotely knew there was an adapter for that size and could get them .. Some of my old dozers as well as one excavator has ermeto fitts, but they are of a common size easy to get , thus I was blindsided, punched silly in the head, and stonewalled that I couldn't just walk into a shop and grab fittings for the M62To be honest, the hardest part(s) of this has been the unknown. The TM spells it out, has images, but they are TM images from the late 50's, not so clear and the instructions aren't either.
That was most def NOT fun.Well that was fun.!!! NOT!!!
I think that suckers ready for a JDAM.
It seemed un-phased by all the G-- DAM's we were dropping on it.
You willingly chose to be a wrench turner?
You need to retire. Oh wait, you did.
Ok you need an intervention, yeah that's it.
Maybe a long with the German language classes we can takemaking classes, and advanced Yoga.
I'm going back to playing with the Boom Booms and back into the witness protection program.
Don't try and call me it won't do any good.
Seriously that sucked but it's mostly done. Aren't you glad you didn't quit.
See you Saturday.
I like donuts but also those apple empanadas were pretty tasty.That was most def NOT fun.
Worse going in than coming out, on the bottom any way. Top went easy peasy.
I think I remember MFRS somewhere in there too.
Yes, glad I wasn't a quitter, you are a good threat....er, motivator!
Yup, willingly chose to bend wrenches, glad none bent with the impacts they incurred today.
Thank God you stayed off your phone, nuttin' woulda got done.
Ready to re-retire.
I still have a Yamaha TTR50 to fix as well as a 427, don't intervene yet.
I have some Aldi pretzels and beer if you want some, wait, I misplaced your number so never mind. Still gonna do the German thing.
I need to make time for the Boom Booms, I was SUPPOSED to call R&J and go out last weekend, but I forgot, She's gonna be upset with me.
The last 9 lined will be a walk in the park. Only other possibly sucky thing will be the filter that should be installed.
I am wiped out.
Donut for Saturday?
Poo.
Guyfang, it sure sounds like a marriage thing just like you had jested !...I don't think he planned to be where he was for the time he was there... After a bit of wrestling, wiggling and prodding, the assembly went into the center of the capstan, a bit too far, so it needed to be pulled up to install the lock tabs and nuts....which reminds me, those nuts are not tight. I NEED to remember this! ... Once the assembly was in place, I rolled under it to join my friend. I will admit that I got VERY frustrated. Thankfully, someone was there to calm me down. Plus he said he wasn't gonna come back..