Sound about right ??
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Topic: Sound about right ??
Posted By: ACinSC
Subject: Sound about right ??
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 12:31pm
| Started out with the 1/2" transport valve nipple leaking . Ended up pulling the transport valve to fix messed up female threads . Now I need a gasket . Might as well change the ram seals and hose . Pulled lift arm housing . Might as well remove brake pedals and platform for cleaning and paint . Also removed them . This job keeps growing . Does this happen to anyone else ? THANKS !! |
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Posted By: robb
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 12:39pm
| Seems my jobs always take at least 3X estimated time and cost!☹️ |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 12:49pm
| I'm retired and have lots of time . Cost ? I try not to think about that . Thanks ! |
Posted By: DaveWisc.
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 12:53pm
| O yea all the time spent twice what it cost to buy the tractor and didn’t touch anything major but bought it in 1969 |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 1:24pm
| Oh yeh. All the time. Currently working on an OC blade for the cub. Figured just blast and paint. Well the pivot bushing and frame in that area are toast. Rebuilding that. And oh yeah the sandblaster pot and reserve tank and hose all needed redone before that. |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 1:55pm
| Thanks guys . Nice to know some of us are in the same boat , or tractor . |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 2:48pm
| Most older machines become swarming self feeding watermelons. |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 3:01pm
| Swarming self feeding watermelons ? Sounds like a late night scifi movie . I'm more of a Disney movie kinda guy . Thanks Dave ! |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 4:22pm
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na.. never happens.. though while you're at it... ..might as well... replace the PTO bearing replace PTO gasket replace both brakes and axle seals replace copper gaskets on 3 drain plugs install toplink bracket get seat adjustment to actually adjust ... na , never happens....  ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 5:08pm
| Yeah Jay , but I've already done most of those things . Thanks |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2020 at 6:32pm
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Ok... I've got more but the list is in the garage, used to be on my 33 yr old NAILED into the wall with 4" sprial nails(lots) workbench but that got removed today, filled in the cinder block holes with cement and sand, need to make a smaller bench ,good for a 6" vice, make some shelves for the stuff from next door ,oh yeah, find some BALANCED 8" wire wheels ,cause the current one is noisier than the 747 than flew past an hour ago... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:18am
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Yep, you start here on this little part and then you go onto.............................JUST because you SEE something........Nope, never happened to me. Well, maybe a little fib there...hehehe It NEVER ENDS!! ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:58am
| Yeah , wish I'd ordered brake pedal bushings since I have the pedal off , oh well . |
Posted By: garden_guy
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:37am
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Every time I go to do something, I wind up in deeper than I expected. "Oh man I should put new wheel bearings in the front hubs!" One new rim, some lug bolts, two new hubs, and all new bearings and races later... Oh, and a custom machine shim to take up the wear and slop, and a replacement hubcap, lol.
Usually triple the work and the cost, but I do it because it's fun (and because paying someone else to do it would not be economical). |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:44am
| Yeah , things always get out of hand with my "fixes" . I do kinda enjoy working on this old tractor , mostly . Thanks ! |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:59am
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brake pedal bushings ??? really, MY D-14 is supposed to have them ????  dang something else to add to the list of 'Winter projects'..... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2020 at 1:29pm
| Yeah Jay , me too . On my D 15 the brake bushings are #70237329 , clutch bushings are #70233270 . Your D 14 could be different , I guess . |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2020 at 2:51pm
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dang, NOW you're telling me the clutch pedal is supposed to have a bushing too !!!??? sigh... winter list just got longer.... suppose I should change that PTO lever O-ring too ??? and I picked up a free 14" bandsaw AND a selfpropelled Cub Cadet mower... I can't move in the garage now....it'll be 'funner' in 2 months.... oh well...birdday with the 'contractor' too....sigh, double sigh... Jay ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2020 at 3:06pm
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Just so all of you know, there is a name for this phenomena, it's called 'Missioncreep' and I have suffered from it all my life! ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2020 at 3:25pm
| Mission creep ?!? Sounds official , I like it . Thanks ! |