Today is about tying up some loose ends on the tilt trailer, but I need to do a few things that are going to make life easier as well. I need to start and hopefully finish the replacement forks for the military forklift. I have some five foot long forks that should make it so you can see the fork tips from the seat, currently, you have to really contort yourself to see them, makes picking anything up a guessing game. Lao going to make a trailer hitch setup for the forks, should have made one of those a long time ago, that is first on the agenda, then I can move the trailer inside easier. Hopefully I can actually get this stuff done .
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kaymccampbell
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That looks like fun, and so frustrating, all at once. I can see me screaming at it cause my scan card STB.You need one of these. I know a guy!
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Might just be the solenoid, but everything to do with the wiring looked suspect. I pulled the batteries out, all the cables, and it is getting all new stuff. This forklift is in it for the long haul, so I want to do things right. The ultimate plan is to add the carriage from the big electric forklift, that has the fork positioner on it and I will have side shift too. Only possible issue is that the forks are fixed, they don’t tilt forward like the current ones, might be able to do some creative modifications to make them that way. And if I can’t make it happen, no big deal, I should still be able to use the forks, they are a foot longer.
After all that, the starter is really the culprit, at least we know everything else is good now. I am going to order one ASAP, I need that forklift most.
Got the tilt trailer inside and almost welded up, I am currently working on swapping batteries and reworking the battery box on the military forklift. Figured since it was a battery themed morning, why not stick with it for the afternoon. Also fixed the tailgate latch on the 3500, you can open it now without having to pinch the two parts of the latch together manually.
Going to take a fairly early night, been working til 9 or later almost every night in May.
Got the tilt trailer inside and almost welded up, I am currently working on swapping batteries and reworking the battery box on the military forklift. Figured since it was a battery themed morning, why not stick with it for the afternoon. Also fixed the tailgate latch on the 3500, you can open it now without having to pinch the two parts of the latch together manually.
Going to take a fairly early night, been working til 9 or later almost every night in May.
bimmer1980
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Making progress! Happy memorial day!
kaymccampbell
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It never is.
Hopefully I can find a starter that can get to me soon, I would like to be able to use that forklift next weekend. It is hit or miss if it will start, but the problem is that I don’t have a working Ebrake, so I have to turn it off if I am getting out of it. I need to bring it inside and get a parts list together for that as well. I have been trying to keep on task, but without that forklift it really won’t matter. Triage, just keeping things from getting worse. 
I dropped a military battery today from about 5 feet in the air, as far as I can tell, it is still in one piece. I was taking the batteries out of the military forklift and it is a tight squeeze, as I was negotiating the transition from the forklift to the floor (backwards), I slipped on the running board and stumbled backwards, the battery bounced, flipped, then landed on the floor. I felt damn lucky as it could have landed upside down in the metal running board and created some sparky good times, it could have broken and hosed me down with acid, making for a not so fun trip to the ER. I will check the battery over tomorrow morning, if it isn’t leaking, I would say it was fine.
We swapped out the positive cables, added new grommets, installed a battery disconnect switch and neatened things up. Still have to do some sort of hold down for the new batteries, also have to do something better to hold the battery box lid down.
In the morning, I am going to pull the stereo and speakers from the Blurb to install in the 3500. Currently the 3500 has one working speaker and it is not long for this world. I am also going to add some vent visor covers for the windows. Then do a couple things to the interior for storage, but that is about it, just want things to be comfortable for the future road trip, but don’t want to spend too much time on it either. I think the headlight switch needs to be replaced too, I am sure there are other things, but those are the main ones. Last thing, change the fluid and filter in the transmission, we did the oil and fuel filters yesterday. I think I have a K&N air filter too.
We swapped out the positive cables, added new grommets, installed a battery disconnect switch and neatened things up. Still have to do some sort of hold down for the new batteries, also have to do something better to hold the battery box lid down.
In the morning, I am going to pull the stereo and speakers from the Blurb to install in the 3500. Currently the 3500 has one working speaker and it is not long for this world. I am also going to add some vent visor covers for the windows. Then do a couple things to the interior for storage, but that is about it, just want things to be comfortable for the future road trip, but don’t want to spend too much time on it either. I think the headlight switch needs to be replaced too, I am sure there are other things, but those are the main ones. Last thing, change the fluid and filter in the transmission, we did the oil and fuel filters yesterday. I think I have a K&N air filter too.
It may not be as wet as they originally called for today, that would be nice. The parts washer guy had to change things on me, so not sure if I am going to pick it up this afternoon or Thursday afternoon. I want to go get it today if possible, then I have an idea of what parts will be useful, I was almost ready to order things for the conversion project one. So far all I have are the VFD and the element, I may not need the VFD if the pumps are similar enough, probably would need the element anyways. Too much thought until I get the rusted out one.
I have a couple office things to do this morning, after that I am either prepping to get the parts washer or tearing out the radio in the Blurb.
I have a couple office things to do this morning, after that I am either prepping to get the parts washer or tearing out the radio in the Blurb.
Starter has been ordered, should be here in two days max. I am trying to cancel an order from Jegs that I placed in January, it has been backordered and was "in stock" twice, but backordered again? Anyways, call up, I am number 56 in line, go to the online help, number 14, soon to be 13.
Will be picking up the other parts washer tonight, have to go to one of the towers to confirm the location of some equipment, I told the customer to have a mapping of the tower done, they said they would just use the existing mapping as it would add a safety factor for the loading. Except now there are some antennas in the way, ones that I thought were removed, but they show on the old mapping, so now I have to do a visual confirmation, next time they are just paying for a mapping.
Will be picking up the other parts washer tonight, have to go to one of the towers to confirm the location of some equipment, I told the customer to have a mapping of the tower done, they said they would just use the existing mapping as it would add a safety factor for the loading. Except now there are some antennas in the way, ones that I thought were removed, but they show on the old mapping, so now I have to do a visual confirmation, next time they are just paying for a mapping.
I was trying to get the hitches about the same across my trailers, but it isn’t going to happen, I could have moved the adjustment bracket down, but if I need to haul this behind a bigger truck I wanted to be able to adjust it to that height as well.
I will just have to adjust the truck portion based on the trailer, I may even move this up one set of holes, I was thinking I may be able to put the lunette eye up top and have both attached all the time. Might look goofy, but going from the 3500 to Perk would be effortless.
I will just have to adjust the truck portion based on the trailer, I may even move this up one set of holes, I was thinking I may be able to put the lunette eye up top and have both attached all the time. Might look goofy, but going from the 3500 to Perk would be effortless.
The pump won’t help me too much, when I saw the amps I was thinking it was close, but I hadn’t realized that it has two motors, one for rotation and one for the pump. Oh well, I still got some useful parts for the other unit, just not quite as good as I had hoped. On the other hand, it also wasn’t as rusted as I expected, there is a good possibility that it could be fixed without a lot of effort, it would be worth significantly more than just some parts at that point. I think I am going to cut out a piece of the top lip and see if I can get someone to bend some steel up to match, if so, a quick repair could pay for my other conversion completely. It came with a new seal, so if I rebuild the lip that holds the seal, it should be fine. The rest of it looks decent enough.
kent_323is
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Since this "new" parts washer doesn't really have any benefits for you, and you need another project like a hole in the head, would it be better to just do a quick cleanup and function test, and then re-list it for sale and move it on down the road?
I design and build sheetmetal stuff for both my day job and my side hustle, and replacing that rusted lip is going to turn into a much bigger project than you can imagine. I'd recommend you hit it with a wire wheel, put on some rust neutralizer, and call it a day. Better yet, do nothing other than take pics and list it for sale!
I design and build sheetmetal stuff for both my day job and my side hustle, and replacing that rusted lip is going to turn into a much bigger project than you can imagine. I'd recommend you hit it with a wire wheel, put on some rust neutralizer, and call it a day. Better yet, do nothing other than take pics and list it for sale!
It won't function without that lip, water will go everywhere. I don't think it will be that bad, I already have an idea that could make it almost easy.
My starter should be here this afternoon, so I hope to have that back together and running ASAP. I have a meeting with our accountant this afternoon, so I am trying not to get all dirty before that. I wish I had fewer appointments today, but the electrician ******* this morning, so today is kind of shot. Tomorrow morning I have to go to New Hampshire to pick up a hydraulic ram, then Dad wants to meet in the afternoon. I don't have anything planned for Friday and I am going to try and keep it that way.
My starter should be here this afternoon, so I hope to have that back together and running ASAP. I have a meeting with our accountant this afternoon, so I am trying not to get all dirty before that. I wish I had fewer appointments today, but the electrician ******* this morning, so today is kind of shot. Tomorrow morning I have to go to New Hampshire to pick up a hydraulic ram, then Dad wants to meet in the afternoon. I don't have anything planned for Friday and I am going to try and keep it that way.
If the replacement piece I have works the way I think it will, I won't be welding to rusty stuff. The vertical sides are in tact, it was just the lip that the seal mounted to that got killed. The thing is worth $1500 if I can get it working without leaking all over the place.
I have taken everything out of the Blurb, then pulled the door panels, took all the stereo equipment out, and a few other trinkets, I am working on the rear diff cover and the transmission pan next, going to be a little more effort as I am saving the fluid and just putting it back in. They are both less than stellar and I just want to be able to move it around, maybe a trip to the Salvage Garage, but I think it will stay at the Hill, easier to remove the drivetrain here since I have the lift. Not quite ready for that yet, maroon burb is going first, then I have three others that don't run, so they are next in line. I hope to get good at taking these apart, there are 15 or so burbs/trucks that all need to be dismantled. Then I have three or four to put back together using some of the parts from the dismantled ones. There will be a lot going to scrap, but there will be more that is going to be kept and I have to get my storage system down. I figure it will take me two or three days to get one completed, this is figuring for office interruptions and other tasks. I may wait to take my southern trip and rebuild the crew cab utility truck first, then I have a heavy duty (F-450 equivalent) utility truck to use right off. I can make a burb fairly easily by swapping the engine into the one with the bad motor, but it is rusty and I am thinking I only want to work with the rust free stuff. I get so disappointed working on the rusty ones, I enjoy working on the rust free stuff.
I have taken everything out of the Blurb, then pulled the door panels, took all the stereo equipment out, and a few other trinkets, I am working on the rear diff cover and the transmission pan next, going to be a little more effort as I am saving the fluid and just putting it back in. They are both less than stellar and I just want to be able to move it around, maybe a trip to the Salvage Garage, but I think it will stay at the Hill, easier to remove the drivetrain here since I have the lift. Not quite ready for that yet, maroon burb is going first, then I have three others that don't run, so they are next in line. I hope to get good at taking these apart, there are 15 or so burbs/trucks that all need to be dismantled. Then I have three or four to put back together using some of the parts from the dismantled ones. There will be a lot going to scrap, but there will be more that is going to be kept and I have to get my storage system down. I figure it will take me two or three days to get one completed, this is figuring for office interruptions and other tasks. I may wait to take my southern trip and rebuild the crew cab utility truck first, then I have a heavy duty (F-450 equivalent) utility truck to use right off. I can make a burb fairly easily by swapping the engine into the one with the bad motor, but it is rusty and I am thinking I only want to work with the rust free stuff. I get so disappointed working on the rusty ones, I enjoy working on the rust free stuff.
The dang trans pan needed the mount shifted to undo the back bolts and for being aluminum, that thing was a lot heavier than I remembered. I need to get some metric bolts to put the pan back on, apparently I didn’t keep the factory bolts with the steel pan, the ones that come with the aluminum pan are stainless allen head and longer than the stock ones. I used some crappy bolts I had to mount the diff cover, but it was 3/8-16, so I had hardware, some bolts were too long so I added a jam nut as a spacer. Looks terrible, but as I said earlier, I don’t really care about the rear end. Between all the fine metal particles, the fact that it has 370k miles on it, and the unknown issue with the brakes constantly being out of adjustment, I am totally writing that rear end off.
That grader was worth probably $2k in scrap, but there are others for $7500 in pieces. It would have been a great deal, that is for sure.
I am about to head out for the hydraulic ram, then I have to pick up a new computer for Dad. When I get back, I have to empty the dump trailer, then pick up the Ford, then attempt to meet with Dad. Wish me luck.
I am about to head out for the hydraulic ram, then I have to pick up a new computer for Dad. When I get back, I have to empty the dump trailer, then pick up the Ford, then attempt to meet with Dad. Wish me luck.
jack stand
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What's the cylinder going on?
The parts washer repair will actually be much simpler than expected, I thought the seal mounted on a vertical lip, it actually mounts on a flat horizontal piece. The repair piece could be a simple angle, or I could replicate the slope that they originally had. I am going to chop a piece out and see if I can get some steel bent to match. It came with a new seal too. 
How is Uncle Willie? Does he post anywhere? I miss his daily updates.
ronjon1190
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He still posts almost daily on tractor fanatics
All unloaded, now I have to get a pieces of the parts washer lip cut off as a sample to see who can make me some.
I also want to yard off one of the bolt on flanges so I can take the thing over to the hydraulic guys to see if it is a "normal" fitting or if it is totally custom. I haven't been able to figure out how they plumbed them, I do know that the machine consisted of several of these units, I am assuming that means the hydraulics might have been daisy chained between units. Hopefully I can figure out how to test it out, it has some 3/4" lines and then the large bolt on flange with some sort of reservoir or accumulator (or something else) attached to it. The guy told me that it moved very quickly, I am wondering if that extra part could just be so it doesn't run out of fluid under speed? I don't know, I might never know, I would like to know, heck enquiring minds want to know...
I also want to yard off one of the bolt on flanges so I can take the thing over to the hydraulic guys to see if it is a "normal" fitting or if it is totally custom. I haven't been able to figure out how they plumbed them, I do know that the machine consisted of several of these units, I am assuming that means the hydraulics might have been daisy chained between units. Hopefully I can figure out how to test it out, it has some 3/4" lines and then the large bolt on flange with some sort of reservoir or accumulator (or something else) attached to it. The guy told me that it moved very quickly, I am wondering if that extra part could just be so it doesn't run out of fluid under speed? I don't know, I might never know, I would like to know, heck enquiring minds want to know...
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I haven’t really talked to him yet, just a couple quick messages. I found him on some random North Carolina 4x4 forum. I think we all miss his daily stories.
We definitely do, he had a way of telling a story
What is his handle on tractor fanatics, I will joint up
Probably the same thing, that was how I found him. Search uncle Willie.
All I can say is that I am some glad I am not totally inept. Before I pulled things apart I put a block of wood under the table. When I popped the thingy off the bottom, it squirted out some fluid and dropped the table onto the wood, it had about 3/8” to travel, had the wood not been there, it would have been 8” and I would have been swimming in hydraulic oil, not that I haven’t made a huge mess anyways.
Pretty sure the thingy is another ram that creates more power, almost like a gear reduction, I am taking it to the hydraulic shop tomorrow, would like to see what they think. It does look like I am at least got myself one heck of a good ram for a hydraulic press project. Another thought is that it could be how it gets more speed for the ram to travel faster? I am not sure if I will need it for my project or not, just need to understand it.
All I can say is that I am some glad I am not totally inept. Before I pulled things apart I put a block of wood under the table. When I popped the thingy off the bottom, it squirted out some fluid and dropped the table onto the wood, it had about 3/8” to travel, had the wood not been there, it would have been 8” and I would have been swimming in hydraulic oil, not that I haven’t made a huge mess anyways.
Pretty sure the thingy is another ram that creates more power, almost like a gear reduction, I am taking it to the hydraulic shop tomorrow, would like to see what they think. It does look like I am at least got myself one heck of a good ram for a hydraulic press project. Another thought is that it could be how it gets more speed for the ram to travel faster? I am not sure if I will need it for my project or not, just need to understand it.
Johanfpa
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He uses the same handle as he did on here; UncleWillie. I liked his daily updates as well
Plastikosmd
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Perfect, thx
All joined up and following his “hat” thread
All joined up and following his “hat” thread
I talked to a buddy of mine and he said the smaller hydraulic cylinder could be for extra speed or extra power depending on how it was setup. Have to figure out if the flange is something that is standard or custom, I would like to eliminate the extra ram so I have less mess to deal with. The hydraulic shop might be able to expand upon this.
I have to do a dump run first thing this morning, from there I am not totally sure what is happening. I am at the mercy of other peoples schedules today and I was supposed to not have that happen. I do know that tomorrow is cabinet day, going to get the rotating cabinets, so I can gather up things for that.
I have to do a dump run first thing this morning, from there I am not totally sure what is happening. I am at the mercy of other peoples schedules today and I was supposed to not have that happen. I do know that tomorrow is cabinet day, going to get the rotating cabinets, so I can gather up things for that.