3012H going together again!!!! 2/17/08

[ehertzfeld 1]

Well thanks to a nice gentleman named Reed, I got back to the 3012 hydro conversion. I picked up the trans from Reed last weekend, and started putting things back together. I still have some things to figure out, but hopefully it will be running and driving in a few weeks. Here is were I'm at right now.

[ronb212 0]

looks good Elon, will check it out when it warms up!

[PeppyDan 3]

Looks like a nice start! Do you care to elaborate about the two levers on the left side of the dash? Dan

[cojo92 1]

Looks great!!:D...Just one thing tho...How do you work on them in the cold weather!?!?!?!?? I cant...lol

[ehertzfeld 1]

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Originally posted by ronb212
looks good Elon, will check it out when it warms up!

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See ya Saturday????:D

[ehertzfeld 1]

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Originally posted by PeppyDan
Looks like a nice start! Do you care to elaborate about the two levers on the left side of the dash? Dan

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Yes I will elaborate about the two levers.:D This is going to be a dedicated "Elon" bucket tractor. The lower lever is for the lift, and the top is going to be the dump.

[ehertzfeld 1]

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Originally posted by cojo92
Looks great!!:D...Just one thing tho...How do you work on them in the cold weather!?!?!?!?? I cant...lol

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In the first picture, on the left, do you see the two milk crates stacked up? Well inside the top of is my Mr Heater on a propane tank. Thought is really doesn't work that well in this cold. Normally after a half hour, I can take my jacket off.:D

[Gary 89]

Looks like you're off to a great start! Keep us posted.

[PeppyDan 3]

I thought maybe you going to have one for the front lift and one for the rear lift! I am doing similar hydraulics on my Sunstar loader project! Dan

[ehertzfeld 1]

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Originally posted by PeppyDan
I thought maybe you going to have one for the front lift and one for the rear lift! I am doing similar hydraulics on my Sunstar loader project! Dan

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I thought about that, but I want the rear for counter weight.

[joshuaareed 0]

Looking good Elon, if you need some more room I could store some of your other tractors in my garage for you. LOL!!! Nice fleet, I am jealous.

[MDB 134]

Looks good Elon, Keep us posted on progress:D

[D-17_Dave 12]

Lookin good Elon. But, wouldn't a double spool valve with the levers beside each other work smoother? Progress looks real good though. Looks like we all have a project going on right now.lol:D

[MPH 12]

" wouldn't a double spool valve with the levers beside each other work smoother?" Kinda my thought too. Looking good for a major remodel. You plan on foot control hydro drive?

[ehertzfeld 1]

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Lookin good Elon. But, wouldn't a double spool valve with the levers beside each other work smoother

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Yeah it probably would, but then I would have had these two valves sitting here doing nothing.:D

[johnmonkey 4]

Nice looking work Elon. jh

[ReedS 5]

Well, Elon that didn't take long. I finished my vickers transplant enough to know that it works other than (surprise) a small leak. I might just have to use the other sundstrand but I think I'll wait for it to warm up before I do much more work out in the (cold) garage.:D:O

[ehertzfeld 1]

Well by all accounts, it is going to work just fine. After a few leaks, and getting blasted with the acorns getting blown out from under the sheet metal, I got the engine running, and tried the lift and dump. It works well sitting there, I didn't get to try to move and use the lift, but I hope to soon. I still have to take care of some rubbing issues. I know some of you are going to ask why I ran the two main lines on the side of the frame, and the answer is, every were I tried to run the lines, they were tight against a part of the frame, or not enough room. It's not what I had in mined, but oh well, nothing ever is, right???:D

[ehertzfeld 1]

Oops. I forgot the pictures!:D

This is the single acting cylinder that I'm going to use for the dump.

These came in today. 10.5 AGs. The rims are are being painted as I type this.:D

[D-17_Dave 12]

Getting anxious to see the finished setup Elon. When you said while "I'm typing this" did you mean you had Melanie outside helping you sand rims???

[ehertzfeld 1]

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Originally posted by D-17_Dave
When you said while "I'm typing this" did you mean you had Melanie outside helping you sand rims???

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Ok maybe I should have said, "wile your reading this"!:D

[D-17_Dave 12]

OH, should have known better.B)sm00;)

[4xbill 2]

Looking good! That had to be a few bucks worth of Hydraulic hoses.?

[ehertzfeld 1]

Well, bad news tonight. I thought I was going to the next step, but wile trying to install the tower, I noticed that it hits the fitting on the cylinder. I can't turn the cylinder around, as the fitting would hit the drive shaft coupler. I guess I'll have to take the lift out of Ugly Betty and use the cylinder and mount of of that. Oh well, it will have to wait till the weekend.

[ehertzfeld 1]

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Originally posted by 4xbill
Looking good! That had to be a few bucks worth of Hydraulic hoses.?

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$20 for the two long ones coming out of the trans. The others I had laying around.