Here's the left side with the new hydraulic line and fuel line I made. I had to guess on the routing of both since they were long gone by the time I got the crawler. I still need to make the little standoff bracket for the hydraulic line and paint the fuel line but pretty happy with both.
The right side picture with most of the accessories back on. I've just got to thread in the wiring harness and it's pretty much done.
Here's the left and right load links completely frozen. I'm going to soak them as Lavoy suggested and maybe go one better and do an electrolysis experiment on them as well. Hope to have them apart in a few weeks.
This is the geared shaft from the load link crank. I can't quite make out what sort of brazed repair was done to it but you can see it didn't hold up that well. I'm thinking about straightening it, turning out the braze material on my lathe, doing a weld build-up, the turning back to the correct diameter. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
And finally a picture of all my other distractions that have crawled into the shop this winter. I was really hoping to get more done with the IH 2606 TLB but everything else broke at once. The golf cart needs an engine overhaul, the spreader needs it's axles straightened, the forklift just needs everything done it it and the snowblower is one I just finished replacing the auger bearings and skids.
All for now. Would appreciate any help you can offer on what to do with the geared shaft. More soon.
Bill
