I found a very nice original hydraulic oil tank. It cleaned up very nicely and I painted it
Then I got to thinking...when I removed the tubes, they were dirty and had a little rust on the bottom of each. Maybe I better give this thing a good rinse. I dumped in a bit of gas and swished it around. When I poured it out, it was black. Good thing I did that and I gave it another shot of gas and a swish...poured out black. Wow gave it another, poured out grey. Well, progress, one more time...as I swished, gas started running out the bottom of the tank
I remembered when I cleaned it and removed the paint, there was a rough spot that I brushed off as surface rust from sitting
Well, then I thought back to the tubes and the rust on the bottom of them. I decided the whole bottom was probably shot and I might as well cut it off and replace it.
This is what I found and I'm posting in the details thread what I ended up doing.
It's coming together, part II things you'll find....
A word of advise
If you are changing ANYTHING on your machine, look at everything around it. How it fits. What it attaches to. Other parts affected.
On this crawler I changed to the 4 bolt side frames. Doesen't look like much difference does it??
It affected:
Foot rests
Pedals
Sod pan
Brake rods
Maybe other things I changed had something to do with it, but in any case , look down the road.
Gus
If you are changing ANYTHING on your machine, look at everything around it. How it fits. What it attaches to. Other parts affected.
On this crawler I changed to the 4 bolt side frames. Doesen't look like much difference does it??
It affected:
Foot rests
Pedals
Sod pan
Brake rods
Maybe other things I changed had something to do with it, but in any case , look down the road.
Gus
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