Valley Axe Man Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 Day at the workshop yesterday, PTO pulled to do the seals to find the castle retaining nut only just hand tight.... Anyhow a full strip down and investigate further but couldn't see or find any excessive wear anywhere in the bearings or shafts due to the loose nut... So cleaned down and re sealed with new felt seal, double lipped seal and O ring before setting aside and thinking about how to torque the nut back up to 150ftlbs..... I decided to nip back to work and see if I could fabricate a socket to fit the nut.... A couple of brews and a couple of hours later lump of thick walled 65mm tube and a couple if bits if 8mm plate were duly welded together with a 1/2" square hole filed in the cap plate to take the torque wrench. Back at the yard, and after a couple of Tunnocks I loctited the nut and pulled it up to 150ft... Shafts back in and selector checked for the 1000 shaft speed.... Hopefully get it slid back in the tractor over weekend and refilled with oil ready for a road test to see if she's now oil tight. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 (edited) Another couple of hours yesterday whilst Gemma was putting in a Sunday shift at the hospital, got hydraulic unit back on and bolted up with a good smear of 510 between the mating surfaces, pressure and return pipes reconnected and a couple of new split pins in the clevis for the PTO and main lift selectors, bracket for the hydraulic couplings refit and the oil filtered and back end refilled.... Couple of Tunnocks before a Short road test but everything seems ok so far......once back at the yard couldn't help but get them In a line for a group photo. Next job be to clean up and refit the pick up hitch and arms and then can start putting inside the cab back together and tidying that up Edited April 1 by Valley Axe Man 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 He he.....FARTING POINT! Super update 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 7 hours ago, Barry said: He he.....FARTING POINT! Super update Wonder how long it would take for some one to spot that hahaha... Started life as an Earthing point badge off a bitumen tanker, and I couldn't help myself being a bit of a big kid 😉.... Cheers though Barry appreciate your comment 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted April 8 Author Share Posted April 8 (edited) Had a bit of a shuffle round yesterday morning to allow landlord a bit more room for some lambing space so took the Nuffield to a temporary storage facility up at my uncles for a couple of weeks but seeing as there was a shortage of drivers for a lift back home thought I'd take the Leyland and give her a run in the process.... Once back gave the 804 a run home for a brew to see if shes still oil tight once hot...... So far so good 😊 Edited April 8 by Valley Axe Man 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 Well success.... Not a drop of oil from the recent works around the hydraulic unit and halfshaft seals, a slight weep from sealing washer and power steering pump but that be summat and nowt to sort..... So with a good bit of inspiration work this week got the pick up hitch and linkage refitted finishing off the back end to usable state again and work turned to cleaning the floor off and giving it a coat of satin black to allow time to dry before next weekend and wrestling the moulded floor mat back in 🙂 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 (edited) Had a leisurely tour of the valley again this morning which I like to call "road testing" and dropped in at John JMD briefly, seems ok so far she's not developed any new leaks since the surgery so fingers crossed all that's left to do now is a fresh bit of cladding for the right hand side inner wing, and then hopefully repaint the wheels olde English white..... Though Hamish didn't seem impressed to be in the 804.... Edited April 20 by Valley Axe Man 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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