benz9
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Well, back from holidays, and got a few updates to post on my SW-48. After sandblasting all the rust off the cab, I primed it and gave it one coat of yellow. All my friends and family all said the same thing, I should do the Bondo putty stuff to make it look good. My wife was supposed to do it but she got caught up with work (as always) and didn't have time. I'm no expert, but I'll give anything a try.
Pic 1 - My attempt at Bondo. The door is primed with Tremclad gray primer, the rest of the cab is painted with 1 coat of Tremclad yellow. Bondo is on it's second coat in this picture.
Pic 2 - Some of the cab was repairable but there were holes everywhere. I filled most of them with the MIG welder but the top of the cab was just too thin and had too many holes to try and fix. I used some of that stainless steel I got from the job to patch what IMO was scrap.
Pic 3 - Got me some new hydraulic hoses. This is the feed from the tank to the pump. It used to be that red air hose crap. I've had to redirect and run the hose external since it's much more rigid than the other stuff. Gave me a chance to empty and clean the tank and refill with new hydraulic fluid.
Pic 4 - New return hose from last valve to filter, the hose between valves is also new and the two hoses for the external plugs (winch) are also new. That make about half the hoses replaced. The next ones to be replaced are the 4 for the front plow and the high pressure feed from the pump. That will make all 30+ year old hoses replaced with new stuff.
Pic 5 - I also purchased two new gauges, fuel and volts. The fuel gauge actually works correctly now, and is more accurate than I thought. Volts was just so I could get them all the same with the back lights connected to the front headlight switch. I'm not going to touch the hours meter (unless I replace the engine with a brand new one...hahaha).
The white stuff is coming soon. I don't know about the rest of you out there, but here, the leaves in the trees are already starting to change colors. I just need to finish the cab and the hydraulics and I should be good for the winter.
Pic 1 - My attempt at Bondo. The door is primed with Tremclad gray primer, the rest of the cab is painted with 1 coat of Tremclad yellow. Bondo is on it's second coat in this picture.
Pic 2 - Some of the cab was repairable but there were holes everywhere. I filled most of them with the MIG welder but the top of the cab was just too thin and had too many holes to try and fix. I used some of that stainless steel I got from the job to patch what IMO was scrap.
Pic 3 - Got me some new hydraulic hoses. This is the feed from the tank to the pump. It used to be that red air hose crap. I've had to redirect and run the hose external since it's much more rigid than the other stuff. Gave me a chance to empty and clean the tank and refill with new hydraulic fluid.
Pic 4 - New return hose from last valve to filter, the hose between valves is also new and the two hoses for the external plugs (winch) are also new. That make about half the hoses replaced. The next ones to be replaced are the 4 for the front plow and the high pressure feed from the pump. That will make all 30+ year old hoses replaced with new stuff.
Pic 5 - I also purchased two new gauges, fuel and volts. The fuel gauge actually works correctly now, and is more accurate than I thought. Volts was just so I could get them all the same with the back lights connected to the front headlight switch. I'm not going to touch the hours meter (unless I replace the engine with a brand new one...hahaha).
The white stuff is coming soon. I don't know about the rest of you out there, but here, the leaves in the trees are already starting to change colors. I just need to finish the cab and the hydraulics and I should be good for the winter.
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Nice job Benz9 ! Definitely not the machine you first brought home. Don't pray to the snow gods just yet, some of us aren't quite ready to roll.
