Jancoe wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 11:53 am
While your in there putting this machine together I'd be tempted to swap some better parts off your running loader. Especially if your steering gears, steering arm and well anything really. Would save you from some future expenses and not being able to source those parts. I have a second 6018 that was running and working until I had to steal the steering cylinder off it to put on my 6018bh while I was working it digging stumps and the seals let go. Then I was rebuilding the front axle on the bh and found some very worn spindles at the axle ends so now the 6018 doesn't have a front end underneath right now. But my bh has a nice and tight front end. I've since rebuilt the steering cylinder and have swapped them back. This winter I'll be dragging the 6018l back in for repairs. Just a thought.
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Well, it's a good idea except I plan to sell the good running loader as soon as this basket case is functional. Luckily the steering gear and arm look in really good shape. It's quite interesting to me how parts of this tractor, like most of the loader joints, are so badly worn and torn, while other parts are decent.
Today I got some more new 3/8 bolts for mounting the engine directly to the frame. I decided against any type of rubber mounts on this one. If the vibrations will be unbearable this issue will be revisited.
Also finally got to the rear end; got the cover off to assess things. Gears look fine, there's sludge at the bottom. The surface around the opening, on which the cover sits, had a lot of rust and grime. There is pitting too, just as there is on the cover itself. Scraped it well with a cutter and then wire brushed it. Applied rust treatment. I'll leave it open until the wheels can turn, when the gear box will get a good diesel treatment. Then I'll make a gasket and/or use gasket maker, to make sure no water makes it into the gear box again.
- Cleaned up the rust under the cover.
- Applied rust treatment on the underside the the cover and the surface it bolts on
To clarify, the reason for the rust treatment even after the wire brushing is because the wire brushing isn't perfect. The rust treatment will convert any little rust that's left into a black oxide which has a protective effect. Normally no water should make it this far though.