"Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi)
09/30/2018 at 19:40 • Filed to: Make Casey Great Again
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"Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi)
09/30/2018 at 19:40 • Filed to: Make Casey Great Again | 3
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achieves its first milestone: we have (compression) ignition! Plus the bucket hydraulics work, which is a nice bonus.
TL;DR version - rebuilt starter and new fuel filters. Long version - similar but with more false starts, blood, and swearing.
Downside is he doesn’t want to actually move - no hint of either forwards or backwards action. Hopefully that’s just fluid: the transmission and power shuttle reservoirs were both full when I first checked, but now I’ve run the engine for a while they’re both off the bottom of the dipstick. No fluid pissing all over the ground, but the belly is black and sticky so I suspect he’s been dripping it away over the years he’s been parked.
Nom De Plume
> Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
09/30/2018 at 20:31 |
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Had to check this wasn’t another project from our resident sheep farmer. What do you have planned once it’s running?
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Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
> Nom De Plume
09/30/2018 at 20:42 |
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Dig holes for the sake of digging holes, mostly. It came with the property and I have no actual practical use for it - getting it running’s just a “beca u se it’s there” project. I’ve got some landscaping t hat needs doing, but most of it’s not really suitable for a cra w ler loader - a tractor with a backhoe would actually be much more useful.
So o nc e I’ve got it running, I’ll probably just deal with the more obviously tired fini te -life parts , maybe slap a coat of paint on it, play with it for a while, and sell or trade it.