Replacing the Hydraulic Cover Lift rear Boot (part 3)
The plunger and clevis is rusted solid. I had to take a hack saw to the plunger in order to seperate it from the spring (pricey item). I applied a torch to the clevis at the cut plunger shaft for over five minutes and with a pipe wrench it wouldn't budge. So more salvage. I had to drill out the 5/32 roll pin because it was rusted so bad. There could be remants of it left which is probably why I can't break the two loose. So I decided to replace them both.
This is the interesting part. I called about five dealers somewhat local to me (agco dealers MF) to get prices on the replacement parts I needed.
The plunger listed as # 886348M2, they wanted $72 for it. $50.83 for the plunger seat. :shocked: I thought no way.. I priced a rubber plug that keeps water out of the end of the plunger you can see at the end of the clevis.. (rubber plug) they quoted 26.20 :shocked:
I've been looking around on the net and there is obviously more companies who supply these parts. I found out that Sparex had the parts I needed for much much less. :thumbsup:
Plunger 1.870" version (agco)
72.60 (sparex)
19.00 s.3351
Plunger seat 1.875" version (agco)
50.83 (sparex)
11.00 s.42010
Retainer nut (agco)
28.43 (sparex)
13.00 s.41369
Clevis (screws to Plunger) (agco)
38.78 (sparex)
28.00 s.41365
Big difference is prices. I wonder how long Sparex will go before they jack up thier prices, since they are now owned by Agco. Anyway I've included the sparex parts number that you can use when you order parts for a project like this.
Here's a few pictures as I try to seperate the pieces.
Now I'll wait for shipments
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