wmonroe
Elite Member
Incredible job so far! You have a great deal of talent in all areas of the restoration and I've really enjoyed following this thread.
1963 Case 530CK Backhoe/Loader
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stans1
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This part of the project took a lot of time because of the condition and size of the loader bucket. There was so much straightening and heating and welding and grinding to do, and the size of it required some creative thinking. The doggone thing can hurt you fast if you don't sling it right or haven't thought out your maneuver before trying to pick it. Some of the following pictures show the various stages as the project progressed.
After doing all of the straightening and installing (3) new hooks on the mold board of the bucket, I hung some spare chain on the hook and took a picture.
This is one of the hooks, when I bought them, they come as a set, I prepped the surface and welded them on. I use the eye mainly in the center to attach a pick, but thought that having these additional hooks would still be handy for a load that may need the spread, like a long pole or tree trunk or such.
This one shows the finished paint removal and some of the bushings that I replaced in the bucket bosses. Also welded up some of the cracks and areas along the bucket side cutters. In the center of the bucket you can see a couple of fish plates that I bent and covered a rip-out from too much pressure being applied from prying out dirt or rocks with the bucket. On the reverse side of the bucket you will notice a rib that was originally welded to the interior of the bucket to stiffen the connection, and I think that when the bucket was forced to pry out some immovable object it put so much pressure on the rear face, that it tore up the metal of the bucket. Also, in looking at the accessories offered for this time period of this tractor I noticed there were 4 or 5 different types of buckets listed for different applications. And it appears that this bucket was manufactured for snow removal, not heavy products like gravel or sand. It's listed as having a capacity of 1cu. yd. And the bucket that usually came with the loader was 3/4 of a cu. yd. So, I personally think that this bucket is a replacement for OEM.
This view shows the bucket hanging from the cutting bar and you will notice that the cutting bar is welded to the top of the floor of the bucket and not the other way around. Well, there was just too much weld to be cut away in order to reverse the situation and have the cutter bar on the bottom which should be the first piece of metal that engages the ground. It will just mean that I will have to tip the bucket forward a bit so that the blade will cut and not just ride like a shoe on whatever material I'm spreading.
Here's one of the bottom of the bucket. As I mentioned earlier; I had to heat up and pound out the large bulges in the plate that form the bottom of the bucket. I have no idea how those bulges came to be or why they were there. I don't know whether the bucket was used to pound something into the ground or what but the square areas that are framed by the skidding shoes of the bucket seemed to buttress those areas so they couldn't be dented, but the plate was. The corners at the rear of the bucket were almost worn through, so I had to build up weld both corners and fill the skid shoes in places. The funny thing with this bucket was all of the holes in the bottom; they were about 3/4" to 1" diameter in a diamond configuration that had held some device to the bucket. You can see in this particular view where I filled them with weld and ground them down flush. Someone had welded 1 1/4" angle iron over the holes on the inside of the bucket to keep material from going through those holes, and before I took a 1/16" rotary grinder to the tack welds to remove the angle you can only imagine how hard it was to scrape material out of the bucket with a square nose shovel!
This one shows that stiffener rib in the center, most buckets don't have this because the bottom dimension is not so long and would be more suited to heavy digging work. But I think after re-enforcement in this area the bucket should do just fine for me.
Got the primer coat on and ready for a coat of Case paint........
Front view of the same.
Rear view and ready for the tractor.
Front and center, looking at the business end.........
I included this one because it shows more of the new bushings that I fabricated and pressed in.
Ready to hook it up!! :thumbsup:
After doing all of the straightening and installing (3) new hooks on the mold board of the bucket, I hung some spare chain on the hook and took a picture.
This is one of the hooks, when I bought them, they come as a set, I prepped the surface and welded them on. I use the eye mainly in the center to attach a pick, but thought that having these additional hooks would still be handy for a load that may need the spread, like a long pole or tree trunk or such.
This one shows the finished paint removal and some of the bushings that I replaced in the bucket bosses. Also welded up some of the cracks and areas along the bucket side cutters. In the center of the bucket you can see a couple of fish plates that I bent and covered a rip-out from too much pressure being applied from prying out dirt or rocks with the bucket. On the reverse side of the bucket you will notice a rib that was originally welded to the interior of the bucket to stiffen the connection, and I think that when the bucket was forced to pry out some immovable object it put so much pressure on the rear face, that it tore up the metal of the bucket. Also, in looking at the accessories offered for this time period of this tractor I noticed there were 4 or 5 different types of buckets listed for different applications. And it appears that this bucket was manufactured for snow removal, not heavy products like gravel or sand. It's listed as having a capacity of 1cu. yd. And the bucket that usually came with the loader was 3/4 of a cu. yd. So, I personally think that this bucket is a replacement for OEM.
This view shows the bucket hanging from the cutting bar and you will notice that the cutting bar is welded to the top of the floor of the bucket and not the other way around. Well, there was just too much weld to be cut away in order to reverse the situation and have the cutter bar on the bottom which should be the first piece of metal that engages the ground. It will just mean that I will have to tip the bucket forward a bit so that the blade will cut and not just ride like a shoe on whatever material I'm spreading.
Here's one of the bottom of the bucket. As I mentioned earlier; I had to heat up and pound out the large bulges in the plate that form the bottom of the bucket. I have no idea how those bulges came to be or why they were there. I don't know whether the bucket was used to pound something into the ground or what but the square areas that are framed by the skidding shoes of the bucket seemed to buttress those areas so they couldn't be dented, but the plate was. The corners at the rear of the bucket were almost worn through, so I had to build up weld both corners and fill the skid shoes in places. The funny thing with this bucket was all of the holes in the bottom; they were about 3/4" to 1" diameter in a diamond configuration that had held some device to the bucket. You can see in this particular view where I filled them with weld and ground them down flush. Someone had welded 1 1/4" angle iron over the holes on the inside of the bucket to keep material from going through those holes, and before I took a 1/16" rotary grinder to the tack welds to remove the angle you can only imagine how hard it was to scrape material out of the bucket with a square nose shovel!
This one shows that stiffener rib in the center, most buckets don't have this because the bottom dimension is not so long and would be more suited to heavy digging work. But I think after re-enforcement in this area the bucket should do just fine for me.
Got the primer coat on and ready for a coat of Case paint........
Front view of the same.
Rear view and ready for the tractor.
Front and center, looking at the business end.........
I included this one because it shows more of the new bushings that I fabricated and pressed in.
Ready to hook it up!! :thumbsup:
hcallaway
Platinum Member
This is as good a rebuild to follow as a vintage muscle car. Many thanks for the pictures. By the way I may be your long lost son!!
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stans1
Silver Member
Now, that's funny, nice try! But I'm keeping my tractor, thank you very much! Glad you like the posts, thanks.
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stans1
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Here is my post of the loader arms replacement. The original arms had looked to have been broken and mended several times. There were fish plates on both arms and just re-welds in other places, it looked like some warp had been introduce in the earlier repairs. They are the ones on the floor of the shop and the replacements are on the horses.
If you look at the arms on the horses you can see that they were pretty straight and worth repairing to use instead of the old ones. I stripped off all of the old paint and ground out and prepped places that needed to be welded. It looked like water had entered both of the arms and frozen, breaking the welds along the factory weld lines or parallel to the welds. You see the factory made each arm in two pieces and welded them together, then attached them with a cross trunnion near the bucket attachment points. And it appeared that somewhere water had gotten in, sat there and frozen when it got cold and broke a couple of the welds. I drilled a hole at each end of the cracks then 45'ed the cracks to get a deep root weld then welded them up.
I made some eyes out of 1/4" bar stock and then welded them to the top of each arm. Sure made it easier for handling and removing, working on, then re-installing them on the tractor. Also made a gambol for the lift; you can see it attached to the chains with a 1/2" U welded to the top. During the re-work process, I made new bushings for the rotating points of the arms and tractor.
Just one of the many welds and repairs that had to be done.
Finished arms and ready for primer.
Finished priming and ready for paint.
Painted arms and ready for decals.
Just another view and perspective.
Decals on and mounted. Sounds easy, but a lot of steps to get to this point. Thanks for all you folks that take a peek!
If you look at the arms on the horses you can see that they were pretty straight and worth repairing to use instead of the old ones. I stripped off all of the old paint and ground out and prepped places that needed to be welded. It looked like water had entered both of the arms and frozen, breaking the welds along the factory weld lines or parallel to the welds. You see the factory made each arm in two pieces and welded them together, then attached them with a cross trunnion near the bucket attachment points. And it appeared that somewhere water had gotten in, sat there and frozen when it got cold and broke a couple of the welds. I drilled a hole at each end of the cracks then 45'ed the cracks to get a deep root weld then welded them up.
I made some eyes out of 1/4" bar stock and then welded them to the top of each arm. Sure made it easier for handling and removing, working on, then re-installing them on the tractor. Also made a gambol for the lift; you can see it attached to the chains with a 1/2" U welded to the top. During the re-work process, I made new bushings for the rotating points of the arms and tractor.
Just one of the many welds and repairs that had to be done.
Finished arms and ready for primer.
Finished priming and ready for paint.
Painted arms and ready for decals.
Just another view and perspective.
Decals on and mounted. Sounds easy, but a lot of steps to get to this point. Thanks for all you folks that take a peek!
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stans1
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Here will be my last post on this tractor project for a while. I need to start on the backhoe end of this thing and as of this date I haven't done much to that portion of it because I wanted to stay on the loader and tractor until it was completely done. I've had so many interruptions during the summer, that I haven't had the time to start the backhoe portion of this project, except the stabilizers and cylinders, stick cylinder rebuild and bucket cylinder. So, here goes:
Having gotten the decals applied to the hood and loader arms I was starting to install cylinders and all of the front hydraulic groups; hoses, cylinders, pins and hard line hold downs. I painted the hold downs then dipped the ends in liquid rubber for vibration and holding ability.
I know it looks like I've got 2 or 3 steering wheels in this picture but I think that it's a function of the flash from the camera. In this picture you can see the new seat, all of the new hoses and I went ahead and spent the extra money for the non drip hydraulic quick disconnects at the valve body. It will attach to the backhoe portion of the hydraulics. The male and female parts are about $70.00 apiece and there is 2 sets, so it's a bit of money. The spool was working well when I tore the tractor down, so I didn't do anything but clean and paint the valve and levers. I still will touch up the paint on the trunnion nuts and pins and such before I put the tractor into service.
Here is a shot of the new battery hold down that I fabricated and the painted dash pans that I made to cover the wires and tubes that show when the regular OEM dash is left uncovered.
This is another view of the battery case and the pans covering the bottom of the dash.
Got the loader bucket attached with the old pins, they will come out and be replaced with the new ones that I fabricated out of 1 1/2" dia. 1045 mid carbon cold rolled round stock. I have the basic pins all machined and just have to drill the centers and thread the bores to receive the new grease zirks. If you take a look at the cylinder links you can see that they are attached to the loader arms on the bottom and the bucket dump link on top. In the center of the links where the cylinder post meshes with those links, there are recesses for a bushing that interacts with that cylinder post. The bushings that were pressed into the link (pocket) were cracked and I needed to machine new bushings and press them back into those pockets. And I had to do that with two of the links, looks like there had been considerable pressure over the years and just took it's toll on the bushings. Nothing bent or twisted though.
Here is the front of the tractor with a partial view of the bucket attached.
Left side and you will notice that the upper bucket dump link is missing, I have yet to finish fillet welding and repairing a spot that had some kind of "Rube Goldberg" device welded onto it. I flushed it off some time ago, but hadn't got around to finishing it until now. So, after I do that and paint it, the front will be completely done, and I'll mount the newly painted wheels. Then it's time to see if it will run.
I also have to install the new hydraulic lines down to the left hand lift cylinder, and the dump cylinders, fill the hydraulic reservoirs and add new coolant to the radiator, fill the power steering reservoir, and add diesel then prime everything and see if it will start and run. We'll see. For the time being I've got the backhoe isolated from the hydraulics on the tractor, so I shouldn't have any leaks. After I run it for a while and everything checks out, I'll start the new thread on the backhoe portion. Oh, and I do still have to install the rest of the decals on the loader. Thanks for tuning in!
Having gotten the decals applied to the hood and loader arms I was starting to install cylinders and all of the front hydraulic groups; hoses, cylinders, pins and hard line hold downs. I painted the hold downs then dipped the ends in liquid rubber for vibration and holding ability.
I know it looks like I've got 2 or 3 steering wheels in this picture but I think that it's a function of the flash from the camera. In this picture you can see the new seat, all of the new hoses and I went ahead and spent the extra money for the non drip hydraulic quick disconnects at the valve body. It will attach to the backhoe portion of the hydraulics. The male and female parts are about $70.00 apiece and there is 2 sets, so it's a bit of money. The spool was working well when I tore the tractor down, so I didn't do anything but clean and paint the valve and levers. I still will touch up the paint on the trunnion nuts and pins and such before I put the tractor into service.
Here is a shot of the new battery hold down that I fabricated and the painted dash pans that I made to cover the wires and tubes that show when the regular OEM dash is left uncovered.
This is another view of the battery case and the pans covering the bottom of the dash.
Got the loader bucket attached with the old pins, they will come out and be replaced with the new ones that I fabricated out of 1 1/2" dia. 1045 mid carbon cold rolled round stock. I have the basic pins all machined and just have to drill the centers and thread the bores to receive the new grease zirks. If you take a look at the cylinder links you can see that they are attached to the loader arms on the bottom and the bucket dump link on top. In the center of the links where the cylinder post meshes with those links, there are recesses for a bushing that interacts with that cylinder post. The bushings that were pressed into the link (pocket) were cracked and I needed to machine new bushings and press them back into those pockets. And I had to do that with two of the links, looks like there had been considerable pressure over the years and just took it's toll on the bushings. Nothing bent or twisted though.
Here is the front of the tractor with a partial view of the bucket attached.
Left side and you will notice that the upper bucket dump link is missing, I have yet to finish fillet welding and repairing a spot that had some kind of "Rube Goldberg" device welded onto it. I flushed it off some time ago, but hadn't got around to finishing it until now. So, after I do that and paint it, the front will be completely done, and I'll mount the newly painted wheels. Then it's time to see if it will run.
I also have to install the new hydraulic lines down to the left hand lift cylinder, and the dump cylinders, fill the hydraulic reservoirs and add new coolant to the radiator, fill the power steering reservoir, and add diesel then prime everything and see if it will start and run. We'll see. For the time being I've got the backhoe isolated from the hydraulics on the tractor, so I shouldn't have any leaks. After I run it for a while and everything checks out, I'll start the new thread on the backhoe portion. Oh, and I do still have to install the rest of the decals on the loader. Thanks for tuning in!
Walker1
Bronze Member
I have thoroughly enjoyed this thread. As just having bought a Case 530, I have found it very informative. As a welding contractor, I can say that your skills are top notch.
The machine I bought has been neglected for some years, but appears to have only been used, and not abused. While I have the seal leaks typical of a forty year old machine, I have found only 1 weld repair, and it appears as though it was a pretty decent job.
My tractor was purchased to replace my skidsteer. As I make repairs, I generally refurbish the area I am working on, so my tractor will never be able to compete with yours, but yours gives me great hope for mine.
I have found my Case 530 to be a very competent tractor, with enough weigh to do decent work with the box blade and front loader, and enough horse power and low enough gearing to pull a decent load. All this while being light enough to comfortably trailer with a 3/4 ton pick up.
Thanks for taking the time to post all the different aspects of your rebuild.
I have attached a picture of mine before I got it home. It now has refinished rear wheels, a new pair of sneakers in the back, fresh oil and filters, and a rebuilt rockshaft piston. Still needs a front pump leak fixed, then start in on the cylinder seals.
The machine I bought has been neglected for some years, but appears to have only been used, and not abused. While I have the seal leaks typical of a forty year old machine, I have found only 1 weld repair, and it appears as though it was a pretty decent job.
My tractor was purchased to replace my skidsteer. As I make repairs, I generally refurbish the area I am working on, so my tractor will never be able to compete with yours, but yours gives me great hope for mine.
I have found my Case 530 to be a very competent tractor, with enough weigh to do decent work with the box blade and front loader, and enough horse power and low enough gearing to pull a decent load. All this while being light enough to comfortably trailer with a 3/4 ton pick up.
Thanks for taking the time to post all the different aspects of your rebuild.
I have attached a picture of mine before I got it home. It now has refinished rear wheels, a new pair of sneakers in the back, fresh oil and filters, and a rebuilt rockshaft piston. Still needs a front pump leak fixed, then start in on the cylinder seals.
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stans1
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Nice Case 530, Walker1,
I studied the picture of your tractor that you supplied and it looks like yours is in pretty fair condition. What year is it? The paint and non-rust looks like it is a west coast or desert tractor. I'm real glad you posted a picture, I like the old stuff and really enjoy someone else's pictures and narrative. I need some new rubber for mine too! I'm glad that my postings are of some use and I'm sorry that I haven't stayed current in my posts. Be assured that I've got more pictures and captions on the hoe part now. I've removed the boom, crowd (stick for some) and bucket, cylinders and finally removed and disassembled the frame and tower and swing cylinders, valve body, hoses, and hard lines. And shucks, you can't believe the amount of machining that I've had to do. It has turned out that most of the pins and bushings were fried and in the future posts I'll let you know what steel I used for pins and bushings at each position on the hoe and the problems that I ran into. Thanks again for the kind words and post a few more of yours..........
Walker1
Bronze Member
I was up in Northern Az, but came from the Phoenix area before that. Very little rust on it. I pulled the front pump off today to take a look at the seal. Somebody had it apart before, only a couple of the case bolts were tight. The spider gasket was shot and missing pieces, and the gears had ingested one of the check valve sprigs that was put in wrong. Too bad too, because the side plates and gear sides were flawless. Had to order a new pump, so am down for a week or more.
I did get the new rear tires installed and it rides much better now.
I did get the new rear tires installed and it rides much better now.
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MEMEMEME
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Oh, my! You, Sir, are a true craftsman and I salute you. Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to document and post your work here.
Do you have any rough guesstimate of the number of hours you have invested in this project up to this point?
My poor old '65 530CK must NEVER see any of these photos-she would either develop an irreparable inferiority complex or else sulk and refuse to start at all without ether because I haven't done the same sort of TLC on her.
She's lucky to have fresh paint on the wheels, some used rear tires with w/w fluid [with new tubes-doesn't that count as some sort of boob job?], fresh filters, new hoses, a new cutting edge and cylinder packings.
Been running her pretty hard the past 3 days trying to beat winter and get the last few dirt projects completed. Since I'm very much a TLB noob it's pretty slow going. The rain a few days back made for some puckering sidehill adventures [without the w/w fluid in the tires I'd still be sliding down a loooong hill...]
The hoe is currently off and the valve body is sitting on a bench awaiting new O-rings and seals. Was thinking about wasting a rattlecan of Duplicolor "Schoolbus Yellow" inside the tower since everything is out right now but now it's turned chilly and is forecasted to be zero degrees on Thanksgiving so I don't think it'll stick really well...or dry very well for that matter. Maybe I should just paint it "Montana Clay Grayish Tan" and never have to wash it again.
Do you have any rough guesstimate of the number of hours you have invested in this project up to this point?
My poor old '65 530CK must NEVER see any of these photos-she would either develop an irreparable inferiority complex or else sulk and refuse to start at all without ether because I haven't done the same sort of TLC on her.
She's lucky to have fresh paint on the wheels, some used rear tires with w/w fluid [with new tubes-doesn't that count as some sort of boob job?], fresh filters, new hoses, a new cutting edge and cylinder packings.
Been running her pretty hard the past 3 days trying to beat winter and get the last few dirt projects completed. Since I'm very much a TLB noob it's pretty slow going. The rain a few days back made for some puckering sidehill adventures [without the w/w fluid in the tires I'd still be sliding down a loooong hill...]
The hoe is currently off and the valve body is sitting on a bench awaiting new O-rings and seals. Was thinking about wasting a rattlecan of Duplicolor "Schoolbus Yellow" inside the tower since everything is out right now but now it's turned chilly and is forecasted to be zero degrees on Thanksgiving so I don't think it'll stick really well...or dry very well for that matter. Maybe I should just paint it "Montana Clay Grayish Tan" and never have to wash it again.