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I was brush hogging a small field today and the lift on my 3pt just quit. Tractor only has 24 total hrs on it and only 6 of those hrs are using the bushhog. Field had been mowed for hay and all I was doing was knocking down the johnson grass that was in small clumps scattered in the field. I did...

Thinking about adding a dove tail to my trailer. I build this trailer probably 10-15 years ago to hual my landscape equipment. Trailer has a 7ft bed and is 18ft long. Since building the trailer, things have change, I retired and no longer do any lanscapeing work, sold all the equipment. I...

Looking to buy a LS mt342 or mt347, open cab. thought I had one bought this morning, but dealer is now telling me he cant get the one he thought he could. I have called several dealers in Tn, Nc, Ga, Ala and SC and nobody seems to have one and dont know when they will get one. If you are a...

Looking to buy a new tractor. I have a few basic requirements. Approx 40hp or larger. Dont need anything much bigger. Must be 4x4. Must have loader capable of 2000lb with forks. Prefer hydrostatic. Cab not necessary. Dont like those itybity tires on the front, but I dont need a set of super...

I have a bunch of small cyl off a old boom truck. I am trying to use these cyl's to build a small, (2000lb) crane for my dump trailer. The cyl I want to use for the boom has a built in counterbalance valve. I need the cyl to gravity feed down. I am just wondering if I remove the valve cartridge...

Has anyone done this. I have flipped the center section on a lot of pumps to change rotation direction, but i have never tried it with a log splitter 2 stage pump. Aways considered them throw away pumps and have never had one apart. I know they sell this type pump with cw and ccw rotation so...

I need to put some splines in a piece of 1/2flat plate. I know there are a thousand ways to do this, but I dont have any of those tools. So my question is, if I put the piece of flat plate in a forge and heat it and then use a press to push the plate over the splined axle stub, or axle stub thru...

I have decided to upgrade my wood splitter by adding a bigger rod into the cyl. The cyl currently is 5in bore and a 2in rod and I am wanting at least a 3in rod. Doing this to decrease return speed, as return load is minimal. Cyl uses a screw in barrel rod cap/gland. I need someplace I can buy...

I am trying to layout the driveway for my new house site and cant seem to get the grade right. the total lenght of the road will be around 1000-1100ft and is wooded and uphill. I have tried using my nuvii gps to determine the difference in elevation, but everytime I check it, it varies from 30ft...

Every try to do something you knew wasnt going to work before you even tried. Buddy brought over his aluminum ramps he had broken the end off of wanting me to weld it up. Ramps where greasy and oxidized so bad you couldnt tell what kind of metal it was. I knew this was going to be a challege...

my Nephew had his tractor stolen Saturday Night. Tractor was located in the Murphy NC area. A reward is being offered for information. sine we are located close to the Tenn and Ga state lines, I suspect the tractor could already be out of state. I appreciate if everyone can keep a look out and...

been trying to build a 4ft pipe burner to heat a oil barrel, cut in half long ways, to use to scald hogs. we have been using wood to heat the water, but when scalding, the smoke gets very bad in my eyes. I have been trying to get a propane burner made, but cant get it to work correctly. I had a...

Got started back to my processor build after almost a year and half of surgeries and rehab. I had bought a box of hobart 1/8 7018 several months ago, but hadnot opened the box. Knowing I was going to be doing a lot of welding yesterday, I opened the box and laid them on top of my wood stove the...

Been doing a little shop clean up and had a ideal I wanted to get some feed back on. My welder is pretty heavy and even tho its mounted on casters, I seldom, actually never have, move it from its assigned location. It is close to the door and right next to the fuse panel. I have a 15ft #8...

Went to look at a e70 cat trackhoe today and didnt like what I found. Not sure the year model early 90 something. Serial number is 3cg10421 if anybody can look it up. I knew the machine was old, but was told it worked fine the last time it was used, about 2 years ago. Been setting ever since...

Got a little boat welding project. Aluminum boat that is separating at the seam. Long crack, 18in to 2 ft long. Owner has been covering crack with silicon to stop the leak. Of course the crack keeps growing and only real fix is to weld. Anyways, I dont see anyway to get behind the crack to...

I drug out the miller 175 mig the other day to do a little patchwork. Welder wouldnt feed the wire at all. Swapped liner for a old one, and it still didnt feed. Why didnt I throw away that old liner when I installed the new one last time,Duh. Thats when I found the old liner had a kink in it...

Spent most of the day working on a old bushog. brother bought one needing work and elected me to help him. First off, the 3pt frame was bent. No problem, just lifted the mower in the air and hung his fat butt on the end while I heated the bent parts with the torch. Few cracks in the mower deck...

Never thought I would ever need a small welder. I have mig, stick and tig in my shop. Now I am thinking about a small tig welder to put in my basement shop. Needs to be ac and dc to weld thin aluminum. Would like a dual voltage machine, but it has to be able to plug into 110/120. I dont plan on...

I have two section hyd pump, I want to mount on a 7.3 international engine. Pump is 75gpm combined. shooting for 3000psi, but might be able to get by with less pressure. Anyways, the engine is coming out of a old international truck, Tranny is shot before someone suggest using the transmission...

Every now and then I run across older 135amp mig welders pretty cheap. I have a Idealarc 250/250 stick tig machine, but it aint exactly portable. I am just wondering if it would be possible to remove the mig lead and replace with a tig torch like I use on my Idealarc. I realize I would have to...

Several years ago, I built a small addition to my house. This addition also included extending the basement. my house had rock laid around the bottom and when I extended the basement, I peeled all the rock off, which wasnt easy by the way. I had saved that rock all these years and since the only...

BIL called me up a little while ago to discuss building a windmill water pump to keep his stock tanks full of water. He had mentioned this project about a year ago and has already built the windmill. He used 8 plastic 55 gal drums cut in half with the halves stacked on top of each other and...

Cant really blame anyone other than myself. When I got out of the landscaping business about 15 years ago. I left a lot of my equipment sit around rusting. Since I have stopped working, I started dragging some of that equipment out of the weeds and seeing if I can get it running again. Cant...

I started this thread in the Ventrac section, http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/ventrac/367478-ventrac-42oo-tubo-diesl-driving.html. I thought I might get a little more feed back here. If you read thru the original thread, I was able to pretty much fix the electrical and hyd oil problems. My...

I have a very old, 4200 with the tubo diesel that I bought newback when they where unheard of. Not even sure of the model year I have had it so long. Anyways, a couple or three years ago the charging system stopped working. I figured it was the alternator and parked it in the shed until I had...

A buddy called me up this morning saying he was cleaning out a old shop of a deceased friend. Said there was a welding table, 3x4 with 1/2in top with a 8in Allied vise mounted on it. Said I could have it for $100. Of course I jumped all over it, even tho I havent seen it, and will be going to...

I have a 346xp husky chainsaw with a hole in the oil (chain oil),tank. It seems somewhere sometime, someone put the wrong screw in the handle and it wore a hole in the oil tank. If the tank was aluminum, I would just clean it up and tig the hole shut, but it is made out of magnesium or a...

I have ran across a manifold/accessory block I cant find any info on. The valve is a parker, cse c132a. Block has some sort of flow control and is used to connect hydraulic tooling to using QC. There are three connections, one 10gpm flow, and two 5gpm flows. currently on has the connections...

Seems like the harder I try, the more mistakes I made. I was cutting out the blade for my wood processor, measured it a dozen times, and still cut it wrong. I was cutting 3/4 plate to use for the wedges and managed to cut one 1/2inch to short. Each plate is supposed to be 15in long and then...

Been trying to spot weld up a bunch of pieces on my wood processor build. Was having a terrible time and took me a while to figure out what was going wrong. Every weld was porous, wasnt getting any pentration, Wire sticking in the gun. Couldnt figure it out. Tried turning up the argon, (75/25)...

Went over to see the new house my brother bought today. Place had 3 shop buildings. Did a little looking around and found this in the weeds. Two all steel saw horses top is 2.5x4in Ibeam, legs angle iron. Dragged them out of the weeds and hauled home. Then made a little trip to the metal supply...

Ok, I will admit, I am not the best hydraulic engineer. I have just enough sense to ask for advise. I just need opinions and suggestions on my proposed hydraulic setup. I was going to try and draw it out in Autocad, but the software I downloaded is buggy and wont display the symbols correctly...

I have one of the older miller 625 plasma cutters, 220v only. I have been thinking about getting a machine torch for it so I can use it on my home made track torch. Miller is proud of there machine torches, but I have found this torch, P 80 Panasonic Plasma Cutting Torch Complete Straight...

I have worked with hydraulic equipment all my life. I thought I had a handle on the basics. I learned how to trouble shoot and repair most of the equipment I worked with. I knew enough about those systems to know there was a lot I didnt know about them. The old equipment was pretty simple...

I am wnating to combine the flow from two hydraulic pumps to make one flow. P1 will provide flow, 30gpm, for one function before combining with P2 flow, also 30gpm to make 60gpm flow for another function. I Plan on running P1 thru a 4way control valve with Power beyond. I realize while operating...

I have a parker v70, model v70-248-G, air shift and lever shift control valve. I got the valve out of a scrap bin but it is a new valve never been mounted on anything. Supposely the valve is open center, but i have been also told it is a closed center. Both fellows telling me this should know...

I have been thinking about getting a cnc plasma table for a few years now. When I first started looking the machines where $10grand and I just couldnt justify the purchase, but prices seem to be coming down quite a bit now. While i dont plan on making a business with the machine, it would be...

I thought i would just post a link to a little plasma cutter I found while playing oon the web. I dont know if this machine is big enough for anything, but I thought some might like to see it. PLAZMARC ESP150 DUECE PACK PLAZMA CUTTER SYSTEM 150HRS WELDER TORTCH CUTTER AIR - RAILIRON--USED...

Sitting around trying to research hydropower . My wife and I are about to start building our retirement home. Shes wanting a small house, 600sqft or so. I aint buying it and am thinking 900sqft or so. Anyways, we do have a small creek on the property with about 75ft of head. I will have to bury...

My son asked me to drill some holes in a couple of ferro fire starting rods last nite. I wish I had thought of taking a camera with me while doing it. Just to say the light show was impressive. I had reservations about doing this as I didnt know how well the drill would penetrate and would the...

Well, today I decided to do a little maintenance to my splitter. The big thing I really wanted to take care of was opening up the ports to the cylinder. I had bought a 5in bore cyl from Northerntool a couple of years ago that was supposed to have 3/4" ports. Well the ports are 3/4, but when you...

I have the opportunity to purchase a 1947 brown and Sharpe Vertical mill at a extremely good price. Problem is it needs 3phase power and of course I dont have that and couldnt even afford to have it ran to my shop. I contacted a manufacturer of one of those Box converters, which at first look...

been trying to figure out how to drill a 2in hole, 12inches deep in some round stock. I have a lathe, but no drill bit that size. Dont have a drill bit that will reach that far except for some aircraft bits, 3/8 I think being the larges size. Thinking about making a drill bit extender and...

Been trying to figure out how much weight I can lift using 4x4x0.250 sq tube. All those online calcultors and formulas just confuse me so I will ask here. The tube is going to be used as the root boom of a knuckleboom loader. Tube will be 8ft long with a fixed pin at one end and cylinder...

For years i have pretty much did all my own welding. As age creeps up on me and old Arthur taking my mobility, I have been thinking about just hiring someone part time to help me finish a few of my projects. Now i aint never been a top notch welder, but I have been trying to come up with some...

I am getting ready to build my knuckleboom and thought I had everything figured out, until I decided to actually start. My thoughts are to weld the cyl braceing to the hub of the 48,000rear axle and let the hub be my swivel point for the boom. Not sure what kind of metal the hub is made from. It...

I need to make a cutting table for my every growing desire to burn things up. I usually just hang what ever I need to cut up on some blocks, hang off the tail gate, or what ever. Been know to use a saw horses and a piece of plywood as a table. What I need help with is the size of the slats and...

I always wanted a track torch. The older I get, the more my hands shake, and the uglier my cuts get. I looked for a used one for a while but didnt like the prices of a complete setup. Looked for just the torch itself without the track, but was afraid of what ebay had to offer in the used torchs...

Easy answer, just get a pump with proper flow. Never one to do things the easy, or smart way, so here is the question. I have two identical pumps, same brand, same flow, same pressure. Neither pump is big enough by itself, but together they would provide the correct flow rate. Whats the easiest...

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Been fighting my elcheapo Carolina bandsaw for 2 days now. Havent had much problems with it cutting small metal, but I cant get it to cut straight on 8in stuff at all. Cutting a 1x8 piece of steel, steel turned edge up, It gets about a blade width out of square by the time it cuts thru. Watching...

I am finally getting around to starting my firewood processor build but cant decide how thick of metal to use to build the 12way splitting wedge. Wedge design is similar to this one Huge Wood Splitter - 200 Ton - YouTube, but only a 4way split in the center section instead of 6way. I have 3/4x8...

I have ran across a 6068jd engine, only 150hrs on meter. engine I think came out of Katrina, but not certain. Anyways, the engine had the injector pump stolen and has set inside a open shed for several years. I tried to turn it over using a 4ft bar, but it didnt budge. Right now the engine is...

I am looking for plans on building a knuckleboom loader. I am wanting something like a Farmi or Farma to mount on a trailer. I have found only 3 on Utube and nothing searching the net. I was going to convert a backhoe attachment to a loader, but it weighed 3000lbs and a fellow drove in the yard...

I have ran across a 6068tf250 diesel engine, serial#PE6068T251002. Engine has 114hrs and came off a standby generator. Problem is, somebody stole the injector pump off of it. I can get the engine for scrap prices. It is complete, alternator, starter, turbo, muffler, everything but the injector...

Seems lots of folks, and I am including myself, need help sticking two pieces of metal together. Nobody wants to have to weld it twice, but just dont know what it takes to make a weld strong. This isnt limited to wire, stick or tig. And shouldnt have anything to do with 120v or 220v. Just a list...

Just wondering if anybody has ever ran a few feet of wire off there mig machines to do a small tig job. I ran out of regular tig rod and thought about trying some mig wire, solid wire not the flux core. Was running practice beads on 16guage carbon steel using 1/16rod, and 1/16 tungsten when I...

I had noticed my Kubota zeroturn,, 23.5hp, had been using some oil. It takes me 3 hrs to mow everything and it would always be down about a 1/2 quart when I finished. Mower is 10 years old, bought used and had a life as a commercial mowing machine. No telling how many hours on this engine, so I...

I have been thinking about buying a small 110v welder to make a scratch start tig rig out of. This will be used for very thin carbon and maybe some thin stainless tig welding. I have a 250amps stick tig rig already, but it isnt exactly portable. I just need something I can take with me, doesnt...

Had a little project to do today and needed a little heat. Turned on the tanks and was just getting ready to strike a flame and heard a little pop and air blowing. Oxy hose had blew a hole. Hose looked like it had a small burn spot in it and since these hoses are about 10-12 years old, I figured...

Looking at what I think is a commercial-hydraulics brand two section pump. Pump is on a old uh07-3 hitachi trackhoe, but I dont think it is the original pump. A lot of things are not original on this old machine. Anyways, the numbers on the pump are p75x342b1120 2bIL151, another number is 48403...

I have been looking for a valve with a return detent to use on my wood processor I am building. Plans are 2 cylinders and 40gpm flow. I found this valve, 3WAY DETENT, 4 WAY 4WAY (403D44PB) | Welcome to Buyers Products Company and am wondering if it will work like the smaller 25gpm prince valve...

I have been collecting parts to build a wood processor for a couple of years now. If I had stuck to my original plan, the darn thing would be built by now, But! Gathering parts on the cheap is sometimes hard to do, but patience and no urgency means I can wait to find all the parts. I am...

I recently traded for a older model Carolina bandsaw. It will cut 14x8 and uses 1in wide blades. I dont have much in it as i took it in on a trade, but I am having a problem with it cutting Sq. Cutting flat plate, laid flat, it does a good job, but widest thing I have cut has been 8in. I can...

Trying to figure out how to plumb this circuit. Will be pumping 30gpm, but wish to split this flow between a hydraulic motor (25gpm) and a hydraulic cylinder (5gpm). The 25gpm will come off the valve and go to a electric selenoid valve with a relief set at 1800psi. The cylinder will need to be...

Whats it worth. All I have seen is a picture. It appears to have the Onan 16-18 hp engine. 8000 watt generator, Supposed to only have about 250 hrs on it and stored in a basement. Pic isnt clear, but looks like some sort of small trailer, just big enough for welder to sit on and it has some...

I finally got around to hooking up the idealarc 250/250 stick tig machine a few wks ago. I Had the tig torch hooked up and had been practicing tigging some thin stainless. Anyways, I needed to stick weld a tator plow i was building for a friend, so I remove the tig torch and connected the stick...

Does anybody know of or where to find a auto cycle valve that is rated for more than 25gpm of flow. I am wanting 30-30gpm for a twin cylinder setup, 2-4inch cylinders working side by side, or maybe one 6in cylinder.

First off, My ventrac tractor does not have a pto or 3pt hitch in the rear. I am wanting to buiod some sort of wheeled tater plow to simply tow behind the tractor. My ideal is to mount a axle to a middle buster and just pull it thru the row to plow the taters out of the ground. I built a...

A friend offered me a 175 lincoln welder the other day for $150. Says he bought it from a guy that ran over the gun with his truck tire. Since buying it, he has replaced the gun and liner. The machine is supposed to look like new and he has been using it to run flux core. He does have the guages...

Buddy bought a dodge truck that refuses to run. While original owner was driving truck, oil pressure gauge started jumping from zero to 50, just bouncing up and down. Engine died, but would crank back. Took truck to dealeship and they claimed engine was blown, I am very sceptical about this, but...

A while back i was told about this machine. It used to belong to my SL dad whom passed away several years ago. I finally got around to taking a look at it. Welder did run, but has sat around inside a leaky shed for several years. It is a older machine, flat head engine. Currently the motor is...

Got a gift of a magnatek 40amp converter charger but dont really have a need for it. Since a buddy of mine has been trying to stick weld some very thin stainless with my borrowed tombstone, which only goes down to 35 amps, and seems to burn more holes than weld. I got to thinking why not try the...

I have a friend that wants to stick some very thin stainless tube together. Sheet metal thin. I thought about trying to tig it for him but since I aint really practiced to much with the tig, we thought we might just try silver soldering instead. Question is, what grade of silver solder to use...

I have been thinking about this for a little while so yesterday I stopped by the welding supply to find out if It can be done and what is needed to do it. Man I talked to was a good guy, but the person I needed to talk to wasnt there. Figured I could get the advise I needed here so here goes...

I recently swapped in a 5in cylinder in place of the 4in one I had on my wood splitter. I also added a 28gpm 2stage pump. My splitter valve is rated for 25gpm and hoses and fittings are #12jic in 3/4npt ports. So i know at max flow my valve is probably a little undersized but I dont run the...

I have been gathering parts for my firewood processor and am about to build the saw. The only pump I have available to test the saw motor with is my 28gpm 2stage on my current splitter. I eventually plan on purchasing a 30gpm pump just for the saw motor, but for now what I have is what I have...

Can anybody give me the full specs on the 22gpm pump from spliteze Hydraulic log splitter 2 stage pump I replaced the 4in cyl on my splitter with a 5in bore and of course this slowed down splitting speed considerably. I found the spliteze pumps for a pretty good price, but their web site doesnt...

I have been building a firewood processor off and on for about a year now. Buying used parts when i can find them cheap. Anyways, today i was at northertool and saw they had a 5inborex24inch stroke 3000psi cylinder for sale for $269. Its their nortrac brand. Anyways, I had planned on a 28gpm...

I have been looking for a cheap tractor to replace the one I sold a couple of years back. Last nite I was told of a MF165,with fel that is for sale.they are asking $1600. Tractor is running and all hydraulics work, but the clutch seems to be stuck. It will crank in gear and drive, but the clutch...

I am thinking about buying a air jack to use in the place of the pump handle jack on my pipe bender. I want to change my bender from and upright to the laydown type but dont know if the air jack will work laying on its side. Has anybody tried to use their airjack laying down instead of standing...

After reading this thread, http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/282805-potato-digger.html. I decided to see what kind of tater digger I could come up with. I have a old toybuilt horse tiller without and engine I think will be good to experiment with. the tiller tines are 21in wide...

This probably sounds strange since bushings are made to be replaced. What i have is a small swinging lift like you would find on the back of some service body trucks. Capacity is around 1000lbs. It has an electric winch for the actual lifting. Anyways, it was given to me after laying around in...

After a little cussing and a busted knuckle, I managed to get this thing loaded on my trailer. It was an impulse buy at a bargain price. My first intentions are to convert it to use aa a knuckelboom loader by removing the bucket and attaching a grapple. I am wanting something light enough to...

I ran across a old trencher with an air cooled deultz 4cyl engine. This thing has been sitting for a few years. I am wanting the engine for a project, but when I pulled the dipstick, it had a lot of grayish sludge on it. Since the engine is aircooled, I suspect the moisture is condensation, or...

I couldnt figure out the best place to post this, but figured you welders would have a good an ideal as anybody so here goes. I have located a 6610 ditchwitch that is going to be scrapped out. I looked it over and dont know why they are scrapping as it looks to have just been left behind with...

I have a rexroth hyd motor I need some more info on. There are 3 numbers on the tag attached to this motor. codice#7.003210001 serial# 1301569 028 data# w2311 Info I need is cuin displacment, max flow, max psi, and max rpms. I know this motor will run 3150rpms at 2150psi and 18.5gpm. This...

I am wanting to try to tig weld some copper pipe. It will be polished so i dont want to use anything like silver solder, or any of the other lead free solders or the phosphorous bronze rods. I am sort of new to tig and have been searching the internet for videos. What I have learned so far is...

I was on the Surplus center tech site trying to size a pump for my processor project. The calculator for force and speed gave me some weird numbers. The cyl is a 5.5in bore with 2.5in shaft. When I tried speed for 20gpm, I got extend of of 3.2sec and retract of 4.1sec and for 28gpm I got speed...

I am in need of flange or pillowblock type bearings, for a 7/8in shaft, that are capable of withstanding 6000-8000 rpms. I have been searching for spec's for the popular surpluscenter, tractor supply, northerntool varities and can seem to find a speed rating to go with the bearings they sell. I...

I have a friend that wants to sell his 1996 model Lincoln 250/250 stick tig welder. He bought the machine new but it hasnt hardly ever been used. Set in the corner of the shop covered for years. Machine looks like new. It comes with 50ft of welding lead, tig leads and air hose, foot pedal, some...

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I am looking for the proper name of a valveing system that will control 3 functions with just the pull of one lever. This type of valve is used on firewood processors to operate the logclamp, saw cylinder, and saw motor, with just the pull of the main controlvalve lever. The valve recieves full...

I have one of the first ventrac tractors made. Hydrostatic, closed system. Lately, it has started puking oil back out the tank vent tube while running and will keep dumping the oil until the hydraulic level gets so low it wont operate. I havent started to trouble shoot to see whats causeing this...

I have one of the first ventrac tractors made. Hydrostatic, closed system. Lately, it has started puking oil back out the tank vent tube while running and will keep dumping the oil until the hydraulic level gets so low it wont operate. I havent started to trouble shoot to see whats causeing this...

I am wanting to build a bandsaw mill to saw my own logs for my retirement home. I have watched about every video about bandsaws on youtube and its seems to me to be a pretty simple build, but I have a few questions. One of my concerns is chooseing the right wheels for the band to run on. I have...

I have been thininking about buying a plasma table for a while now. When I first started looking, a hobbiest machine started at around $10,000 for a complete system, including software. After taking a second look, it seems prices might be comeing down a little bit. Maybe now is the time to take...

I have a fuel tank off a piece of equipment I want to modify for another piece of equipment. The filler neck is thick wall steel, maybe 3/16, and has no provisions for a cap. Tank is welded steel, not stamped sheet metal. The original design used a rubber hose to connect of the cap. I am...

I am building a splitter and wanting to use valves I already have to reduce cost. What i have is a 25hp Kholer engine, 11gpm Vickers Vane pump, Log splitter valve, https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=9-1262&catname=hydraulic splitter valve with ¾ ports. I am putting a hydraulic cylinder...

I am in the process of building a splitter with a moveable wedge. The blade is 24in tall in the full up position. I intend to put the 4way where it will be below the hbeam flange when all the way down, but will be 12 in high when fully up position. This way, I can split small rounds in half, or...

I ran across a 5inch bore cylinder today I thought would be good for a wood splitter. The cyl is a tierod type with the 4 long bolts running down each side to hold the caps on. Since the cyl needed to be shortened by 16 inches, I dismantled the cylinder and discovered the tube wall was only...