Ed's 77 Terex 72-41 Wheel Loader

[mountainguyed67]

^^^hmmm.

This showed up yesterday, mine is a 3630-1.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Picked these up today, maybe I will have a working parking brake next trip.

 

[Snobdds]

I jealous you can make it up already. I am still at least a month and a half out before the snow melts at my place...

Are those new or just relined?

 

[mountainguyed67]

Relined, we have a place that will reline just about anything. My place is half the elevation of yours, our trails at about 9-10 thousand feet will not be accessible until about another month and a half either. I did not want something higher for that reason. I love the high country, but I will just have to be a visitor.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Finally got access to the steer cylinders. Pretty nasty, but cleaned up good. The steering wasn't perfectly centered. One side came out easy, the other side I fought with until I took the spool valve mounting bolts out. Then it came right out, just a little bit keeping it from moving. I had the cylinder seal kits with me, but brought them down to do at home. Better resources, and that way I only have to expend my energy up there on what has to be done up there. :dance1:

 

[mountainguyed67]

Also removed the steering manifold assembly, it was leaking. I figured I'd do all the steer stuff while the system is open. It was a bear to wrestle out of this little opening. Finally found an angle that worked, after trying others. The buckets show how BIG the thing is. And needless to say, it was a nasty mess.

 

[mountainguyed67]

I brought down the broken windshield and seal, already talked to my glass guy about doing it. I traced the pattern onto plywood in case the glass did not survive the trip down, it did though.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Also got the emergency engine shutoff cable installed, still need to put the stop on next time. I put the knob on the left edge below the dash.

 

[mountainguyed67]

The loader might come in handy to cart off these big round things. :tractor:

 

[Snobdds]

Good job on the hydraulics. It's a good skill to have.

That is what you need up there to maximize your work. I don't know what I would do without my equipment. I see guy trying to do it by hand and they always burn out. They end up giving up and either sell or just abandon ship. The guys that have equipment end up having a nice spread.