Re: Hymac 580BT 1969
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:22 pm
Well it has been a while since I posted any progress with my machines; the main reason was my new job which has put a temporary halt to my chances to get up there, however they have been shutdown for the main summer holiday these last two weeks, so I got a chance to get up there on each of the Thursdays.
Last Thursday was a disaster where I worked hard and quickly accomplished nothing I went up there today with no plan as such but was determined not to come away without accomplishing at least one job on one of my machines.
One irritating job that has needed doing on the 580BT was that there is a crack in the undercarriage tub, these are quite common and a previous owner has splattered weld on the tub like its going out of fashion, the tub had cracked along this weld, additionally they have welded on a towing eye which I could not face grinding off.
I dug the crack out with my angle grinder and would have had a bash at welding it myself but Andrew kindly MIG welded this for me after which I ground it down a bit , then cleaned it off and primed it, then top coated it, job done, so at least today I got one useful job done, result.
I'm not too sure if you will see the crack on the photos or not?
Jeremy
Last Thursday was a disaster where I worked hard and quickly accomplished nothing I went up there today with no plan as such but was determined not to come away without accomplishing at least one job on one of my machines.
One irritating job that has needed doing on the 580BT was that there is a crack in the undercarriage tub, these are quite common and a previous owner has splattered weld on the tub like its going out of fashion, the tub had cracked along this weld, additionally they have welded on a towing eye which I could not face grinding off.
I dug the crack out with my angle grinder and would have had a bash at welding it myself but Andrew kindly MIG welded this for me after which I ground it down a bit , then cleaned it off and primed it, then top coated it, job done, so at least today I got one useful job done, result.
I'm not too sure if you will see the crack on the photos or not?
Jeremy