yes, reinstall orange parts, get L295 attach to its freshly painted loader, and other many tiny task
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ton of task going through your mind: fix the seat, put on the fenders, take off steering wheel, reinstall the dash and components, cant put the hood on because I need access to the decompression lever, somehow fix that later on so you can put the hood on,
simplify plan and be practical:
fix the seat, put on the fenders, put on all wheels and get it off block, raise the loader, get L295 attach to the loader,
then at that point you can do ton of task including:
hydraulics for loader, put the hood and maybe salvage the decompression mechanism, maybe move my switches from the diesel tank to the dash, put the exhaust hanger,
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grind down sharp plastic, focus on the bolts and alignment,
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grind down seat, hit with compress air, got 2 or 3 bolt on the seat more straight, good enough for now, put towel over it, keep show moving
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install fenders, seat no longer sharp, all it needed was 5 minute grinding wheel
put on all 4 wheel, get L295 off of block, lift up on loader, ease L295 into position to get bolted to its loader...
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get the wheel on, lift up on tractor, take out all blocks, she back on her feet
dont scratch paint too much when putting wheel back on
assess the charging/hillbilly ignitiioin situation, get her started, go get her connected to the loader
i wish bx1500 was not fully seized, I would lift up and down on loader using its 3 point hitch,
as I get L295 chassis bolts to line up with the massive freshly painted loader
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small win: the hillbilly ignition work. It killed the battery, recharged it, and started without a jump, and
seat actually comfortable in the state it is in
move L295, line it up with rails on loader
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rails have to be lifted where I point to clear chassis,
lift up on the rails using cheap jack, get over the hump, move L295 forward, drop loader rails, align all bolt hole, get bolts in there
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keep lifting up on loader until axle goes past the brackets, then drop the loader, move L295 forward, line up front bolt holes, then rest of bolt hole
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wrestle around in the dirt getting blocks in place, get up maneuver L295 slowly forward, get back in the dirt, lift up on certrain areas, almost got bolts lined up
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somehow got 2 bolt in one corner, lift up on bucket with cheap jack, get your dolly underneath, now
use dolly to pull left/right, use cheap jack to lift up/down, get your bolts in, make sure you put washer, fasten them tight
Finally got the six bolt that hold front of loader, and got a mock bolt into the four corners holding onto tractor
this task take way more out of me than all the engine/piston/gear work,
underneath machine, covered in dirt, one wrong move and you injure yourself especially head,
in the dirt, dragging blocks all over, going deep underneath to fasten a bolt, dont forget a single detail or you wear yourself out from too much motion
unable to move single muscle, covered in dirt and kubota orange, narrative ask:
"now you see how deep you were in that engine and how much work it take to get to it?"