Fixing hole in side of block

L35

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L35/TL720/BT900/York rake/Valby chipper
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I feel like with an extension or 2 on a 3/8” ratchet you could of got to that bolt on your starter without the need to remove your exhaust manifold, no?
 
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joesmith123

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formal introduction to your new best friend, reflection, burp of your earth



@L35

with the loader rails and everything in front of you, it is very tight to get that top bolt without taking off exhaust

you have no room in there, the bolt is stripped, it is just easier on your heart to do it this way

yes you are right though, if you had proper extension and angle adapter etc, you would have been able to get starter off without removing exhaust

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reflection: the molten bracket complex that kept snapping in half is no longer snapping in half

the bracket that you pump $50 or more of magic gas turning it into one entity, is magically staying

show me one person that believe that it is staying put? you can't believe it as you type it

you are talking about the rear bracket you melted the rebar/nails into, and you melted it together with the bracket that hold your fender

what you did yesterday and it somehow did not break:

you were LUGGING earth from the high point to the low point with puddles, in LOW gear, bucket all the way,

with insane MIGHT, you robot staying structurally sound, for hour and hour, diesel engine singing, calming down your heart

your suspicion: the rear bracket has less stress on it when your front support (that you melted the wheel spacer into) is intact, and since all the point of your loader connecting to your tractor are intact,

it spread the stress across all the mounting point, causing none of them big stress to break them

lesson: soon as one support break, DO NOT keep running it or you will snap your robot in half

underestimate you not how much might you need for your robot to lug around your realm and how much stress it cause on your steel structures

all your magic trick holding that hold your loader to the tractor, but the only magic trick that broke is your FEL valve

later today:

melt you a long steel rod/bolt/something across where your FEL valve weld keep snapping,

the longer the better, since it will spread the stress

you try to narrate this for the audience, that you cannot just melt 2 entity and expect them to stay intact, NO

where your weld break, you need spread the stress, and connect the 2 entity couple inches away from the breaking point (later you see what you mean with picture)

also you never got a proper formal introduction to your new best friend,

in few hour, you get a narrative that has been brewing in the bowel of your earth, deep inside your earth, coming to the surface, your new best friend , wait til you hear it