Nasty little weld job today. Q

jon f mn

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Jeff asked me to come over and help him replace a hydraulic line on his White 2-85. It was the feed line for the power steering. This is the line that was leaking, it had rubbed on the frame where it passed through.

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You can't even see where it goes up from the outside, but here is where it comes up in the cab.

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It attaches to the steering motor here.

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There was no way that line with the bends would go down the hole or back up. Looked to us like you would have to lift the cab yo get it out and back in. I was able to get it out far enough so I could see it and the line was in nice shape except for the rubbed part and made thick so I thought I could weld it.

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Dang it! Posted before I was finished. Sure wish we could get the edit feature back.

Anyway, I could see the crack, but there wasn't room to get in there with a helmet on the see and weld so I had to do it blind. So I just hit it with some spot welds til the whole area was covered so I didn't burn through.

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Got it to seal the first time, that is pretty hard to do with mig because the oil in the line lots of times makes pin holes in the weld. Anyway, we got it all back together and it does t leak, so that's a good days work as dad used to say. Even covered the line with a piece of rubber so it shouldn't rub through again. Anyone recognise where the rubber came from?

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Jon, Good job, I spotted this 2-85 Saturday. I was told it hit a tree! Think you could weld it back together? That was not where the accident happened it was dropped at the farm with a roll off.
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Given enough budget and facilities to work in, yes I could. I doubt it would be cost effective tho. Lol
 
Jon, I got to using this shield yrs. ago in places my head and full helmet would not fit, doing body work. It is the only thing I use any more, better for mig than stick. even auto darkening. Huntsman face saver headgear with Fiber-metal USA face shield.
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Yeah, I use just the screen sometimes when I can't fit. But I'm this case not even just my head would fit. The first pic showing the line there is no way Icould see it, had to stick my phone in there and take a pic and look at the pic to see it.
 
I did some welding over the weekend, these 75 yr. old eyes sure not what they used to be. I did have one place I could not get to and kept my eyes behind the gun. I haven't had a flash in a long time. Got my first one at about 12-14 yrs.old helping dad weld up hog shades, reflection off of Studebaker truck door.
 
You could have used a "bite-type" compression union and avoided the aggravation of welding blind and the risk of fire.

Easy to get on-line and a decent hydraulic parts place will carry them in a variety of sizes. NOT real expensive, either.
The EASY way
 
garden hose? the jon f-mn rubber tubing chafe preventer and funny bone tickler corporation produces that model in the millions.
 
Thanks for that, I'll keep it in mind for the future. But in this case it wouldn't have worked because there was only just barely enough room for the line. No way that fitting would fit where the line went through.
 
DeLaval would be proud.
Be careful though, if the power steering suddenly starts pulsating! ;-)
 
Ah, Ford used those things on the power steering lines under the hood on my 5200. Not so happy with the way they come undone in my case..... NH dealer charged a lot more for one than your link.....

Paul
 

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