I can't believe my idea for installing the rotary swing cylinder actually worked. :idea The hardest part was figuring out how to pick it up vertical. I tried to hammer on a wrench to loosen one the cap bolts but with no way to hold the thing it wasn't budging. I put a choker strap around it and got it semi vertical but it was tilted, so then I took a tie down strap from the chain on the engine hoist to the ear for the brace and got it to lift real close to vertical. I bought a couple lengths of readi-rod and cut them in half to give me 4 18" line up studs. I threaded these into the mounting holes for the cylinder. Once I got the rotary cylinder started on the studs, I could take the hoist right off. I was able to push the top then the bottom in and just turned the nuts to hold it in place. For about the last 6" I had to use a wrench on the nuts but they pulled it in easily. I just had to pry up very slightly to get the bottom locating dowel lined up. There were 2 locating dowels around 2 of the bolts. It took about 2 hours total but probably 40 minutes was spent trying to figure how to lift it without loosening the cap bolts. I was very pleased it went so smoothly. Not very often but sometimes I come up with a good idea.:cool:
The problem I have now is starting the cat. I had to use 2 vehicles to boost it to get it started. The battery by itself showed 12.64 volts but would barely click. Even when boosting and letting it charge for a long time the volts came to 13.3 but barely turned it over. Finally got it going and it showed 14.9 volts so the alternator was charging. The ammeter showed it charging but after running for about 15 minutes the ammeter just stayed at zero. I noticed a leak so shut if off to fix the leak. The leak was just a loose fitting for one of the loader lines, easy fix. I went to start the cat and it was just dead again. I had 12.58 volts at the starter but it went down to about 2 .5 when the starter button was pushed. I had the battery checked last year and they said it had 1100 cranking amps. In the winter it started right up when boosted. The battery is old but could a bad battery show over 12 volts or does it sound more like the cables could be a problem? I've heard some people run a ground cable right to a starter bolt? I was boosting at the starter and the battery. I had the starter rebuilt less than 50 hours ago so I don't think it's the problem. Any advice is greatly appreciated. It's always something.:cussing
The problem I have now is starting the cat. I had to use 2 vehicles to boost it to get it started. The battery by itself showed 12.64 volts but would barely click. Even when boosting and letting it charge for a long time the volts came to 13.3 but barely turned it over. Finally got it going and it showed 14.9 volts so the alternator was charging. The ammeter showed it charging but after running for about 15 minutes the ammeter just stayed at zero. I noticed a leak so shut if off to fix the leak. The leak was just a loose fitting for one of the loader lines, easy fix. I went to start the cat and it was just dead again. I had 12.58 volts at the starter but it went down to about 2 .5 when the starter button was pushed. I had the battery checked last year and they said it had 1100 cranking amps. In the winter it started right up when boosted. The battery is old but could a bad battery show over 12 volts or does it sound more like the cables could be a problem? I've heard some people run a ground cable right to a starter bolt? I was boosting at the starter and the battery. I had the starter rebuilt less than 50 hours ago so I don't think it's the problem. Any advice is greatly appreciated. It's always something.:cussing