[AT] Case 580D Questions

[Matthew]

Hi Folks,

Last summer I bought a used Case 580D backhoe.  After I changed a couple of
hoses on it, it served me well all of lasst summer.  No major problems.
This summer I had a bit of a major problem.  I am surprised that I did not
hear any of this starting to happen, but the exhaust on the thing is right
up in front of you... What happened was I was digging a stump out, and I
lost all hydraulics.  My first thought was I lost enough fluid to make it
quit.  That was not the case.  On the first examination I found one of the
problems, the hydraulic pump had fallen off.  The two bolts that hold it
on had elongated and ripped through the ears on the pump.  I thought I could
fix that with through bolts, dn you sort of can.  Only the problem is deeper
then that.  It seems most of the bolts holding the front face on the motor
had rattled loose and the whole face of the motor is now rotated about 3
degrees.  This mashed the pump against the frame, and caused the pump to
fall off.

At this point in time I have one more bolr that is holding the front of the
motor on that is givign me all kinds of &^&^)$ and one of the bolts that
holds the female piece the splined on the pump goes into is broken.  It
looks like this had been worked on before.  So now I need to take the front
off the motor, take the piece that intefaces to the pump out and see if
I can get somebody to get the fastener out.  This is going to be a while in
happening.  I have a bunch of questions..

1) If I take the pump all the way off, is there a process that can re-fill
and re-drill and tap the holes in the ears?  That seems to be the prefered
way to mount it.

2) All of the cylinders are starting to fall "open" as it failed in use and
could not be moved at all.  Is there anything I can or shuold rub on the
exposed parts of the cylenders to keep them from pitting?  I was thinking
somethign like vasoline perhaps, or even just a good rub down with hytran
every so oftten.

3) will this project ever end?  This has to be the most miserable thing I
have ever had the pleasure to work on.  FOlks who wrench on these for a 
living have my complete respect!

--Matthew