[AT] Ford 5000 Hydraulic lift cylinder

[Cecil R Bearden]

I might be able to make a tap or find one, then build up the broken part 
with spray metal, then bore and tap it.  I have done this with cast iron 
before, but the spray metal powder is now as high as gold!!!   I found a 
complete top deck for $650, I think I will just chicken out and buy 
it.   I have about 70 acres of sweet clover that is needing cut and a 
lot of other things that are pressing right now, and just do not have 
the time.  This was a tractor I was trying to sell....
Cecil in oKla



On 5/2/2012 5:55 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Cecil,  there is a place about an hour from here that rebuilds hydraulics
> for a living.
> That is all they do.  I wonder if they would work on an oddball piece like
> yours
> and if there is a similar place anywhere near you?
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve W.
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 5:45 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Ford 5000 Hydraulic lift cylinder
>
> Cecil R Bearden wrote:
>> I would do that, but there is only 3/16 in. metal from the threads to
>> one side of the mounting boss.  There is a control valve bore behind it
>> 1/2 in deep.  It is an oddball thread, and the sleeve that threads into
>> it is expensive.  There is not a lot of room to do much and the top of
>> the mounting boss must be within 0.010 of what is was before to work
>> right....
>>
>> Really just a very poor design.  And these guys did not have Autocad to
>> blame the stupidity on!!!
>>
>> Cecil in Okla
>>
> Sounds like it would be a challenge. Could still be done though. I have
> welded up cylinder heads and blocks with similar tolerances.
> Not fun but it could be done. Probably best to use a TIG. Might need to
> cut the metal back then weld it up and machine it back, sort of the way
> you would do a crankshaft.
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