[AT] Ford 5000 Hydraulic lift cylinder

Cecil R Bearden crbearden at copper.net
Wed May 2 06:48:23 PDT 2012


Charlie:
Can't fix the old unit, that price is exchange...
Cecil


On 5/2/2012 8:33 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Cecil,  that sounds like the best plan to me!  It'll get you back to work.
> Then if you can fix the old unit later when you
> have time maybe you can recover most of your money.  Good luck with it.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cecil R Bearden
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 8:07 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Ford 5000 Hydraulic lift cylinder
>
> 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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