Excavator Main Hydraulic Supply Repair. DIFFICULTY 10/10. Case 170B.

[@FarmCraft101]

There are lots of different ways to do this job so let me answer some common questions. I thought about adapting at the bottom of the hydraulic tank down to 70mm and just running 70 from there to the pump. Problem with that is it adds more resistance to the circuit. Probably wouldn't matter, but it does add more resistance. And I still would have had to make an adapter as well as locate 70mm hose, so I opted to use both hose sizes, keeping the larger diameter until after the turn. This minimizes the additional resistance of the 70mm pipe. The hose I found in the UK was the same stuff I got from Poland. It wasn't the original part, just lengths of 70mm and 90mm hose, and would have resulted in the same job. Many people have said that I could have used marine exhaust hose. Maybe so, but I didn't find any that were rated for oil. I wouldn't want to risk a hose that might break down and fail. If there are some that are rated for oil and also wouldn't collapse, that would have been a great solution. This rubber hose is vulcanized just like a car tire, so you cannot heat and bend it to a different shape. I could have welded hard line the whole way, and maybe that would have been easier, but I really didn't want to try and weld to that pump flange, and possibly ruin it. I'm not sure what material it is made out of. And that still would have been a lot of work. I thought about getting an exhaust shop to make me an elbow, but there's nobody close to me that does that, so I would have had to drive at least an hour each way. I'd rather just make my own. Have an awesome weekend everybody!

[@carlinlentz6849]

Grande Marguerite

[@chrisoakey9841]

Remember to destroy the hardened layer you don't necessarily have to heat the pin the whole way through.

[@davidhamilton7628]

Good solution 👌 👍

[@archiemeche535]

they make the staneless steel hose for pneumatic tanks maybe that one

[@kevinblevins2612]

That last part was my comment Should have read your comment first 😂

[@kubaczek20]

Awesome video, glad I could be help in getting those hoses 😊 Le Large Marge will live on green pastures.

[@FarmCraft101]

Yep, you saved the day, brother!

[@goodboyringo9716]

Very nice of you to help out !

[@infango]

Aż miło że europe's little texas udzielił wsparcia ;)

[@Jacob-de-Veroveraar]

Hero! Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@kubaczek20]

@@infango Maly Teksas zgłasza się do pomocy 😃

[@MichaelFeagin0618]

@farmcraft101 I know ur prob gonna hate this but I work at a Caterpillar dealership in Georgia and while watching this video I found a part number for oil suction/return hose with an I.D. Of 88.9 mm that we have in stock.

[@danag6886]

That would have made a very boring video..... :P

[@peterantley]

What's the part number in case anyone else needs it?

[@CarryTheBoats]

Just told my girlfriend that we would have dinner in 1 hour, 1 minute and 25 seconds, because i have to watch that farmer guy, my favorite. «Oh yeah that guy, i recognized his voice». So now i will have a beer, watch my favorite youtuber do his thing and then i’ll eat tacos. Greetings from Norway🇳🇴

[@CC-lo1pg]

Fredagstaco!

[@CarryTheBoats]

@@CC-lo1pgYes!

[@dirtyroofer3678]

Howdy cousin parents from Tromso and oslo

[@Frank-Thoresen]

Hyggelig at vi er flere nordmenn her 😄

[@RAimotion]

@@Frank-Thoresen fjeldaber mener du vel :)

[@davej652]

I've been working in the industrial hose/hydraulic/fluid conveyance field for 10 years now. Next time you need something like that, I'd b happy to help. I'm also on the East coast.

[@susansu-p5o]

I am from China Seals Factory. Our company produces many types of hydraulic oil seals. If you are interested in our products, we can send you free samples so that you can learn more about our products.

[@00wiesio00]

Greetings from Poland, always happy to help if you need something

[@VegasEdo]

CEE: Sorry, no machining video this week. Jon: Enjoy the weekend Kurtis & Karen, I've got you covered!!!

[@martylost167]

Kurtis would have failed the welding, but for a farmer it's JGE.

[@qualitydirtmoving]

Fr

[@michaeldurling793]

To quote CB @ NBS welding " learn to work with what you've got and you'll always have everything you need " Jon, you just demonstrated the proof in that statement from the material to the tools and tooling. Ole large' Marge' never stops giving.

[@golfbravowhiskey8669]

Dang we use that hose all the time 3 1/2 inch ID. We use it here in the oil field for top drive drilling units drilling oil Wells. You can either purchase it from Wilson supply or directly from Stewart and Stevenson one of the largest equipment companies in the world when we get it it ships right out of San Antonio we purchase it in 40 foot rolls it runs about $10 a foot. It is the exact same hose you have sitting in front of you. Red label 150 psi working return hydraulic line.

[@Farmall450]

I figured it had to be available locally.

[@martylost167]

It's easy to get frustrated as you get older and the guy from Europe said " Hay, I can help!". Plus he just got his $5K turbo to put on.

[@clubberlang5593]

You do understand it's cheap because the company buys in bulk and most likely has a contract right?

[@golfbravowhiskey8669]

⁠@@clubberlang5593 no it's really that cheap, you can go into any oilwell supply house in the United States and get any of that high flow low pressure line ranging from 2 1/4 all the way up to 8 1/2 inch ID. I've probably got seven or eight pieces of it out in the junk pile behind my shop that I would've just gave him. Not to mention in that same oil well supply house they have stepped down necks of every size. But I mean I've been in that business for 30 years so I know it's readily available other folks not in that business would probably have a hard time locating it.

[@videodistro]

clubberlang5593... Apparently.you are here to teach him? If he knows the price, he knows how it is purchased.

[@kevinalexander7710]

10 minutes in to an hour long video and he’s already removed the bad part and sourced a new one. This is gonna be fun

[@ghf____]

Didn’t realize I clicked on Cutting Edge Engineering! So much lathe work! Great vid so far I’m halfway through

[@TonyLambregts]

As a regular watcher of both channels I wasn't surprised that the pin was induction hardened. Good idea to anneal the pin.

[@JustAlanJohn]

CEE are running a video this Friday having a rest day.

[@doriWyo]

I thought so, too. I wonder if Kurtis would approve of his work.

[@dazer123]

I love Fridays CEE AND FARMCRAFT 101 what more can a man need on a Friday

[@mygardenofthings]

Love both channels, my best way to start weekends! 😎

[@paulstanton1813]

Don't know if it has already been mentioned, but those pins are what is used to couple certain rail wagons together to form one unit. There is a 1.5mtr X 200mm square connecting bar with two holes either end. The bar sits in a recess with a receiving hole either end of the wagon. The pins goes threw the solid steel connecting bar and sit in this recess and then a 20mm steel plate is bolted up underneath the wagon to stop the pin from falling out. When we do maintenance on these wagons we remove these pins in order to gain access and service buffers, draw gear etc of each "intermediate" section of the whole wagon (the 2 wagons put together). They're induction hardened as they receive a huge amount of force when the locomotive pulls away from a standing stop. We call them wagons in the UK but I think the US calls them cars. Hope this helps.

[@MateuszChinalski]

I'm also from Poland and I watch your videos. Well done Kuba 😀

[@norbertdynia7649]

Like me, as we say: dobra robota Kuba!

[@robertpawlak]

😊

[@tigxxl]

A myślałem że jestem tu sam! Podziękowania dla Kuby, dzięki któremu mamy co oglądać 👍👍👍

[@robertogonowski9027]

Kuba dobra robota !!! Brawo !!

[@erik_dk842]

🇵🇱🇵🇱

[@earlhildebran1733]

Without your machining skills this repair would have been near impossible This is why I enjoy your videos so much. Your overall abilities in repairing, farm crafting and engineering is absolutely the best I have seen on the tube. Good work John.

[@Polanskitoo]

With cutting edge engineering taking a weeks break it was farm craft taking over on the lathe. First thing I did was shout out ‘it’s induction hardened ‘ … I held off the comments until the end . Great work . Thanks Jon

[@1soupasaurus]

I was going back and forth between induction hardened or high nickel content, but the way it drilled showed the difference.

[@smash_1389]

I was thinking the same for the same reason.. :) Going trough the comments to see if someone mentioned induction hardening while watching the video.. One can learn a lot of things on YT..

[@susansu-p5o]

I am from China Seals Factory. Our company produces many types of hydraulic oil seals. If you are interested in our products, we can send you free samples so that you can learn more about our products.

[@1932cheytruck]

John just a help hint for future , when testing any hyd you want pump the pumps to max strain (even though this was low pressure side) to do curl you bucket fold your arm in and boom in (will be folded and straight up in air) don't forget to reinstall the hose clamp that support the through bulkhead part of large hose

[@jeffallen3382]

Thanks to your patron who sent you that hose!

[@RuneLar]

If you stop paying attention when the welding starts, the parts you were making in your shop were on par with CEE Australia. But you also created a part that was EXACTLY to your customer's specifications down to the color. So great job.

[@geebsterswats]

Someone may have already mentioned this, but there are companies that act as a buy broker for companies that don’t ship overseas. You open an account and have your item shipped to the brokers facility in-country, then they will ship it to you anywhere in the world. I know it’s too late now, but keep it in mind if you run into this in the future. Those companies aren’t hard to find. Great video as usual so far! Had to stop and comment before I forgot

[@ClintsHobbiesDIY]

I'll say that's 100% fixed. Great job. I really like the trick hiding the key with the note. At 71 years old I can use that a lot. Cheers from the state of Virginia.

[@SimpleTek]

Commenting cause comments help the KZbin algorithm for you and I want your channel to grow so you make more of these awesome videos.

[@imouse3246]

Largess Marge. The gift that keeps on giving.

[@cv990a4]

Is there a major system that he has left unaddressed? I guess we'll find out.

[@_DinoREX_]

Just opened the video and hearing John pointing out that it was a real hassle after seeing last week's video with that manifold, it straight up gave me chills.

[@Denis-vk4vg]

Dear Jon, I've been following you for many years now... and it happens I'm also living in France (nobody's perfect😅). Anyhow, instead of Large Marge, I would suggest "la grosse Bertha". She used to be the biggest piece of artillery during WWI... She was also rhyming with trouble 😅.

[@susansu-p5o]

I am from China Seals Factory. Our company produces many types of hydraulic oil seals. If you are interested in our products, we can send you free samples so that you can learn more about our products.

[@opendstudio7141]

Well.. that was challenging on many levels. It’s ironic that this channel is built on your frustration with dealing with monumental challenges and developing an economical solution. Persistence is working. 👍😁

[@Charlee_and_Pipo]

.You're giving me lessons on everything, John. I think I'm going to move to your farm for a while to work for free, to learn. A hug

[@disparage1]

Ya know, doing something to this extent is difficult and daunting mentally and physically and emotionally. If no one has said it, I'll say it, proud of you. Good work.

[@MishterDale]

Thanks for using the pins, That was badass! Way cooler than using some pipe! My favorite things, Farm fixes and machining!

[@billiondollardan]

I know John said this was going to be a good video, but let's be honest, all of John's videos are good

[@william6526]

That has to be the cleanest piece of heavy equipment I've ever seen in my 55 years of operating trucks and heavy equipment. It makes it so much nicer to work on and a lot easier to see leaks or future problems.

[@nineteenandfortyone]

OUTstanding!!! It was great seeing you solve that problem. You probably couldn't have paid someone enough to perform that fix. Great Video!

[@removechan10298]

nailed it! love the safety measure of wrapping keys in paper with note, great engineering and problem solving, thanks for sharing

[@Dirkxke]

That is a very nice adapter you made. Looks like it came from the factory with it. I love the community you got going here, people from the metric side of the world sending you the hoses you need. 300$ including shipping and a tip isn't all that bad. Hose that size isn't cheap.

[@Glasgow_kiss]

bro's before hose.

[@prowled]

i feel for your frustration, and i absolutely identify with getting stuck on details when they don't matter. Good job getting to that solution though, it worked out real well!

[@bobwollard9105]

Jon, I continue to be amazed by your mechanical skills. Well done.

[@JCS1069]

Nice work thanks for filling my Friday machining gap with no CEE video today. Oh and one of the windows on the cab is cracked.

[@IrishDocmakes]

You had me in tears trying to figure out the material you were using (20 years manual machining, I remember those types of days). 😂😂😂 Great video as always.

[@laposs4154]

Oh yeah a helper from Poland. It's nice to hear the name of my country in your video :)) Waitin' for the next one

[@michaelvollmer9491]

In fact, your Adapter is the far most suitable Solution for the leaky Hose. It should be part of the original Construction of the Pump-Suctionline. But it is like always with Customer Problems. Sometimes the best Solution comes from the Customer, not from the Manufacturer. Great job 👍😎🇩🇪

[@scottmorse1798]

Im not surprised that a subscriber in Poland came to your rescue, when all was thought lost. The poles got a history of doin that.

[@Rafsan62]

Hi John, you have no idea how much I enjoy all your videos and handcrafts, really amazing. Thanks a lot for such a great effort effort.

[@lemecanodu354]

Hello Jon, I'm from France ! So, excuse my not perfect english. But to see an old Poclain excavator in the US is quite surprising for me ! Even here, the case/Poclain of this Era are mostly long gone in scrapyard. So finding parts are not simple too. In France, Poclain was consider by a lot, the best excavators, and they did a lot of other heavy equipements and hydraulic stuff. Love your videos, keep making them and have a nice day ! Tristan

[@NoMorePlz]

Your videos are a great start to the weekend, thank you for posting

[@richardphelan8414]

Nothing like having the necessary skills and equipment to do what John does, he is not your every day DIY person that's for sure ,while welding is not His forte ,machining most certainly is ,Well done sir ,well done

[@josephshultz6726]

Only eleven minutes in and can tell this will be a good one. Am anticipating some work on the lathe perhaps to fashion an coupler? Way to go Jacob to help keep the repair on track!

[@scapriglione8642]

Phenomenal, Jon! Nothing can hold you back! That adapter is not ugly - it’s pure beauty. The gremlins tried to “hose” you and you were all, “here, hold my beer.” Your confidence and abilities are inspirational. Hats off to you, Sir!

[@mattmccauley4059]

My Fiancé said; u know he can’t hear u saying “it’s induction hardened” right?… My reply; yes he can, it just takes a min for it to go through… and right about then is when u said it was induction hardened on the outside…. the timing was perfect, so her face was priceless!!!… lol I have more fun watchn ur videos than any other KZbinr buddy!!.. u get 4 seals up for this one!! 🦭🦭🦭🦭!!. lol

[@WhiteyTheIronMonger]

Good dudes helpin out good dudes around the world. Great episode!!

[@kevinglidden3734]

A farmcraft video and payday! How could the day get any better?

[@TomGarner99]

Nice work! I had a part time job for a rancher / heavy equipment operator in high school and college. That is very difficult but rewarding work. It motivated me to study harder and get an office job. 😂

[@CowboyDave07]

Been down that road before, but with 1-1/2" fuel line that necked down to 1" at the pump. Couldn't get replacement hose anywhere, unavailable online during 2020. I took off the flange and welded on a barb to increase the size to the same 1-1/2" on the tank. One size hose, no extra clamps or fittings to create additional points of failure. Had the machine back together the next day.

[@gaveintothedarkness]

14:10 Canadian here, we use both systems and often interchangeably!! Our tool sets like sockets and wrenches will often come with both metric and imperial

[@smca7271]

Welcome to the rest of the worlds joy in matching American hydraulic parts that are imperial,while we have metric....suction lines are such fun,but o so important to have right...love your work.

[@electrowizard2000]

I assume the case hardening was even, but when you turned it with the part tilted you removed the hardened layer asymmetrically. When I saw where you were filing I knew what was up - but it's much easier to back-seat-drive the lathe from the keyboard than to be in the moment though. Thanks for taking us on the journey with you again

[@Vladimir-hq1ne]

Granddad taught me you can cover the ends with shellac lacquer and see by the temperature the gradient of hardening when you are "heating" hardened syrface with the round cutter... Maybe that was a tale?

[@johnsweet8410]

Nice! I like the elbow idea. It makes reinstalling easier and will make replacement of the hoses in the future that much simpler.

[@JTCF]

Thank you for including metric conversions! Although I am slowly getting some intuition for imperial, metric is still the most familiar measurement for me. Love your vids!

[@benjamincresswell3713]

I don't know big Jon, a trip to a fairly large truck repair shop, preferably one that's been there a while, may have produced an exhaust pipe with the sweep elbow you were thinking of. Then make a reducer to weld on it. I went online and found several suppliers for large wire reinforced hose. One said 150 psi 4 inch X 4 feet for $185. Thanks for the trip down memory lane for annealing and lathing. I've not annealed much, but I do temper things occasionally. And I used to have an old lathe with a 15" chuck from Twist Drill in Rochester, Michigan. It had flat pulleys on the spindle for belts that went up to ceiling shafts. I had a multi size pulley with a "B" belt on a reversible 3/4hp electric motor to go on the flat pulleys. It was a fun piece of equipment. I couldn't grind ball threads on it like I did in a precision machine shop called 20th Century Machining in Sterling Hts. Michigan, where I worked one summer between semesters in college. I ground 16, 40 foot long ball screws, for moving carbon piles in and out of nuclear reactors. They went to Canada I believe I heard. But on my old turret lathe I cut a lot of car brake drums and rotors as well as spin a crankshaft once in a while for polishing the journals. My work at home was crude but good enough for who it's for, me. Thanks again, work safely in all your endeavors FarmCraft Jon. ben/ michigan ok trolls have at me.

[@Wordsnwood]

The message is that you need to get some Brits in your Patreon, so that one of them could have received the hose and passed it on. 😁 But then we wouldn't have this fun problem solving video.

[@ScoobyMaxC]

Don't worry, we're here! 🇬🇧

[@ehamster]

Yup, didn't need to be on Patreon. If you'd asked on KZbin I'd have helped you out with shipping from the UK.

[@EssGeeSee]

I’ll gladly do that for you. 🇬🇧

[@666sledgehammer666]

same - happy to help

[@edwardplant8742]

Same!

[@andrewd.1113]

A job well done! I am very impressed by your machining skills! You should give yourself a pat on the back! Your work is logical and methodical! Also, you have excellent Problem-solving skills!

[@Vampier]

I watched too much CEE Australia to know what was wrong the moment I saw those sparks :)

[@not.sure.yet.]

I was just thinking as I was watching this video. I started watching you back when you were making a Canon. It was a random KZbin suggestion many years ago. Thank you for the many many hours of entertainment, laughs, oh my gods, and so much more.

[@charleslamontagne983]

typically a frenchman would call her Grosse Bertha (literally fat Berha) a famous very large german cannon used to bombard Paris during the 1rst world war and a name often used for many big machines.

[@robertdavis6708]

I would have loved to Tig weld that piece for Jon. I know it was your deal but we could have made it a piece of jewelry . Great job, your root pass on the 30 degree flange was beautiful . I think you nailed it on the initial pass . Nice job .

[@kylebennett1928]

Now that was some "Cutting Edge Engineering"...

[@sambonefarmer9139]

Machining your own parts = next level, Large Marge never had it so good!

[@bigjarn]

Foreseeing the change from English to metric, I spent a month's pay on metric tools. I was a Brown & Sharpe Graduate. All my tools were B&S. I ordered all metric tools from Canada. Then, President R. Reagan canceled the change. My heart flipped. I again called the Canadian Supplier. Miraculously, they agreed to buy everything I ordered and pay me to ship them. Wow! I escaped unscathed, save for time and heavy breathing.

[@tutekohe1361]

*Reagan

[@bigjarn]

@@tutekohe1361 Yes thanks

[@GorgieGus]

That was an interesting solution to a difficult repair. Well done.

[@sstorholm]

That engineering is equal to what my mechanical engineering machine design professor once said: "If one of you idiots put an M7 bolt into your design and can't write a 3-page essay on why it had to be an M7 bolt, I'm failing you on the spot". They could have either fixed the valve or the pump end relatively easily or just made the exact part you made, but no, the intern who got that assigned had to spec a custom hose with an integrated reducer. I didn't even know that was an option that could be ordered.

[@watchinit6063]

sstorholm , My profession required me to learn the metric system. The USA and the UK are among the very few places that doesn't use metric. What a large number of Americans don't grasp is that the metric system is much easier, especially when dealing with fractional numbers.

[@havingfun-u4g]

@@watchinit6063 Uh most Americans do know it is easier. That doesn't magically make all the tools, parts, etc sold in America change to metric. It would cost billions if not trillions of dollars to switch at this point.

[@watchinit6063]

@@havingfun-u4g U-m-m-m, "most Americans" do not know that metric is easier, because "most Americans" don't know metric.

[@flyingarts6765]

Haha...my Peugeot is all M7 fasteners.

[@erik_dk842]

@@flyingarts6765 Volkswagen group : 7mm Allen key required for the brake caliper sliding pins.

[@anthonyhoult152]

Good morning John, and another enjoyable video and so can't wait to see her getting her teeth into some dirt. You said that you forget things, unless you did it off camera you forgot to fasten the support bracket back onto the frame 👍

[@joshsaxon4114]

Hey John, thats an EMD coupler pin, the top number is the part number.

[@tennif1]

The knuckle on a locomotive (the L shaped finger that couples together when 2 cars are hooked together) is attached to the coupler. The coupler goes to the locomotive and into the draft gear. This pin comes in from the bottom to hook the coupler to the draft gear (which is attached to the locomotive). This pin is behind the snowplow.

[@bexxy629]

​@@tennif1 I like your fancy train words train wizrd.

[@ThatPartsGuy]

The pins came from a bankruptcy auction of a locomotive rebuilder in SC. They would often use EMD center cab switchers for industrial rebuilds, among other models. I knew it was a coupler pin but couldn't figure out if it was part of the actual coupler or somewhere else on the loco. They were headed for scrap until I thought Jon might "need" them someday! 😂

[@joeromanak8797]

Well, you certainly showed that hose who was the boss! Kudos to your new best friend in Poland for stepping up with the material to make it possible. Once again, I enjoyed the lesson in problem solving. Keep up the good work! 🥸👍👀👋✅

[@JamKowalski]

Kuba Urbański dziękuję Ci za uratowanie tego odcinka. Lubię oglądać prace które wykonuje John. On ma naprawdę niesamowite pomysły jak wybrnąć z trudnej sytuacji. Cieszę się, że mogłeś mu pomóc. Wszystkiego dobrego!

[@yota87truck]

Thank you JACOB!

[@jackiebinns6205]

Omg Jacob Rabanski (sp) is the Man ! 😂 i benged the complete series in one day now im going to have withdrawl from lg. Marge 😂 and watching you do magic things without cursing 😂 From Nebraska 🎉

[@timhufnagel7462]

Next time you run into a problem like that. Call oil/gas field suppliers. They use those mud line hoses all the time.

[@robinleicester]

I couldn't help worrying about the pipe-clamp that was still unconnected at the end, but I am confident you have it in mind. Great repair and superb visuals.

[@orangetruckman]

These videos are proof that time travel exists. An hour goes by in a matter of moments!

[@BeFs]

Hi John! I commented earlier about having a closed down farm in Norway that me and my family (mostly me and my teenage son) use as a vacation home. You have inspired me so much that I have actually bought an old excavator! It’s a 78 model Schaeff HR26A, about 8 metric tons and a two cylinder Deutz engine that is very much similar to yours, only a lot shorter. Got it for about $1500 (+500 delivery), so that’s a steal. Just had it delivered this friday and a got to drive about six feet before one of the belts came off (didn’t like turning hard).. After a day and a half we finally got it on, after realizing that we had removed the wrong grease fitting for the tensioner, we just thought it had seized. We also tried pumping grease (into the wrong fitting) before picking it up to avoid this. Now I’m really looking forward to the winter staying in my shop and doing maintenance on this thing! It rattles a lot in all the right places, but the cylinders look to be in great shape. Luckily my son goes to trade/machining school and has access to a variety of equipment for fabricating metal parts. Your videos make me believe that i can manage this after learning both from your knowledge and your mistakes, thank you!

[@CroftWeatherman]

I am in the UK. Happy to ship something I can buy here to you, Dave

[@DansKoiPond]

Same

[@Jambeeno]

Really satisfying how you edit these & lay out your problem-solving. Thanks for another good watch! That chop saw became even more impressive in retrospect, considering that it seems to have cut through the hardened steel just fine.

[@bejay69]

Looking forward to how you replace the broken glass panels in the cab. I'm guessing they won't be available off the shelf.

[@2nickles647]

Correction, induction harden, shatterproof glass. 😅

[@bejay69]

@@2nickles647 🤣

[@tutekohe1361]

Metric, ISO.

[@bobkonigsberg6907]

Really nice job with that custom adapter!! I'm impressed by your adaptability and skill

[@garethjudd5840]

Large Marge is turning out to be the Elizabeth Taylor of Excavators. High Maintenance. 😂

[@pauljenkins2501]

An excellent, excellent video. Thank you. And to think that Marge now has a couple of hoses all the way from Poland.... Sometimes the internet and KZbin can be a force for good in this crazy world.

[@braddokken9191]

Large Marge- the perpetual content generating machine! The fix looks better than factory. Terrific video!

[@robertpeters9438]

I'm surprised the commutator sparks didnt ignite that thick rubber smoke. Great job as always.

[@2ddw]

When is he going to replace the glass? Those cracks are driving me nuts...

[@Rasputin-p4e]

Easy. Are yer femelle? Don't gone nuts. Where's yer balls. That glass is tempered. Not dangerous. It's a strange comment. Drove nut over a crack..

[@ideallogic]

We know one thing for 110% : Farmcraft Dude has 101 skills !! Awesome , simply awesome ...

[@reallydonotdo]

I picked up 5 of those from the dollar store.

[@FarmCraft101]

Darn! I didn't think to check there!! ;-)

[@Hey_Its_That_Guy]

Our Piggly Wiggly carries them too. Inch and Metric. Between the beer and frozen food isles. He should have said something...

[@kevinwood3630]

Well done John. Really useful with regards to taking the case hardening off!

[@65BAJA]

Shaft was induction hardened. Hard on the outside only. Ceramic insert would have cut through it until you got to the chewy center. *edit. posted before 23:20

[@francisbarbeau1862]

A complicated solution to a simple part! Get an excavator they said. It will be fun they said. You will love it they said! And all this true! BUT NO ONE said it would be THIS much work to get it up to Spec.! Can't wait for your NEXT Video on Large Marge!

[@denniswright8949]

Great stuff. I am not a machinist but your solutions look great and, best of all, appear to work well.

[@richardgreen7811]

My 1965 427 AC Cobra MKIII : Built Engine = $45,000 (Ford Racing Aluminum basic engine with very expensive components), 648 Flywheel HP. Not to worry, the original engine is in a crate. Now ... the resulting engine / radiator fitment had many odd angles. Resolution ... I butt-welded (TIG) light aluminum tubing sections and attached high pressure / high temperature flexible connectors at each end. Again ... this setup involves high temperature / high pressure. After 2 years of operation (and some polishing time) there are no issues. This would have been a very effective answer to Marge's low pressure / low temperature line and You could have controlled the fitment by having the tube "bent" to fit (no welding). I'm recommending You revisit the frame pass-through hole. The hose is rubbing on the bottom portion of the hole. Cut a 3" section of that Polish Hose, then again in half (length wise) and zip-tie it on each side of the frame to the bottom part of the main hose to protect it from vibration and chaffing against the metal. Based on the video, there's ample room. Also, if Marge wants to race, I'm available at Willow Springs, CA (BIG WILLOW), radar @ 156mph (not me ... I'm not stupid, but my #1 Son who takes after his Mother).

[@swallowinn4410]

Hello Jon: If you ever half to check a pipe weld for possible leaks again. Try sprayi g the inside of the pipe/fitting with pennatrent. Let sit and check the outside of the weld. No penetrant = good weld. Good video Largee Margee is progressing.

[@jbshascommon4687]

I had a similar problem and ended up going to a muffler shop which after a bit of coercion they made me the reducer that i needed WITH the bend also!! Still working like a charm!! Thanks for the vid J

[@ltanthrax8435]

Once again John makes the hard and nearly impossible repair look easy.

[@sofiarosendal1172]

Interesting video and really great job! You are right up there with Cutting Edge Engineering.

[@StyxParadiddle-km4vf]

Your networking effort to source this part is epic. You give me confidence to fix my made in USA antiquities on our farm.

[@littletoze]

Love me some Large Marge. 😁 Can’t say I “want” it to break down, but these videos are awesome….maybe “we” wouldn’t have done it this way, or that way, but you figured it out and did it, that’s what counts! Keep ‘em coming!!! 😁