My MG5 is just copper pipe ran underneath and fixed in a few places by bent over metal tags, one being one of the final drive case bolts, and engine mounts, I believe this is original, I never replace the pipe, it came with it.
Got a quote for blasting them from a local basted and it was £350 each! So rented a blasting pot and baught 1/2 ton of crush class blasting media and done it myself, it was a truly horrible job and took a whole day to do all the bits. Never again, it's strange what we do for fun.
Yes, well I must confess it's not actually mine, but I have keys and access whenever needed.
Most of the work is actually done outside or in my small shed which is full.
Been refurbing the wheels today, all the wheels are shot and need new hardened sleeves and new bronze bushes, a job for the lathe! old bushes had to be pressed out first.
Often do that when the swing on my lathe isn't big enough, also seen a cast flywheel for a steam engine machined by mounting a toolpost on the bed and having a mandrel supported at the bottom and driven from the top by the mill, had to go slow though.
Thank you Nathan, Jonathan told me about it on Wednesday.
Makes sense, and sounds like it's not going to alter the integrity of the dumper as the parts could be removed. I presume you want it to lift using hydraulics? And manual lifting bar might be cheaper to make.p
The ransomes hydraulic pump has the PTO sticking out of it aswell and is very bulky for what it is. I would suggest you look for a geared hydraulic pump and couple it to the output shaft. That's what I did anyway.
Somthing like this, it's geared up as the shift spins too slow for a pump to be coupled direct.
I don't think the original ransomes hydraulic unit will fit as it is a dumper and has been heavily modified at the rear to accommodate the skip, normally the back wall would support the pump. I have fitted a geared hydraulic pump to the PTO output before though.
Will be interesting to see how you plan to use the dumper with implements, would it not be better to go for an original resoration?
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Probably going to give it a wash and leave it as is, as far as I can see it's always been green, but not sure how original the paint is.