colson04
Senior Member
Some weekends, goals and reality don't align. I got the back end of the machine all buttoned up Friday evening. Saturday morning, I go out and start filling fluids. Get to the coolant, and after about 6 quarts I hear gurgling from down near the engine somewhere. Start tracing coolant lines and find leak at thermostat housing. Got a loose bolt. Get wrench on bolt and realize its pretty loose, and won't snug up. Crap. Remove hydraulic filter housing for better access and find a stripped bolt hole in thermostat housing. Family time took over Saturday afternoon so I got back to it today. I have a metric helicoil set already. Get ready to drill and realize my drill bit plus right angle drill is too long and I cant get straight on to drill the hole because of the chassis. Drill length plus drill head has to be under 5" to get aligned to hole to drill it straight. Looking for an 8.25mm stub drill bit. Of course, anyone open on Sunday doesn't carry specialty bits like that. I called a machinist friend, he's going to check his cabinet of drill bits tomorrow for me.
Some family stopped by unexpectedly this afternoon so I shut down this project for the night day and visited instead.
Some family stopped by unexpectedly this afternoon so I shut down this project for the night day and visited instead.