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Takeuchi TB035!! new to me have some questions

Blstr88

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We do it like this, Case 350 dozer goes in and clears the brush...lays over all the larger trees we want down (under 10"), moves the bulk of the dirt around, then the Tak comes around and piles up the mess, does a little back filling and grading. Stacks up the debris and brush. The dozer is hooked to a military trailer to haul the brush over to our brush dump (embankment). The Tak is used to fill the trailers, but we use an old 33" tire and tow strap to empty the trailer loads onto the ground.
The finally the John Deer compact tractor (1984 650) comes with the bucket and box scraper to level and do the final smoothing. We have rakes and spreaders for our atv, so the girls drive around picking up the final sticks and spreading the Pacific Northwest ground cover (clover, grass mix)
So far the results are awesome! We have about 3 acres looking like a park, 3 more acres in the debris cleanup stage, and 3 more cleared of brush...pretty soon we will have increased the size of our usable land by at least 9 acres....in one short summer!! Machines are awesome.....worth every $$$$$

Thats great! Post some pictures, its motivating to see progress like that. I'm hoping to do similar work to our property in the coming years.

Im jealous of all the work you've done on your machine! I have a similar machine in similar condition and havent had any time to work on it...its been sitting for months. Im hoping this coming weekend to fix two small leaks and at least do a temporary fix I figured out to get the machine moving again.
 

Fourtencustoms

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The problem with welding it, is it might crack in the heat affected zone beside the weld. There's a reason it wasn't welded from the factory. Tig welding maybe but that requires some precision welding that comes with experience. Brazing was the best method of repair.

I am not so sure about that. While I see your point, I will disagree
The crack in the pipe is from fatigue, engine vibrations and time. If it was to be brazed the brazing material would only last a while before the crack re appears.
The welding with sleeves is more permanent, this tube is pretty thick walled and when welding the base metal heated up and accepted the weld very well.
The reason it was brazed together from the factory is they were pipe fitting, they were brazing over connections where the tube was inserted into the fitting, the braze acts like a glue and sealer, not a patch.
I do not think patching the crack with a brazing material would last very long, it may seal up but in time its going to crack again.

I have not had a tube break next to a weld, I know the metal gets weaker around the weld, but this metal is pretty strong and thick, granted I have not welded together Oil feed lines before like this, but I have done many EGR tubes (exhaust gasses) and a few AC lines and power steering lines....the welds are still holding there even under lots of PSI (high side on ac system over 200 psi!)

I am confident the welding was the way to go
And that is after reading for hours about people who have gone down this same road before me... I came to the same conclusion they did. Plus my dumb ass had already cut the tube and flared it!!! Convinced the brazing would not last I was after a better connection like a flare with fittings or sleeve with welding.

Thanks for all the tips and advice, I love discussing projects on the discussion forums, for sure!!
Two heads are ALWAYS better than one.

I will get some pictures of our progress! I really need a dump trailer......please send $$$$!
 

Fourtencustoms

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Thats great! Post some pictures, its motivating to see progress like that. I'm hoping to do similar work to our property in the coming years.

Im jealous of all the work you've done on your machine! I have a similar machine in similar condition and haven't had any time to work on it...its been sitting for months. Im hoping this coming weekend to fix two small leaks and at least do a temporary fix I figured out to get the machine moving again.

Pics coming! Thank you!!! This has been many years in the making the ability to have machines like this and the ability to have the time to use them. I have made many sacrifices to live this way... like I have been driving the same truck for 25 years (no payments) and work 2 jobs all the time (work weekends!)
Like you I enjoy fixing things up, which is good because it makes these machines affordable. I buy them cheap needing work and then fix them up to suit my needs, it is nice to know I could sell the Tak for way more then I bought it for....but then I would NEVER sell my TAK! I love this machine very much. Japanese sure know how to build stuff.... and it suits our needs back here perfectly.
You have to make the time! start a thread and get that sucker moving! It is very satifying to start with something that can barely make the trip home and turn it into something that can last for generations ON THE CHEAP!!
Knowledge is power, any monkey can turn a wrench, its the forums and information I get from you guys that make repairs and upgrades possible! And for that I am thankful. So I spend alot of time on the forums also helping others, to give some back.
You can find me on lots of Ranger/Explorer/Powerstroke/ATV forums doing my thing for many many years... (410customs, 410Fortune)
 

Welder Dave

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I am not so sure about that. While I see your point, I will disagree
The crack in the pipe is from fatigue, engine vibrations and time. If it was to be brazed the brazing material would only last a while before the crack re appears.
The welding with sleeves is more permanent, this tube is pretty thick walled and when welding the base metal heated up and accepted the weld very well.
The reason it was brazed together from the factory is they were pipe fitting, they were brazing over connections where the tube was inserted into the fitting, the braze acts like a glue and sealer, not a patch.
I do not think patching the crack with a brazing material would last very long, it may seal up but in time its going to crack again.

I have not had a tube break next to a weld, I know the metal gets weaker around the weld, but this metal is pretty strong and thick, granted I have not welded together Oil feed lines before like this, but I have done many EGR tubes (exhaust gasses) and a few AC lines and power steering lines....the welds are still holding there even under lots of PSI (high side on ac system over 200 psi!)

I am confident the welding was the way to go
And that is after reading for hours about people who have gone down this same road before me... I came to the same conclusion they did. Plus my dumb ass had already cut the tube and flared it!!! Convinced the brazing would not last I was after a better connection like a flare with fittings or sleeve with welding.

Thanks for all the tips and advice, I love discussing projects on the discussion forums, for sure!!
Two heads are ALWAYS better than one.

I will get some pictures of our progress! I really need a dump trailer......please send $$$$!

Many people have successfully brazed hydraulic lines that hold thousands of pounds of pressure.
 

Fourtencustoms

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Thank you Welder Dave, as I stated before I am a pretty good welder (many years of fabrication and tinkering under my belt) but I am no professional or expert by any means...As I am sure you can clearly see by me trying to use tin solder and alumaweld on a steel line!
I am still learning about what metals can be welded together and cannot..Just when you think you have it sorted out, the world throws a new challenge your direction.

After reading about brazing, welding, soldering I find I still do not know much! But I am here to learn and access to the info I do need is at my fingertips.
A properly done braze can be stronger then the metal around it! KEy word being "proper". Base metal is to be heated to about 900 first and the brass braze melts around 840, of course prep is everything.
Brazing occurs at a higher temp then solder but at a lower temp then welding.
Brazing can be used to join dissimilar metals too....interesting!
Can joint steel to cast........ That would sure be handy.....

Now back to fixing up the Tak and getting some land pictures.....

Electric cooling fan came in, just a cheapo 8" fan that is made to work good as a puller...since it will be mounted on the back side of the cooling stack
The oil feed line is back off the machine for the final weld (I hope) The line was barely seeping a little oil yesterday so I left it on the machine while I finished loading the last pile of debris then drove the Tak much closer to the shop.
The machine leaks less oil and hyd fluid now then it ever has in my care, shes leaving just a few drops in the soil, before it would be more like a half cup....when I first brought her home she would leave puddles of oil and hyd fluid. I have "fixed" (or patched together LOL) about 5 smaller leaks and two major ones. Not including the air the pump was sucking in the injector lines through old O rings. This was the single biggest improvement I have made, pump O rings.
I suspect this cracked line had been leaking for some time.
I kept thinking I had excessive blow by and it was pushing oil out of the dipstick tube.

I am curious to know if my turbo is building any boost, without plumbing in a boost gauge how do I know?
I already checked the cold side impeller and it spins just fine and smoothly, but this is obviously the stock turbo and has many years and hours on it.
I love rebuilding turbo's, this one is TINY!!
 

heymccall

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Lack of boost, in addition to low power, always results in excess black smoke, both during throttle up, and full load.
I'm sure that there is a boost spec out there somewhere.
 

Fourtencustoms

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17psi wastegate actuator cool
So when we achieve 17psi the waste gate opens fully? So this baby must make like 20 psi
I do have a manual Bosch boost gauge I can plumb in temporary, maybe a good excuse to get a better boost gauge for my truck
This machine does not smoke much at all, a little grey at first cold start, but no black smoke that I am aware of, once started it runs smoothly and has good power.
 

Fourtencustoms

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Im back! Tak is running very well, however the right side track (passenger) is not holding tension. Plenty of grease up in there, so it looks like the seal/O ring is bad
My question is how do I get the tensioner assembly out for repair?
Remove the track and with the machine in the air does it come out through the bottom? Or out through the end where the idler wheel is? Is it bolted in or just floating on a frame?

I have parts manual, I see diagram of the parts in question but nothing about how to remove it from the machine.

Thanks fellas!!
 

tool_king

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Im back! Tak is running very well, however the right side track (passenger) is not holding tension. Plenty of grease up in there, so it looks like the seal/O ring is bad
My question is how do I get the tensioner assembly out for repair?
Remove the track and with the machine in the air does it come out through the bottom? Or out through the end where the idler wheel is? Is it bolted in or just floating on a frame?

I have parts manual, I see diagram of the parts in question but nothing about how to remove it from the machine.

Thanks fellas!!
Remove track ,remove idler wheel with spring .Remove grease jack assemble .Disassemble grease jack and reseal .Jack is floating in frame behind spring assembly .I can email you the service manual .What is your email ?
 

Fourtencustoms

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Thanks! I will check the angle iron when I have it apart... should be able to get to it this week!
Just bought a old farm dump trailer to haul around behind the compact tractor, this will make my life so much easier.
 

Fourtencustoms

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Picked up a cheap dump trailer off craigslist. Turns out is was a 1936 Ford dump truck at some point in its life, they hacked the whole truck apart with a torch and built this PTO dump trailer from it.
Went through the whole PTO system, changed fluids, etc. Working awesome now! Proud owner of another Ford!!! This thing will help us so much around here! Up to this point in my life (47 years) every trailer of material I have ever hauled (alot) I have unloaded by hand.........NOT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!! Been looking for a good dump trailer to use around here for about a year now...not wanting to spend $3500+ this sucker is perfect! Also perfect size for our fleet of "mini heavy machines"

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They used the front axle under the trailer, part of the original frame to make the trailer and then mounted the whole dump box and undermount PTO hoist. Been dumping since 1936 and it's a Ford! I'm in love.
1936 hubcaps!!! Took a bit to figre out how to make it dump... now we have it working from the drivers seat of the John Deer.....awesome!! 17 HP John deere has no issue moving this thing around or dumping the box. WIN WIN

So new we have a dumper..........back to the Tak

track is off, tensioner removed....tooo easy! (had 3 dudes here yesterday recruited their help)
Anyways I found the sealing O ring is FUBAR and the grease seal (looks like a wheel seal) was in good shape but was pinched at some point.
There is some pitting on the piston and the and cylinder, but nothing that would cause a huge loss of grease.
I cleaned up the shaft with some scotchbrite and PB blaster, found I have an O ring that fits and re used the grease seal.
Put the whole she bang back together and it wont take grease? The grease valve itself is giving me fits...
So now I am cleaning out the grease valve (zerk) assembly....let it soak in de greaser overnight and clean out the check ball...

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original seals:
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found a match in stock!
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I re used the grease seal as it appears to be in good shape aside from being pinched on the outside edge, I simply used RTV to seat it.

Hoping to fix the zerk and have track tension today!!
 
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