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Added 5-5-13
Various Repairs Since January 2013
Was waiting for this PA Block bolt to strip, but it snapped instead! This is a first. I had to use a punch to drive out the rest. It unscrewed right out of the Sump Base no problem, but needed to be beat out of the PA Block.
B Valve came out in pieces. It is not common, but it is not a 1 in a 100
occurrence either. Seems the snap ring wears thin, and lets go. All I can figure
is the valve stem must spin, and over the years, wears the snap ring. No big
deal to pluck out the piece in the block. It happens to the
C Valve too sometimes. THAT can be more of a PITA to get the piece out.
Customer dropped this off in NOVEMBER. I told him we were backed up and not
accepting pumps for rebuild. I finally got to it, and because he was not a pest
about it, I sandblasted it and painted it for him at no charge. Oh, and the pump
he dropped off I pulled the PA Block off of, the rest of it was complete junk,
so this is a core with his PA Block on it. Picture dated January 25, 2013.
Customer bought this unit off Craigslist. He brought it in to be checked out. I
ran it up and down on the test stand, and fluid squirted out from under one of
the top cap nuts. BLACK fluid at that. HE opted to have it rebuilt. It seems
when the Sump Base was replaced, they re-used all the O Rings. They also left
out the plastic baffle inside, which may be why fluid squirted out the top when
the unit was lowered. I also found defective studs (that Meyer made us aware of
YEARS AGO) holding the pump to the Sump Base. Here it is all done on the test
stand. AWESOME, 2000 psi and ONLY drawing 160 amps!
These are the defective studs. They were not threaded far enough. The nuts
bottomed out before the pump was fully secured to the Sump Base. There was
clearly a leak into the cavity between the Sump Base and the Pump. The O Rings
were also starting to blow out.
There is a Meyer Service Bulletin about this
problem.
This is from an E-60 core I am rebuilt for sale. I was shocked that it was a
1993 model year, yet so much of it looked brand new inside. I wonder how early
on this O Ring blew out. This is why it is SO important to completely
disassemble a unit when you rebuild it. Yes, it can be a real pain to get the
E-60 pump back in, but if you don't remove it, you will have no choice after you
have it all back together and it won't build pressure. May as well do it right
the first time Eh? I learned my lesson with these years ago.
Customer dropped off two units. This one was "do the bare minimum" to get it
working. On the test stand it went about half way up, and no more. I did not
want to contaminate the stand so I only checked raise. Sounded low on fluid.
Drained it and it seemed very low on fluid, very milky. Symptoms were no raise,
no angle. Well that was in the single digits outside. So... Shot a whole can of
brake cleaner into the tank and blew it out, as in, spray for 10 seconds, blow
out crap with air. Spray, blow it out., etc. Refilled unit, put it on the stand,
and then it was clear the lift ram packing was shot. Opened the unit up, and
while there was no crap in the sump base, looky here... THIS is why we THROW
AWAY the suction screen whenever we rebuild an E-46/47/57/58H. I am not even
sure what this crap is! I am leaving it intact to show the customer... The
reason I mentioned he dropped off two units is because the second one was
"whatever it needs, fix it" so lo and behold, the same thing, suction filter
almost plugged solid.
This is a great example of where E-47's crack. Water gets in the system, and
when allowed to freeze, it cracks the high pressure port. The main symptom is
oil leaking between the Sump Base and PA Block. It is not the O Rings leaking..
Sometimes the crack is harder to see, but if oil is pouring out between the Sump
Base and PA Block, this is where it is cracked.
Inside of a Nite Saber II light in case you ever wondered.
Gotta love bonus parts. Spring ws broken so some genius used washers to take up the space.
Had to open up a Spinner Gearbox off a Salt Dogg poly hopper spreader. Everything was fine inside, figured I would share the pic.
The Meyer EZ1 Controller is now standard on all straight plows.
I have never had an A Valve that required a 1" socket to remove it.
They are
ether 7/8" or 1-1/8". This one also has a second set of threads on the stem.
Overload your trailer much?
Overload your trailer much? Another bent cross member, in fact, they are all
bent..... I just saw an enclosed trailer for sale, I can only imagine what it
looks like underneath... It has a 500 gal water tank (4000#) and two 100 gal
fuel tanks (1200#) plus other equipment in it. Most enclosed trailers can't
handle a Walker up in the front corners without breaking welds...
Good idea for an old open trailer. Put 4' high sides on it, and use it for
mulch. It is here to be completely rewired.
With trailer prices where they are, the manufacturer should be ashamed of
themselves.... 34 quick splice connectors!! Not anymore.
E-47 Rebuilt and painted. Ready to be picked up. April is gone and May is going
by fast already. If you want your pump rebuilt, remember the price goes up every
month from now until September. Right now you can save $100 - $130 Don't wait!
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