Garrett 10 restoration/ high end hyd. cylinders

redlaker1 · March 05, 2012, 10:25:44 PM

Have been restoring an old Garrett I got last year, and now I am at the stage of getting all the hydraulics functioning. The old cylinders didnt have any chrome left on the rods and they were leaking bad, so I decided to get new ones. I picked up a couple from a hydraulic supplier "SC" and they are the threaded end ones and looked pretty good. went to install them, and one side of the blade lift the eyes werent exactly aligned, so I pushed the cyl over a bit to try and line it up, and SNAP broke one side eye off on the barrel end of the cyl, so I pulled it back, and snapped off the other side. its some of that high quality white metal. luckily I had the old cyl there so I sawed off the eye off that one, and glued it on the new one. the one from the old one was actually made of steel and probably in north america.

I guess you get what you pay for

and one a pic or two of the joystick valve I added so I can have another circuit and float function on the blade lift

hope to have this baby out of the garage this week, looking forward to it

treefarmer87 · March 05, 2012, 11:17:23 PM

looks good so far

mad murdock · March 05, 2012, 11:23:04 PM

Looking nice Redlaker 8) where is the fuel tank on that machine? I don't see it in its customary location(under the seat).

redlaker1 · March 06, 2012, 01:09:09 AM

the fuel tank goes right over top the engine, its not installed right now, but if you look in the background in the last couple pics you can see it sitting up on my kindling rack.

I have run into a few snags along the way, but have found parts and made things work. I started painting the machine, old cat yellow, and when I ran out of paint I went to the local hardware store and was told that they dont make that paint anymore.... hmm would have been nice if you told me that when I bought the first can.. oh well. I have a friend looking for more for me

oh and on this machine, the battery goes under the seat. my fancy seat that I stole from my boat

mad murdock · March 07, 2012, 03:19:08 AM

Moeller paint co. Makes cat yellow in a rattle can that wears like iron and sticks real good. I don't know your area for where to find it, but most big marine suppliers should have a line on it.