JBWeld then! --FT Sent from iFōn
> On Jan 29, 2023, at 10:26 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Welding cast aluminum should be interesting. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 29, 2023, at 9:53 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Get a patch welded on it >> >> --FT >> Sent from iFōn >> >>>> On Jan 29, 2023, at 9:08 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> We must have smacked it on something. I'm not sure how, it's at the rear >>> of the front third of the machine and tucked up beside the frame. I think >>> we must have shoved a log up there just right and hit it while backing up... >>> >>> I'm 90% sure it's aluminum, so not rust I don't think. I found some pieces, >>> it sure felt like aluminum. >>> >>> -Curt >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Sunday, January 29, 2023 at 08:59:18 PM EST, Dimitri Seretakis >>>> <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> So what happened to the oil pan? Rust hole or puncture or? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>>> On Jan 29, 2023, at 6:10 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Last week we got a bunch of heavy wet snow, like 6 or 8 inches. It snowed >>>> off an on all week. Trees down all over the place. We never lost power at >>>> our house but we did lose one phase for awhile back on Tuesday. >>>> >>>> For the snowmobile club this means a LOT of trail clearing. The method is >>>> we take the Pisten Bully and use it's blade to push stuff off the trail >>>> until we get to a tree that it can't handle, then we bail out, cut the >>>> tree and push it off with the machine. Lather, rinse, repeat every 50-100 >>>> yards. >>>> >>>> Anyway to keep this from turning into a epic at some point we popped a >>>> radiator hose. We were down for 2 hours fixing that and hauling in coolant >>>> by snowmobile over trails that really weren't passable. Common sense and a >>>> self preservation instinct have no place here. >>>> Here's the working party: https://photos.app.goo.gl/hmkZpPFbG9szw2ua9 >>>> Typical, one guy working, 3 standing around. ;) >>>> >>>> We got the machine started again and noticed it had no oil pressure. Sure >>>> enough there was no oil on the stick. We HAD to get it moved because we >>>> were in a place we should not have been. Moved the machine about 100 feet. >>>> It shut off and would not crank. >>>> >>>> Uh oh... >>>> >>>> Today I drove as close as I could get, then hiked 2 more miles in with a >>>> couple other guys to access the damage. We poured some oil in which >>>> dripped back out but it told me where the hole was. I stuck my camera >>>> under there and got this: https://photos.app.goo.gl/PW7o7JZ1DdyT6cLu8 >>>> Warning: It's ugly... >>>> >>>> On the positive side once we realized the battery cables had somehow >>>> gotten loose we got the machine to crank and fire. I obviously didn't let >>>> it run long but it was such a relief to hear it fire. >>>> >>>> So the plan now is to get the pan off and either get it repaired or get a >>>> replacement. Right now looks like repair is the option we'll take. If >>>> somebody has an oil pan for an OM352LA (MB content!) let me know. >>>> >>>> So anyway I might get to help refurb a big MB engine or we might get lucky >>>> and it's good enough as is. The best news out of all of this is that the >>>> machine will probably walk itself out. That's a HUGE relief as dragging a >>>> 20,000# machine 3 miles out gave me nightmares. >>>> >>>> Oh, side note, while this was going on I went back and grabbed the ASV as >>>> a support vehicle hoping to push a road open. That has a HUGE hydraulic >>>> leak. Most of how I spent today was dumping gallons of oil into that and >>>> walking it back out. I *hope* that's just an oring failure but I haven't >>>> looked at the parts book yet. >>>> >>>> -Curt >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
