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too cold to mess with it now,---waiting on warmer weather but at least its home,---well at the neighbors across the river!

let me guess, a glorious American 4-53 Detroit under that hood

I WISH!!!! naw its a good ole Waukshaw 6 cylinder ---gittin away from diesel shit. Got a 99 Chevy 3500 with liftgate, Goodall power starter, big air compressor, and a 11 hp generator of some sort all mounted in the bed. Got it to replace the f-350 diesel and cheeper than fixin the diesel motor! NOW I have 2 service trucks, both gas 1 tons, 96 f-350 with 80,000 miles and 99 Cnevy 3500 with 82,000 miles
Also got another Davis 300 trencher at same auction with the blade attachment, auger extension, and a bunch of extra cutters to dig wider trench. Expensive auction but all in all I ended up with some nice old equipment! ---- forgot the new Craftsman chainsaw!

just what you need, another chainsaw..after the pile of 'em I saw your photo of

got the Michigan running yesterday! It is a powerhouse! The old Waukashaw runs like new and no smoke. The guy that hauled it home found a box with new plugs, points, etc. in it and said it needed them put in so later I will do that. Points are worn kinda bad according to him. anyway I graded the yard with it ,--steering gear is WAY too loose to go down the road in high gear! lol!! Power steering works great on it, no brakes of course but who needs them anyway! LOL!
Gotta take 1 tire off and put a big boot patch in it to cover the big gash in the side.

got the tire fixed,--- now carb is runnin over so took it off today. gotta take it apart and see if needle is worn or got crap stuck under it. Ole loader has did me a lot of work since I got it runnin!!

you might be able to get the brake shoes relined..does it have air brakes or just straight hydraulic

brake shoes look great. Brakes are hyd with truck vac booster and tank in the system,---real complicated set-up. master cyl been dry for who knows how long. Parking brake handle stuck in off mode. control cable might be o.k. cant tell.
Might try getting cap off the master cyl. and see how corroded it it inside, then work from there. Would like to have a little braking power IF possible.

got new plugs, points, condenser, and rotor put in, cap looks almost new.
Took muffler off to braze the outer shell to the bottom plate. gotta seal the threads that the stub screws into the manifold so water quits going in. Also wrap a band around the top of the muffler extension pipe to keep water out.
Somebody put and alternator on it in place of the generator and bracket is WAY off line,--dont see why the belt stays on like that!!!!
Then run it til the oil gets hot and change it and filter and grease the rest of the loader. Gotta figure out where the trans and drive boxes are checked for oil too.
long slow job.

yup make your way thru it slowly and solve problems as you go, sooner or later it'l be tightened up and working good..lots of people dont have the time patience or skill to solve easy simple problems with old equipment..if that master cyl is too far gone you might be able to match one up in size and stroke capacity from an auto or pickup truck if a direct book number match isnt available. Hopefully the alternator is getting spun fast enough to make charging power and just limping along with a too-big pulley..the newer one-wire alternators seem to energize and work good even at lower speeds..I put a GM CS130 one-wire unit on my Hyster diesel forklift; it pulls in and works good especially when running at night with lights on..a little tuning with a washer or two under the alt bracket might solve your misalignment problem Sonny..Ive had to cut and weld em too to get them right.

got muffler brazed back together . in pic you can see the belt is WAY out of line to the left. dont see how it ever stayed on. Alt. has a super small pulley on it.

got the muffler back on today.---now to fix the alternator bracket and put different seat on it.