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
