To counter the bad news about Foxyjosh's tranny, today was a relatively good day as far as the (formerly) parts SEE goes.
Found out why one Zerk on the upper pin for the bucket wouldn't take grease - had to drill out the passage, it was full of very hard ex-grease. Thankfully the pin still looked fine.
Fixed the door latches next.
Also took a look at why the tool switch wouldn't budge. Expected it to be full of crap, but it looked near new, inside and out. Obviously replaced not that long ago.
Looking at the contact surfaces, it did work at some point, judging by the tracks. What the heck?!?
Noticed that the front of the "housing" was misshaped, then that the whole thing was bent. How on earth someone managed to do that is beyond me, but the shaft couldn't move because of it.
View attachment 679464 Beat it back into (straight) submission, and now the tool reel works. Oddly enough, the small constant dripping from the male coupler stopped in the process. I suspect what might have been a bad ground had a part in that. Or it was pure coincidence.
Took the SEE for a spin&dig, but the fuel issues are still there. It runs longer and better, but it's not quite there yet. Let it catch its breath at lower rpm and it'll run fine again, for a while.
Lastly, inspired by Migginsbros, European taillights seemed like a suitable finishing touch.
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