Back in February, I installed a second hydraulic remote on the Cabota. LOTS of fun.

When I was cleaning up afterwards, I found an oval O-ring on the floor. I'd tested the new remote and hadn't seen any leaks so I (wishfully) thought it must have been an extra.

I watched carefully for a couple of days of normal use and didn't see a leak so I (again, wishfully) thought I'd gotten away with it.

Riiiiiiiiiiight. Takes a real bullshitter to bullshit yourself. Noticed a shiny spot below the valve stack a couple of days ago, checked and Gosh! What a surprise! It's hydraulic oil!

Shit.

Seeing as it's getting to be time to take the box blade to the driveway, which will require some serious use of hydraulics, I figured I'd better fix it.

Of course, it was the inner-most O-ring between the first remote and the manifold on the tractor so EVERYTHING had to come apart.

Good news is that I learned a few things doing it the first time so the repair went relatively smoothly considering I'm working under the tractor, looking up under the fender at a distance that conveniently falls in that space between near and far lenses on the ol' bifocals.

Got the valve stack and all the hoses reassembled, just need to reattach the control linkages. That shouldn't take much more than the rest of the day...

Don't beat your self up,we have all done things like this and look at it like a learning experience and the money you saved on shop labor at a dealer

We have a motto at work: "We get it right the last time!"

How many trips to the store total for the 2nd hydraulic remote?

That is what really kills my productivity.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:

Riiiiiiiiiiight. Takes a real bullshitter to bullshit yourself.

Guilty!

I was hanging exhaust yesterday and thinking to myself 'it would be easy to run the left side header pipe to the left side exhaust'.

Umm, no. They cross over for a reason and that reason is called a transmission. Time for a do-over.

Finally got everything positioned and decided to band clamp it in place instead of pulling it out to weld.

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Originally posted by 45 Cal:
Don't beat your self up,we have all done things like this and look at it like a learning experience and the money you saved on shop labor at a dealer

Absolutely!

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Originally posted by tatortodd:
How many trips to the store total for the 2nd hydraulic remote?

That is what really kills my productivity.

Amazingly, the kit from Kubota had everything required AND understandable instructions.

^^^ Wow!

I can see how you made the leap that it was an extra since the kit was so good

I do things twice because I probably screwed things up the first time.

I replaced a transmission in the wife’s car years ago. After the test drive and trashing that transmission, I realized I read the transmission fluid specs wrong. The second listed spec is the one for the trans and torque converter. The second transmission swap went a lot faster.

I always do things twice because I can’t believe I did it right the first time.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Back in February, I installed a second hydraulic remote on the Cabota. LOTS of fun.

Noticed a shiny spot below the valve stack a couple of days ago, checked and Gosh! What a surprise! It's hydraulic oil!

I've heard adding remotes is a little time consuming even for the guys at the shop, which is probably why they charge so much to do it. Fortunately my (used) Deere came with front and rear remotes.
But I still get the occasional drips of hydraulic oil on the garage floor from the front quick disconnects.

That’s the quick reference fluid level feature.

If there ain’t none under it, probably ain’t none in it.

Did all the front suspension this weekend, new Moog parts, took my time, but must have nudged the steering arm and the pinion arm is off just a bit since the steering wheel isn't straight when it drives straight, so back under I go, on Monday.

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I do things right because I do them twice!

This is the way...

(one Chief to another)

At least the second time goes much faster.

I did this with an Ikea bed for my son. You all know that anything Ikea is like 679 pieces, I got the bed together then realized that a crucial rail part was in backwards and the slats that hold the mattress would not fit now. Had to take the entire thing almost all the way apart to fix that, I actually had to walk away for a bit because I was so pissed at myself. Not sure how I managed to do that since everything is only keyed one way and pretty dummy-proof with their stuff but I managed to be the dummy.

Do you ever watch the "Fab Rats" you tube?

Their motto... We do things right because we do it thrice!

See... It could be worse!

Buy an old school CZ75 with a decocker and decide to do a simple polish on the innards. You will wish you only had to do it twice! lol