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I believe the BTD machines were British.

I've welded them but it's pretty specialized welding, I've also cut the caps to get a tighter fit.

These were made in Springfield Illinois? Probably why I see one at the state fair there.

I remember going to the state fair as a kid and they had one of these on display, built steps so you could look in the cab. I also remember looking at a HD-16 before we bought a 20-C

They have hydraulic cylinders that, when you pull the lever boost the force, once you shut off the motor you loose that force. Only way I've had success holding them is a come-a-long.

It's easy to tie the clutches back with the machine running as long as everything is working, as soon as it's shut off, more then likely they returned.

That's the sun gear shaft and a known leak point. I've seen guy's weld plates over them, otherwise you'll need to press out and use green loctite on install and it still might leak.

Without a size reference, I think it's a late serial number 20B.

Is that a Dresta?

Did it have the cold/run/hot type? I'd replace those anyways, just about any auto parts store will have normal gauges that fit.

I embraced this tech early on, had an uncle that tiled so we had the equipment. You start doing building(hog) pads 80x200, with specs +/_ 1in, ain't nobody that good, with the lazer we got to +/_1/2in, concrete guy's liked us. Course all my stuff merely had reference lights and not controlled, having that saved me labor and gained jobs because of it. I will add that older equipment takes a lot of $$$ to go total control, something we never did.

My old man always said, a good operator had the feel in the seat of his pants, he also said one needed to look busy while not doing anything but that's for another day. Growing up through this technology their was 2 schools of thought, one was it eliminated manpower and the other opened up the industry to unskilled labor.

Ya'll have to forgive me, couldn't figure out why you'd put a piston in from the bottom, guessing the rod is to big to fit through the sleeve. I don't remember ever doing this, I do remember bolting spacers on the sleeves to keep them seated. It's also possible that I never did the 18 and would the 20/201 have a bigger bore?

I've never done an in-frame, it's not that tough to pull it and honestly, I never felt like I could get things clean enough without pulling it. I also never remember putting a piston in from the bottom.

Yep. that's the one, thinking it was like 4.5ins.