882 Diesel: Finally replaced the water pump/alt belt

[red56turbo]

Originally Posted by Oak

Good job TSV. They do stuff a lot of stuff in those diesels. Are you running 1 rag joint on the rear coupler or does it just look like that in the pic?

Looks like only one rag to me on the rear coupler. I run two on the front and back. When I do driveshaft work and have to move the engine forward, I tackle it alittle different. I pull the grill/hood assembly off and of course the side panels. Then I'll take out the four bolts from under the frame holding the engine mounting plate to the tractor. This allows me to slide the whole assemby forward in the frame. There's plenty of slack in the wiring harness, throttle cables, etc. that none of that needs to be unhooked. When I'm done, slide everything back, line stuff up, and rebolt it down. I find this works well for me and the smokers.

So it gives everyone two options. Unbolt the motor mounts or the engine cradle. Whatever works for the person working on their tractor and is easier for them.

Saturn,
Neat writeup. I've watched your Youtube vids and you did some great how to vids. Thanks.

[FrankF3]

Nice job on the rebuild! My son was running my 782D when the alternator froze up on it. Even though I was yelling for him to shut it down because of the screeching belt, by the time I ran over to it, the belt was shredded. He couldn't hear the noise from the bearings in the alternator nor the belt squealing because of the noise protecting headphones head had on that WERE probably BLASTING his own tunes at the time. When I recently rebuilt the steering box on my 782D, I used one of those thrust bearings on it and it seemed to greatly help with steering effort - at least enough so I wife could handle it....