Oh yeah, been to Ben's site, nothing on the model MS19, and I did try to send an email but their
contact page doesn't work. Tried phone but it's Saturday, I'll give them a call Monday. And, I am
aware that they've been in business since the 70's. In fact, this bender came from a shop in
Pine Bluff, AR just up the road where it was made originally.
Mark, all the hydraulic lines are there and it appears all the electrical is there also, It's the hard stuff that
that's hung all over the frame that I'm wondering about.
This isn't quite as fancy as the latest models, so it doesn't do much good to study the pictures of them.
And.....the latest BP bender, i.e., model MC59 and MC59HS have a lot of extra attachments hung on them
to handle the latest type connections.
They kept talking about a knee control and the door to the electrical box was all bent up and smashed in,
but at least it was there, laying in the tray under the frame. After a bit of study, I found two micro switches
on each side of the electrical box and noticed a long 1/4" rod run thru the front edge dividing the box in half.
After I beat the box cover back into submission with my slapper and shrinker/stretcher and laid it up on the
electrical box where it belonged. It dawned on me that the pin was actually an axle that the door pivoted on
and the outer edges of the door operated the micro switches, it even says RAM IN RAM OUT....on the
door and it's right about at knee height......DUH !!!!! So the electric box door is the knee control for the ram.
Now....I need to do some disassembly, actually a lot of disassembly of old rusty bolts, screws, shafts etc., and
clean and polish guide rods and surfaces. Need to drain fluid that may have been in the system for forty years
and flush out the system, refill with fresh 46 AW, then.....I'll see if all three of the cylinders will operate.
Also missing a handle, bracket and seals for the expander valve, so I'll have to make those. If it all passes
the initial test, then it's a total disassembly,sand blasting, polish and stone all the machined surfaces,
fabricate some new (missing) tool trays for each of the sides, paint and new decals. Lastly try to find
a bend card file that has AD specs in it. Looking for a week for one of those, nothing sofar.
Well.....I might be done by the 4th of July If I work real hard at it, burn the midnight oil and let the
grass grow up to my ars.
All of this just so I can bend my own "correct" exhaust system for AD trucks go figure!!!!.
So......you still jealous SimS?????
Denny Graham
Pipe Bender hopeful in Sandwich, IL
