In 1992, a small village owner became the richest man in the village by owning a car.

Chapter 484 Disassembling a Volvo Excavator
"You old Zeng! You can't even deliver things properly, you're just trying to annoy me, aren't you!" Yu Dawei slammed his hand on the dashboard angrily. Little did he know that once he slammed his hand on the dashboard, the car horn would start blaring and wouldn't stop.

Even turning off the key didn't work, so in desperation, Yu Dawei had no choice but to cut all the wires under the control panel with scissors.

"Boss, I think this car needs a complete overhaul, inside and out," Old Ji said, approaching from a distance.

He had just seen his boss test drive the car in the yard, and all sorts of problems kept popping up. If the car was worth 300,000 before, now it's worth about 180,000, maybe 200,000 at most.

Although Mr. Zeng was intentionally trying to annoy his own boss, it has to be said that he was ultimately giving a great gift.

Even if Volvo was inferior, it could still dominate other excavators in the era when Caterpillar excavators were not available.

"What a waste of this machine. I don't know which idiot driver messed up this excavator like this." Yu Dawei got out of the cab, put his hands on his hips, and looked pained.

"Brother, should we keep this machine?" Yao Jinfu walked over from somewhere, his eyes lighting up when he saw the Volvo excavator.

"You want to open this?" Yu Dawei turned to look at Yao Jinfu.

"Mmm." Yao Jinfu nodded, reaching out to stroke the dark side wall: "Although this car is in terrible condition, if it's repaired and I take care of it, it will definitely be different. It should last at least five years without any problem."

"Alright! Let's fix it and leave it here." Seeing how much Yao Jinfu liked the excavator, Yu Dawei went along with his suggestion.

However, repairing a Volvo is not easy. Yu Dawei has Volvo excavator parts, but the model number is not right, so he has to order new parts.

Afterwards, among the several repair shops at Fanfan Repair Shop, Yu Dawei specially emptied out Repair Shop No. 2 and moved the Volvo excavator inside.

This Volvo excavator is about three meters wide and about two and a half meters high, so it can easily fit in the repair shop.

When designing the color steel repair shop, Yu Dawei had already calculated the size of various engineering machinery.

Fanfan Repair Shop has handled a 27-ton excavator so far, which is considered quite large, and it's perfectly adequate for the repair shop.

After the excavator came in, Yu Dawei started dismantling the structure with Sun Shunli and Yao Jinfu.

When Lao Ji has nothing else to do, he'll come over and help out.

Repair shop number two has been requisitioned by these people. Fanfan Repair Shop's corrugated steel repair shop has been divided into five sections, with partitions in between.

Because the space is too large, and considering that it would be impossible to heat the house in winter without partitions, the partitions now allow each repair shop to have its own car to repair without disturbing each other, which is a relatively efficient decision.

Perhaps the only downside is that it's not very convenient to go in and out to get things and to clean up.

Yu Dawei had been to Dachang, including Zeng Guangzhi's repair shop. The entire repair shop was so big that it was only two stories high, and it had two heating systems installed. There was also a room outside that was specifically for burning boilers.

Yu Dawei's small family can't compare to others; he can improve things when he has more money.

This Volvo CE210 requires a major disassembly, which means removing all the major components, inspecting them step by step, replacing all the broken parts with new ones, and then reassembling it.

In fact, assembling a new excavator is not much different.

Old Ji was very interested in this major overhaul, but unfortunately he had returned to the factory and many things had to go through him, so he was usually very busy.

Therefore, this glorious task fell to Mr. Yu, the owner of Fanfan Repair Shop.

Yu Dawei first took an axe and followed Shunli to dismantle the excavator's rear cover, mainly using a top-down dismantling approach.

Some experienced mechanics prefer to disassemble the engine first, and others like to remove the boom and forearm first, and then remove the driver's seat, etc. These are just personal habits of experienced mechanics.

Yu Dawei's habit is to "eat the less tasty food first, and then save the tasty food to eat slowly," that's roughly his thinking.

Remove the rear hood, the muffler above the engine, and then the cab.

Volvo excavators are made of very sturdy materials, so the cab needs to be lifted down first. Yu Dawei dared not use a chain hoist, even if it was a 50-ton machine, the tripod might not be able to support such a weight.

Then they found a 20-ton semi-automatic crane, parked it outside, extended the boom, and created an extreme crane operator's cab.

Because of the height issue of Yu Dawei's corrugated steel shed, the crane operator was also operating with great fear, for fear that one wrong move would cause the crane boom to smash a big hole in the corrugated steel shed.

Fortunately, it ended without any real danger.

However, after this incident, Yu Dawei dared not use a crane to lift things in the repair shop again. For example, if the problem is with the hydraulic hoses and cylinders of the front boom and arm of the Volvo excavator, they should be disassembled and repaired separately.

For components like the excavator's engine and hydraulic pump, if the weight doesn't reach a certain level, Yu Dawei can easily handle them using a tripod and weight adjustment.

Boss Yu, along with two drivers, spent seven days dismantling the Volvo excavator, finally managing to remove all the visible parts from its surface.

However, problems arose during the dismantling process. Some parts of the Volvo excavator had to be lifted by a crane, such as the counterweight at the back of the excavator and the entire upper frame of the excavator.

Because either the rotary motor or the rotary gear is definitely faulty, you have to take it apart to check. Ultimately, left with no other choice, Yu Dawei personally went up to the roof and cut a large hole in the corrugated steel roof.

Then, using a 50-ton crane, the hook is inserted through the hole above, and then whatever else needs to be lifted can be lifted.

The crane operator can't see anything from outside, so he can only give instructions by word of mouth, accurate to within ten centimeters.

Otherwise, if anything goes wrong, all the repair shops will be blown away by the crane, leaving only a group of trembling people behind.

Fortunately, Yu Dawei was quite satisfied with the disassembly results. There were no major accidents; at most, he no longer needed to turn on the lights above his head.

During the day, a beam of sunlight shines directly in from above.

Yu Dawei kindly covered it with a plastic sheet, planning to repair the hole after the car was fixed.

After disassembly, Yu Dawei began to check the parts that needed to be replaced.

Axe kept pestering Yu Dawei to repaint the car, and Yu Dawei finally gave in and agreed to paint it the original color.

The main colors of Volvo are jet black and yellow. Yellow paint is easy to get, but perfectly replicating the jet black of a Volvo's body might take some effort, as the paint quality in China is not yet up to the standard of that abroad.

Yu Dawei quickly organized the parts he needed to buy, and then started looking for Ye Qian's provincial and municipal agents in the north to source the goods.

Mr. Ye's major brands have a wide range of products in the south, but in the north, you have to search for them slowly.

Fortunately, a city-level distributor in Jizhou eventually found the parts. However, all the parts for this model of excavator were sourced from elsewhere, so the price went up a little, but it was still within Dawei's acceptable range.

The next step is to wait for the parts to arrive, and then start reassembling step by step.

Taking advantage of this time, Yu Dawei quickly went to the oil city and made an appointment with several people who wanted to buy excavators. In the end, seven people came in one day and bought two excavators, and there is still one Daewoo excavator to go.

An old Hitachi was spotted by a car maintenance company owner, who bought it for 160,000 yuan.

This price is definitely inflated, but it's also because of the comparison with other people who came to buy cars, plus the fact that the old Hitachi was indeed well maintained by Axe.

The only word to describe how smooth it is to drive is silk.

If it weren't for the fact that many of the car's parts were severely worn out, Yu Dawei really wouldn't have been willing to sell it.

However, all good things must come to an end. This old Hitachi has witnessed my journey to where I am today. Before leaving, Yu Dawei gave it a "full meal" and filled the empty fuel tank with gas, which can be considered as a way of acknowledging the old Hitachi's silent contributions over such a long period of time.

When Yu Dawei returned, he had a meal with his second and third uncles.

With Big Belly Qi and Baldy Si around, it was quite a lively scene.

Now, my second uncle has completely shifted his career focus to the oil city, and he even got divorced in the end.

My second uncle originally wanted to spend a reunion year with his family, but his first wife, his second aunt, started causing trouble in the village every day from the moment he mentioned wanting a divorce. She even came to the construction site and threw a tantrum.

My second uncle finally couldn't hold back and went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to say goodbye.

The child is technically my second uncle's child, but considering I'm too busy, I'll leave him with my second aunt for now.

At the dinner table, my second uncle didn't cry when he talked about his first wife, but when he talked about his two children, it was as if something had touched the most vulnerable part of his heart, and he could no longer control himself and burst into tears.

The small private room was filled with the sound of my second uncle crying.

This was the first time Yu Dawei had ever seen his second uncle cry so sadly. It seemed that the two children had sworn in front of him that they would never acknowledge him as their father again and would consider him dead.

Yu Dawei could hardly help but feel that his second aunt was responsible for the two children's actions.

The third uncle had no opinion on this; he simply drank with his own second brother.

The next day, when Yu Dawei was leaving, he ran into Dong Mingzhu, who was also his future aunt. The two exchanged a brief greeting before Yu Dawei left.

On the way back, he couldn't help but feel a little sentimental. After being reborn, some things seemed to follow a predetermined path, as if an invisible fate was arranging everything in your life.

This feeling was exceptionally clear.

Upon returning to Luhe Town, the first thing Yu Dawei did was not to go back to Fanfan's repair shop, but to visit Duan Dahai's factory.

The main thing is to remind people about fire safety repeatedly.

He didn't know when the flour mill exploded in his past life, so this was all he could do.

(End of this chapter)