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    Dimensions of Deere 190E and/or 490E bucket cylinders please

    I am looking at possibly using a 190E or 490E bucket cylinder on my mechanical thumb. They look to be about what I need, but I would like to know the dimensions of them. I am looking to use one of them on my 130 excavator and I just don't want it to be too small. I'll be making brackets and...
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    track question

    early this spring when it was still pretty cold out i tensioned my tracks, now i think that the warmer weather has expanded the grease i added and they seem too tight. does this make sense? i had them pretty snug when i did it, but now they seem tight and squeek and squak and sound terrible when...
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    one track turning faster than other

    hey guys, i have an '81 D5B LGP. i have one track spinning faster than the other... if i have to drive a ways it curves off to the right. i is pretty annoying. i assume that running with the one clutch disengaged isn't real good to do, but it tracks a little straighter when i do. i have heard...
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    looking for front windshield for cab

    does anyone know of any boneyards that might have a kobelco sk130lc mark 4 cab laying around? maybe all the mark 4 cabs are the same??? i am looking for the front windsheild and the plastic visor for the top front of the cab. they are pretty expensive from the dealer. thanks in advance, Ben
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    looking for UC parts/advise

    i called the local parts guy up looking for some bottom rollers for my kobelco sk130lc mark 4. he said that they are pretty unique to kobelco for the 120's and 130's, and he cant get aftermarket ones. anyone know about this? i have a couple rollers where the bearings are shot and one more...
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    brake adjustment question

    i am still new to the world of dozing. we have an '81 D5B. i know i need to adjust the linkages for the hand brakes (never used the foot pedals), but i really dont know what they are supposed to feel like when they are correct. i ran a buddys 7 this weekend and i sure liked the power of...
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    how would one go about setting culverts

    i am in the middle of setting a few culverts for a guy to make some creek crossings, and was wondering how you guys set them and start packing them. i do not have a plate compactor, so i have been packing with my bucket (tryin not to hammer it much). after i get above the pipe a foot or two...
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    aim attachments?

    anyone ever heard of em? how do they comepare? i am looking to possibly add another bucket to my collection. they have a 1yr or 2000hr warranty. is ar400 steel what they should be made of? are there any other good aftermarket buckets out there, i am not really in the market for an oem bucket...
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    how long is too long?

    how long of a push is too long? i am pushing w/ our new to us d5b lgp. i was wondering how long of a push you guys usualy go until you get a scraper. i am pushing about 200' more or less, and it sure seems to take a while. thanks!
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    dozer took a bath

    hey all, i am looking at a D5B. i will try to get pics uploaded soon, but i have a couple questions. the current owner said it was dunked in a river. is this a big concern?? i know he has flushed the fluids, except the torque converter i think he said. and i also know he has been using it, and...
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    cat D5B opinions??

    neighbor has one and is looking to sell it. he said it is a mid 80's machine. 7000 some hours. has roll bar and cab, some of the glass is broke out, but helps air flow huh?! lol. any good bad or ugly stories? thanks!!
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    diggin under water

    might have a job comming up scooping some muck out of a pond and was wondering if there is anything to keep in mind when bucket pins and whatnot are under water. more grease than usual? anything else? thanks
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    tree removal pics

    little project i was working on. the pics are from my fone, hence the bad quality. tree was about 85 ft tall, took out with sk130 in about 1-1.5hr. couldnt move it when on the ground, so we had to cut this one up. also just burried the stump as deep as i could dig.
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    kobelco 130

    have a couple questions on my machine. i noticed when i first bought it that when you put the safety lever down something in the hydraulics starts to lightly whine. didn't know what it was, but cought wind that this was not normal. as this is my first machine i wouldn't have known. now that it...
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    hydraulic or electrical problems??

    i have started noticing that when i put down the safety lever to turn on the controls in my kobelco 130 that there is a hydraulic whine and it pulls the motor down. everything is functioning properly, all the controls work fine. sounds like a valve is sticking or something, but if that were the...
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    test

    c if this werks
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    partial demo

    was just reading a different thread by one of you about a house demo you did with the 750k house next door and it got me thinking... i just did one that was attached to a house. lol. you guys might remember a while ago i was asking about doing a partial house demo. well i finally did it and...
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    bucket cylinder

    i am still looking for a cylinder for my thumb on the 130. been looking on ebay and google and can't really find anything, i have found some boom and stick cylinders from a couple 200 and 300 machines that are getting scrapped, but no bucket cylinders (plus these would be way too big). i think...
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    table bearings

    so i have actually had time to call the dealer about my table bearing. wish i hadn't. they are $17k. only paid $23k for the whole machine. this is a kobelco sk 130 lc IV. (same one from the slop in the turntable thread) does anyone know of an aftermarket bearing? dealer said that some...
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    cold weather questions

    this summer i bought my kobelco 130 and didn't really think about winter at the time. just wondering if it has a block heater you are supposed to plug it in like we do our tractors when it gets cold. it has a cummins in it. it started the other day no prob at 15 degrees... now it is getting down...
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