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    Hitachi ex55ur

    Hitachi ex55ur gray market machine ...Problem in the stick cylinder circut ( i think hitachi calls it the Arm cylinder) .No electric solenoids just pilot oil ... Arm cylinder will be extremely slow on the curl side ..I swapped hoses at the valve and the problem moved to the extend side...
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    Horsepower Electric vs. Gas

    It seems somewhere I've read that 1 horsepower electric is equal to 3 horsepower gas ?? Is this correct ? Heres my problem ...Buddy of mine gave me an old steam jenny that has an 18 hp gas drive engine ...After makin sure that the coil and pump hadn't froze and bust..I'm thinking off...
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    Shifter collars

    I'm sure everyone has got into an all out wrestlin match with a gear shifter collar..quarter turn and its out ....goin back aint so easy you got a concave lock and spring to collapes ...Channel locks just make you say some continential compound cuss words ... Today I face this challenge with...
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    Old Truckers

    I was wondering if there are any truckers on here that remember a trucking company named International Transport out of Rochester , Minnesota ... I had truck leased to them in about 87 to 89 before Schiender bought them out ...It was all owner operaters and most of the old hands had green and...
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    Loafers

    Does anybody have loafers come by there shop ....I locked all the doors and went to dinner and when I came back there was a couch and chairs in the corner ..Them jokers laughed and said it was about time i got them some where to sit !!! I used to half way cuss them , but these oldtimers where...
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    Beers

    I know theres a similiar thread 'old timers ' ..but just thinking of all the good teachers I've had in 49 years of life ...Just want to say :drinkup to them ..my biggest mentor was Dave Trego .. Beers to ya buddy.
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    Mechanics vs. Doctors

    A little humor that I was thinking about mechanics vs. doctors .. I wash my hands before i go to the bathroom My problems come back on the rollback a doctor buries his My favorite is that a doctor is still "practiceing " does that mean he hasn't perfected his craft ?? try telling...
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    Cosmoleen ?? "Cosmoline"

    I ;ve got some motor blocks and crankshafts getting ready to store and have tried the ol wd40 and shrink wrap deal and was wondering if anyone knew where to buy Cosmoleen ,not real sure of my spelling on this lol...Anyhow y"all know what I'm talking about that god awful stuff that comes on new...
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    JD 350 C oil transfer

    Hey new here ...I've got a customer with a JD350C that is tranfering oil from the reverser gear box to the rear end . I understand that the most logical place that this happening is a leak in one or both steering clutches...I've been in the left side years ago and he stated at first it was...
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