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Same stuff going on in my shop.

Mine isn’t quite that bad, but I do wonder how someone can make an investment in something like an excavator and allow it to wear to the point of failure. I got my machine reasonably cheap, but it’s still a fair amount of money for me. Especially where it doesn’t make money for me. The way this...

There is a bearing/machine shop local to me. I disassembled the cylinder and brought him the ram and the gland. He measures all the needed seals and orders them. He told me the cylinders are all off the shelf parts (not made or designed by Nissan/Hanix) but he doesn’t stock metric seals and...

That’s just nuts. I just rebuilt 4 cylinders on my machine. The boom ram has some nicks in it as well, I just polished the surface so there are no sharp edges to cut the wiper or seal. When I went to reassemble the bucket cylinder, the gland nut was binding. There was a slight bend in the ram. I...

Like someone earlier, I just joined because of your project. I have an N-21 Mini Giant that I purchased probably 12 years ago. Very similar to your machine but a little bigger (and cleaner! That thing was filthy). I had the same rotted battery tray but relocated it to a plastic battery box under...