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Recent content by MachineHead437

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    Komatsu PC200 LC-5

    Yes I do have the hydraulic pilots. I'm working with someone who's fairly knowledgable about machines but doesn't do it everyday and we've been working on this for days and I feel like we keep going in circles I scoured the manual and gave him all sorts of info but it goes back to that whole I'm...
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    Komatsu PC200 LC-5

    I am not sure if it has been since we've owned it or not. It may very well have an issue also but as of right now our main issue is lack of pressure to the cylinder. We disconnected the hose before the spool valve that would take the fluid up to the cylinder and moved the joystick and no fluid...
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    Need help locating parts for oddball excavator

    Thank you all again. Unfortunately, most of the ideas did not pan out for me. I'm gonna see about just selling the machine as is and put the money towards maybe a komatsu or cat.
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    Komatsu PC200 LC-5

    Hydraulic cylinder failure. At first it was stuck in the retracted position when I turned machine off it. The cylinder did a slow drift extending I waited a couple minutes and then fired the machine back up and the cylinder immediately snapped back into the retracted position. My brother did...
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    Need help locating parts for oddball excavator

    Thank you all for the suggestions. Ive been in contact with quite a few people. Most have turned up dead-ends. Right now I'm in the process of trying to find something of similar size that I can adapt. Finding the exact bucket cylinder is unsuccessful. :(
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    Need help locating parts for oddball excavator

    ^^^^This is an older picture of have of the machine from last year with the cylinder on it still ^^^
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    Need help locating parts for oddball excavator

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    Need help locating parts for oddball excavator

    That's another option that I'm looking into. Unfortunately,many places want part numbers not dimensions. I did speak with a gentleman today who has the same machine and he said since he has the dimensions from his cylinder and can compare in person he was going to see if he could find something...
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    Need help locating parts for oddball excavator

    I thought I took a better picture today but apparently I never saved it so this is the best comparison I have. I have a couple more pictures I'm going to upload
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    Need help locating parts for oddball excavator

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    Need help locating parts for oddball excavator

    That's a good idea. Unfortunately I don't have it on the machine but I can take a picture of the cylinder. Its actually disassembled because we sent it to get repack and the guy was like yea not happening. Its totally wiped out the barrel is scored beyond repair and there's a lot of other...
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    Need help locating parts for oddball excavator

    Just an update. I called around to most of the places and didn't have much luck. The link from machinery trader was a bit of a dead end. The guy says he might not want to sell parts :( so on with looking to do a full rebuild. Anyone else with suggestions would be much appreciated. I got a...
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    Need help locating parts for oddball excavator

    Thanks. I called the place posted to the machinery trader link. Waiting for a call back. If no success then I will def try that place in Ohio.
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    Need help locating parts for oddball excavator

    Thanks. I called the place posted to the machinery trader link. Waiting for a call back. If no success then I will def try that place in Ohio.
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    Need help locating parts for oddball excavator

    Any hits for parts I've gotten on google have been China and and somewhere in Europe. Not really cost effective :(
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