duane schlosser
New Member
Working on getting my super E back. extendahoe 4WD. Put new rubber on it, new battery and fired right up. So now when I go to use the hoe joysticks, they are froze. All but one sticks pull down. Left stick will go forward forcefully, 2 middle sticks will not go forward, and the left stick stuck tight.
also the swing pedals seem frozen.
stabilizers controls work as they should.
I did not try to drive it, front bucket controls work fine.
The hoe sat, but I did start it periodically. I did have to put about 2-1/2 gallons of hydraulic in the tank. I did notice some corrosion on the dip stick. I am guessing that moisture accumulated and froze the controls.
My question is how hard of a fix is this and what is the fix?. Looking at it it looks like the only way to get to the valve body ( if that is what it is called) is to take a whole bunch of major componets off the machine (hoe,cab).
Not sure if I can handle that kind of repair and may just have to cut my losses and sell. I only use the machine on rare occasions and may not be worth the bother and expense for me to continue for the amount of use I need.
Wish I would have started it and tried it all out before I spent 2000.00 on new rubber.
Thanks for the input and help.
also the swing pedals seem frozen.
stabilizers controls work as they should.
I did not try to drive it, front bucket controls work fine.
The hoe sat, but I did start it periodically. I did have to put about 2-1/2 gallons of hydraulic in the tank. I did notice some corrosion on the dip stick. I am guessing that moisture accumulated and froze the controls.
My question is how hard of a fix is this and what is the fix?. Looking at it it looks like the only way to get to the valve body ( if that is what it is called) is to take a whole bunch of major componets off the machine (hoe,cab).
Not sure if I can handle that kind of repair and may just have to cut my losses and sell. I only use the machine on rare occasions and may not be worth the bother and expense for me to continue for the amount of use I need.
Wish I would have started it and tried it all out before I spent 2000.00 on new rubber.
Thanks for the input and help.