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    Hydraulic oil from honey color to almost black

    Recently running my 304.5 mini excavator and within a 2 hour span my hydraulic oil changed from a transparent honey color to a dark grey/ black color. I recently purchased, so it may just be that it took that long for any newly added oil to mix with whatever old oil was already in the system...
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    303c cr Cat no drive power

    Have you had any luck with this issue? I purchased a 304.5 and noticed a similar issue. One thing that I have noted in my case however is that the power to the tracks seems very good upon first starting the machine. Then it seems to taper off the longer I run the machine which leads me to...
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    Service Manual Trading Post

    Wow thank you. The serial is ANR00761.
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    Service Manual Trading Post

    Hi All, I am new to the forums and owner of a CAT 304.5 Mini Excavator ANR. I have been digging around (no pun intended) trying to locate a service manual for this excavator. Does anyone here happen to have a PDF of this model that you would be willing to share? Thank you
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