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    Hitachi EX60-2 Hydraulic Conversion

    What year is your machine? Currently The key and everything is bypassed and i can operate it, but would like to get it back to those functioning. My father had bypassed the key and things before he passed away.
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    Hitachi EX60-2 Hydraulic Conversion

    Has anyone ever removed and converted the hydraulic system to eliminate the electronics? It looks like the dash 2/3 machines were problematic and they make conversion kits for them, but I cant find anything for the ex60, only the ex100 and up. Has anyone done this for these machines or can the...
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    Dual Purpose Dump-Tractor

    This looks like a pretty slick setup to accomplish what I am looking to do. Anyone ever used one? http://kybato.com/home.html
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    Dual Purpose Dump-Tractor

    Has anyone made their dump truck into a dual purpose Dump-tractor? Something that the dump bed can easily be removed and a fifth wheel installed. I have some ideas floating around on how to do it, but looking to see what others have done too. Being a small operation and trying to stay cost...
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    Hitachi EX60 Help

    I finally had some time to work on the hoe. I checked out the solenoid and everything looks to be working correctly. I ended up changing out the EC Motor, position sensor, and throttle cable. I’m able to start the machine now, but it looks like i need to do a relearn on everything. How is...
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    Hitachi EX60 Help

    Do you think I am on the right path with the Solenoid valve? Or would it be the regulator on the pump? I am doing a lot of traveling on the machine and going over the service manual it looks like travel motors use a lot of flow. I dont get why it would work ok for XX amount of time and then...
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    Hitachi EX60 Help

    So I have an issue with my 1995 EX60 where it started to start hard now it won’t start without the throttle stepper motor bypassed. Right now I have the throttle unhooked from the stepper and the HYD pump solenoid unplugged. I can get the machine to start and run with the throttle manually...
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    Adding aux. hydraulics

    What was the part number for the kit and how much was it?
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