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    Anybody who has liftet the cab to renew the rubber seal and paint

    See if you can get a operators manual, it should have the procedure. Atleast on my Hitachi as John C mentioned its about 6 bolts, mine has a built in jack thing that raises it once its unbolted. Looks like the same issues I would run into up here in WA state USA. If it doesnt rust, it develops...
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    Paint vs powder

    In my experience powder coating is nice for things that wont see rocks and debris hitting it at say 70mph. Powder coat chips pretty easily in those situations and once it chips as stated allows rust in and ya cant just fix a small spot and have it look good IMHO. My old Ford trucks always had...
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    Catalytic converter scrap price

    I believe over the past decade there have been multiple junk recyclers shutdown due to taking in a bunch of stolen cats/dpfs/scrs. Guys were bringing in truck loads of them with no questions asked at the scrap yard.
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    Hitachi ZX30U-3 Few questions

    Forgot one thing. So when greasing the machine I noticed that the bucket cylinder where it attaches to the bucket link (hope I got those right) there is a raised boss around the zerk fitting. The zerk seems to be at an angle and I cant get the grease gun on it or a socket to get it out and...
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    Hitachi ZX30U-3 Few questions

    Thanks Allan. Weekend before last got oil/filter, air filter, hydraulic filters, final drive gear oil changed and greased everything. Didnt get the hydraulic oil changed yet but will do that next weekend. Tightened up the tracks to within spec. The final drive oil looked like crap, imagine its...
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    Hitachi ZX30U-3 Few questions

    Will do thanks.
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    Hitachi ZX30U-3 Few questions

    Yeah the bucket and thumb tags has the Sany info. Unfortunately I wont be near it till this weekend and dont recall what the model numbers and such are.
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    Hitachi ZX30U-3 Few questions

    In post 6 of this thread I posted a picture of my machine. Was curious if anyone knows the type of wedge coupler that is installed. The bucket and thumb are sany which makes sense (the dealer I got it at is a kubota/sany dealer). Was just trying to look around for deals on other buckets but not...
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    Bucket pin wear

    We used the termalene in the Navy alot. Worked great for holding O-rings in place as well. Not sure how it would work for excavator pins but if it says it does then it should. Not sure about the newer eco friendly stuff however, that came after my time.
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    Mecalac excavator

    They do look versatile. Would be nice for private ownership or small business trying to minimize amount of machines I would think.
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    DEF Delight or not??

    Not sure how they do it on the heavy equipment but would think its similar. On trucks the duration and timing tables control the fuel and the only thing you have to worry about it making sure there is large enough exhaust to get rid of the exhaust for the increased fuel/air that gets used...
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    zaxis 120 monitor not working

    Understandable, if it was anything close to my 30U would pay to have ya send it to the San Juans but I dont think that is going to be anything close.
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    DEF Delight or not??

    Why would a diesel need back pressure to keep from going lean? I don't see how that makes any sense at all.
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    DEF Delight or not??

    Problem with the Ram trucks and longevity after doing the D are generally either a very poor D programmer and or running hot tunes. Never heard of a 6.7 cummins losing oil pressure and grenading due to the Ds. Now they may do that just due to the inherent computer software, all the indications...
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    zaxis 120 monitor not working

    Did you keep the old one? If so any plan on taking it apart to see if its a simple fix or not gonna bother, just curious.
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    Hitachi ZX30U-3 Few questions

    Good to know and thanks for the input. I did see that one photo in the 30u-2 ops manual but it looked different like ya said. I have not taken measurements but if I recall there is a placard or sticker that says 30u-3. Will try and re evaluate this weekend. I did see the photos of the gauge...
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    Hitachi ZX30U-3 Few questions

    Amateur question but what do each of these buttons do? I think the top two are Set and Select for the screen menu. Not sure about the two round ones. Wanted to add from what I have scene online those could be the auto idle and workmode?
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    Hitachi Dr ZX

    Good to know, I are mechanic.
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    Hitachi ZX30U-3 Few questions

    Picked up pretty much everything from Pape (JD/Hitachi) yesterday. Pricing on par with internet pricing and in some cases cheaper. The hyd fluid was pricey. Had no problems getting everything except the water separator which I will have to order (only thing that wasn't in stock). Copied from...
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    Hitachi Dr ZX

    And the C5 resister is missing .... FYI
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