Thumb install

I have a Volvo ECR88, so in between a compact and full excavator. It has a Geith coupler and I'm installing a Geith pin on hydraulic thumb. I am getting different opinions on whether to use doubler plates on the stick. The stick is 3/8 thick on the mount face. If I do plate I'm thinking 3/8 low cargo steel. Plate the stick end? Under cylinder mount? The whole stick? None of the above? TIA. Jim

john deere 555g weak brakes

Im working on a 555g loader steering brakes and brakes are weak I found 4 bad hydraulic hoses to the steering clutches the pedal is low I had adjusted the bands by the book one band bracket was rubing the drum im not sure how much lining should be on the band the clutches still have grooves in them , I just want to get it right before I put it all back together any ideas ? Thanks 2000 crawler

D7E-47A pony engine parts?

I need to pull out my pony engine. I think the bendix gear has a bad tooth. it jumps around pretty badly and engages rough. is there anywhere left to get parts for these old girls? I prefer not to convert to electric if I don't have to.

Takeuchi t b 135 hyd. fill cap placement

I don't know where to fill my hyd. fluid resevor in my takeuchi tb 135. Seems like it was one of those big bolt looking caps on the right side at the top. Is that right? Do I need to let off the pressure?

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Case 380 Possible injector issues

Tractor idles fine but misses during acceleration, and smokes a lot. Don't know where to start



Tom in Iowa

Need a lift cylinder for a 980B

Pulled the rod out of my 980B and found the mounting pin (not the right word) broken off the body. So now I need a body or a whole cylinder. Just bought the machine but didn't see it. DAMMIT!! anyone have one?????????????????????????



Body 7j9817 Cylinder 7j9818

Sloppy fit

Working with my first excavator. Some of the pins/bushings in the bucket/arm linkage are (to me) a little sloppy. They wiggle around more than I like. Sometimes its useful (when shaking dirt off a stump or out of a slash pile) but mostly it's just annoying.

Do you guys replace these components often (1000 hours?, 4000 hours?)

Do you buy factory OEM components?

Do you have pins and bushings machined to your material/tolerance spec?