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The angle fittings with the orifices are easy to remove after pushing out the pin on the cylinder rod end and tilting the whole cylinder to vertical. That position is also good for bleeding any air out of the circuit.Thanks, Alpine! Not where I had expected them to be, that's for sure.
Easy to get to, right? I really like that.
I had all my cylinders rebuilt, and the parts were common off the shelf pieces.I just got a bad leak on one of my hydraulic cylinders for the backhoe. I bought a new kit to rebuild it from a company called Martin Fluid Power.
My question to the group is: does anyone have to rebuild the front hydraulic cylinders? If so, I'm planning on working with them to build a seal kit to rebuild all 4 cylinders unless somebody has a source for the kits. Since they don't leak I might not touch them but, if there is a need, and since I'm redoing the entire back anyways, I can measure and get seals made at Martin Fluid Power for the front.
Great, looks good.After three months of on and off progress, the FLUs can finally View attachment 739937enjoy covered parking.
This sad subject has been covered quite extensively in the past few years in this thread. Heck, someone (me?) started a separate thread on it.Thanks, I'll check for fuel leaks / air intrusion. Would that explain the seemingly random nature of this problem and the periods where it works fine for a time?
It usually starts right up and runs for a while before the surge and (almost) dying issue, then magically fixes itself for a while, maybe 10-15 minutes, the acts up again. It's been frustrating to diagnose, so I really appreciate your ideas.
(I assumed this had a pressurized fuel system and didn't consider a vacuum issue, where all should I look for vacuum leaks that might cause this problem?)
Thanks, but no thanks. I already sold one SEE, and probably should sell another FLU.Looks like you have room to expand your collection.
I have covered it in the past and others have also. My final diagnostic tool was a fuel tank from an outboard motor setup complete with a squeeze bulb to pressurize the fuel. I hooked the hose to the fuel line downsteam of the strainer, filled it with a couple of gallons of diesel and sat it on the passenger seat. This turns the fuel system into gravity feed system instead of a lift system. I would then prime the fuel filters and the truck would start right up and run fine. I then hooked the system back up normal and the truck would start sputtering and running out of fuel in a minute or so. I replaced some fuel line including the hidden and hard to get to fuel lines on the top of the tank. In the places were left the mercedes plastic tubing, I cut a short length of hose, slit it lengthwise and slipped it over the plastic. I then put a gear type hose clamp over the the rubber hose and cranked it tight. I also redid the return line hose from the injectors that tends to get damaged when the engine cover is removed and put back in place. I also replaced the gasket on the fuel strainer. I can not tell you exactly what fix was the one but I havent had to use the boat tank for two years. Note the plastic fuel line issue a known issue of mercedes cars of that error. They hold pressure and dont leak but put them under vacuum and they leak.Ladies and Gentlemen:
If this has been covered before, please be kind and direct me toward that resolution.
After a few year, my SEE has begun to act strangely - the engine fires and runs well for a few minutes, then acts like a filter is plugged or a governor has gone crazy, will surge and nearly stop, surge again and nearly stop. This may go on for 4-5 minutes sometimes, warm engine or cold, then it will run fine for some indeterminate time under load or at idle and then the cycle may or not repeat for a while. The position of the throttle does not seem to matter, and it does it under load or not, it does not seem to matter if it is parked on flat ground or running up and down embankments.
The fuel has stabil in it, but is less than a year old, but I assume that it would consistently not run well if it was a fuel or filter issue.
HELP!
Mark1954