Both stabilizer cylinders took a dump on me :(

[mercdv]

I just completely replaced all the fluids including a partial change before hooking up all attachments and cycling them all before a full drain and replace. The fluid coming out the backhoe couplings when removing them has the same color and consistency as the new brown fluid. All the red dye from the factory fluid appears to be gone. Should I still loosen a hose and take a sample from the stabilizers to be sure?

 

[ovrszd]

With the additional information, I'd start using the hoe and wait and see on rebuilding the cylinders. Deal with the small puddles for awhile. There may be more that show up. And some may go away with use. For now I'd just use it. By the end of Summer it may be sitting for another extended period of time. No need to spend money on it to sit.

 

[mercdv]

With the additional information, I'd start using the hoe and wait and see on rebuilding the cylinders. Deal with the small puddles for awhile. There may be more that show up. And some may go away with use. For now I'd just use it. By the end of Summer it may be sitting for another extended period of time. No need to spend money on it to sit.

Thanks for the suggestion...I'll give it a whirl and see what happens after using it for awhile. I hope it doesn't sit again for a long period of time because that would mean we had another family emergency. I'll just suck it up and order the kits if it is still leaking by the fall.