mrgadfly
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Hey, Folks!
Been enjoying surfing through TBN for a few years and, other than requesting a copy of the manual for this C99 Ditch Witch trencher (shout out and thanks to daveshoot for emailing the manual to me awhile back!), I hadn't had anything worth posting--until now.
As you can see from the second attached photo, my C99 has some type of large rectangular reservoir, I assume a hydraulic fluid reservoir, attached to the underside of the handles. The filler cap is located at the top of the reservoir between the two handle grips. What is this? I'm puzzled because, after surfing the net and looking at pictures of other C99's, I haven't found a single picture of another C99 with the same type of reservoir mounted to the handles. I've also looked through the C99 manual daveshoot emailed, me, but there doesn't seem to be any evidence of this reservoir, nor could I find any reference to it either.
Also, as you may be able to see in the first attached photo, when I have the C99 running, there's a hydraulic leak at one of the fittings just beneath the reservoir going into the little motor or pump.
Does anyone know if this reservoir is a DIY "value engineered" modification, or was this some type of upgrade or option Ditch Witch had available at the time?
I haven't actually used the trencher yet, other than starting and trenching a little when I first bought it. That old Wisconsin engine started after a few pulls, and it didn't smoke one bit! I'm planning on digging it out of the garage in the next week or so, cleaning the carburetor and fixing the hydraulic leak. It'll be my first time messing with any hydraulics, so it could be interesting.
Thanks for any help or input!
Been enjoying surfing through TBN for a few years and, other than requesting a copy of the manual for this C99 Ditch Witch trencher (shout out and thanks to daveshoot for emailing the manual to me awhile back!), I hadn't had anything worth posting--until now.
As you can see from the second attached photo, my C99 has some type of large rectangular reservoir, I assume a hydraulic fluid reservoir, attached to the underside of the handles. The filler cap is located at the top of the reservoir between the two handle grips. What is this? I'm puzzled because, after surfing the net and looking at pictures of other C99's, I haven't found a single picture of another C99 with the same type of reservoir mounted to the handles. I've also looked through the C99 manual daveshoot emailed, me, but there doesn't seem to be any evidence of this reservoir, nor could I find any reference to it either.
Also, as you may be able to see in the first attached photo, when I have the C99 running, there's a hydraulic leak at one of the fittings just beneath the reservoir going into the little motor or pump.
Does anyone know if this reservoir is a DIY "value engineered" modification, or was this some type of upgrade or option Ditch Witch had available at the time?
I haven't actually used the trencher yet, other than starting and trenching a little when I first bought it. That old Wisconsin engine started after a few pulls, and it didn't smoke one bit! I'm planning on digging it out of the garage in the next week or so, cleaning the carburetor and fixing the hydraulic leak. It'll be my first time messing with any hydraulics, so it could be interesting.
Thanks for any help or input!
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