Dig-It towable Backhoe partial restoration

[sparc]

Ok Man, how much to make another set? Those look great and I am liking the black vs red panel. All of my stickers are shot!

I might be up for a set of 158 decals too.
Cheaper by the dozen right?

 

[Wa11banger]

Sparc there are two places to get parts.. mission and the other guy, who buys them all from mission and resells them to you.. mission is the cheapest I have found even ghost aving them made local. And super quick delivery from mission. They are in Indiana and so far I get everything next day. You can also order a copy of the manual it has been the best investment so far. Plus it has all the parts break down illustrations int and all the part numbers

 

[Krookz]

Plates?

No I dont think there's air in them. I bled them pretty good

Mission has manuals. They're like $20... has all the pin/bushing sizes and part numbers

 

[Wa11banger]

They move far too much fluid to have air in them at all. I thought I was going to be wise one day and disconnect a hose stick it in a bucket and "drain/purge" the low point, ie the wheel motors. Let's just say there isn't a 1/4 of a second where what molecules that were in one of them motors is still in it lol.. And of course I had been working it pretty hard so that fluid was near melting point. It hit the bottom of that 5 gallon bucket and immediately ejected back out, all over me, all over the dig it, all over everywhere but the inside of the bucket.

System purged sir! lol

 

[nydigger]

loving this thread. just picked up a dig-it 158 for free.99 from my boss. has a blown engine but has also been sitting outside for around 5+years. was also told prior to motor blowing oil he had all the hydraulics serviced. ive located a strong running magnum 18 for 300.00 should be here in about a week looking to restore it and using for locating buried cesspool covers and trenching.

 

[Wa11banger]

Nydigger, welcome to the thread, you will love it when you get it running again. It has done so much work for me, and well beyond what everyone told me it would be capable of. It will easily perform the tasks you want it to..

 

[Krookz]

Grats on the freebie. Enjoy it!

 

[nydigger]

thanks guys, im picking it up tomorrow and my motor should be here saturday. i would like to get a set of the re-pop decals im going to do a full resto on it.

 

[Wa11banger]

Good to hear.. Hey if you start a resto thread please come back and post it here so we know where to go to follow you.. Or I am the original poster.. You can insert it in here if you like.. It is all up to you

 

[Kernopelli]

Well, I'm back to rebuilding cylinders on my model 158. I have mentioned in several different TBN post that the gland nuts can be almost impossible to remove. On this most recent rebuild, I have finally come to the point of cutting the gland out on a lathe. The problem with doing this was that the glands ( or any individual cylinder parts except seals) are not available from Power King or Heartland Equip. I was able to confirm that DigIt used a Bradco 8LD backhoe on the 148/158 models. I called Paladin Attachments ( Bradco parent company)and they were able to email me a cylinder spec sheet and 8LD parts and operators manuals. They also confirmed cylinder parts were still available through Bradco dealers. Happy days! Hope this helps anyone who may be facing the same problems.