DigMaster DM200 Excv.

[RickfromPaso]

Based purely on pictures, it looks mighty similar to the Rippa R328, although that one has a Yanmar engine. There's a link for the "Manual" on that site but it looks like a brochure, not a manual. Maybe if you contact them they would have a manual (hopefully in English) for you?

If you look at the Rippa website, it lists Digmaster as a Dealer.

 

[John White]

It's been cold here since I got mine around the 1 of jan, I am 84 and the cold is hard on me, then the last of Jan. my wife passed away. (38 years of a good life with her.) She was a out side person and already had a lot of project for my digger. We should start getting a few warm days in a couple of weeks. I haven;t even looked it over good yet. Do they come with a hydraulic filter on them? Do you need a cooler on them for the hyd. As soon as it warms up I want to use it for about a hour or so, then change the oil and hyd. oil. Any advice appreciated.

 

[RickfromPaso]

Sorry for your loss John. I can't imagine... I will be picking my DM200 up this week and will check it out.

 

[RickfromPaso]

It's been cold here since I got mine around the 1 of jan, I am 84 and the cold is hard on me, then the last of Jan. my wife passed away. (38 years of a good life with her.) She was a out side person and already had a lot of project for my digger. We should start getting a few warm days in a couple of weeks. I haven;t even looked it over good yet. Do they come with a hydraulic filter on them? Do you need a cooler on them for the hyd. As soon as it warms up I want to use it for about a hour or so, then change the oil and hyd. oil. Any advice appreciated.

I just picked up my DM200. I took a quick look in the engine compartment and saw no hydraulic oil filter or cooler. In transporting it home, the big red key must have bounced out of the switch. It appears to be a battery cutoff switch but I am not sure. Does your DM200 have this on the right side of the bulkhead as you are sitting in the machine. Any ideas?

 

[John White]

Yes. right side.

 

[dfkrug]

It appears to be a battery cutoff switch but I am not sure.

The battery cutoff switch is a legacy of the first Chinese minis, which came with a 1-cyl diesel engine that had to be shut off mechanically. The starter switch did not have an electrical OFF position to kill the engine.

That has all changed with the advent of the 3-cyl Yanmars and Kubotas, plus the properly-designed gasoline engine units. They have a starter switch that enables the fuel solenoid on diesels, or kills the ignition on gas engines.

I tossed the cutoff switches on all of the minis I had, since it was just a battery- and hour meter-killer. Of course, I had to upgrade the starter switch, but you don't need to.

 

[John White]

RickfromPaso: I went down and looked at mine a while ago. Its a flimsy set up. It's a wonder I didn"t loose mine. It just fell out when I touched it. I am going to put a tie strap so it wont fall out. in the mean time if you haven"t got yours fixed, just find a 3/8 socket that will just slide in it, then find a piece of pipe or wood dowel the same size, drill a hole through it and just insert a nail. Trim it to fit and that should get you by, or go to harbor freight an buy a battery disconnect. That should work also.

 

[RickfromPaso]

I ended up going to O'Reilly Auto and they had a Doorman battery cutoff key set 2 for 9.99. It fit and works! DM200 started right up. Looks like a pretty well made piece of equipment. I bought a 25mm quick hitch coupler and some 30mm weld-on ears. Also bought a 24" tilting bucket, 8" bucket and 12" auger. Looking at adding a hydraulic oil cooler and filter and a Dual Crossover Hydraulic Relief Cushion Valve for the swing motor.

 

[RickfromPaso]

Oops! I was wrong, there is a hydraulic oil cooler in front of the engine radiator! And maybe a weird in-line filter.

 

[RickfromPaso]

I emailed digmaster and asked about a DM200 operators manual, and they sent me one!