Typhon Terror XVII with cab.

[2manyrocks]

Anybody have a source for an adapter from the Thumbs auxiliary flow selector to a Hydraulic quick connector? The fitting on the selector is designed to connect to a 14mm DIN light hose. I find many female 14mm QC's but they are not DIN and lack the o-ring seal.

Maybe try ebay or amazon because there seems to be a few adapters for sale there common to chinese minis?

 

[MattB4]

Maybe try ebay or amazon because there seems to be a few adapters for sale there common to chinese minis?

Found nothing so far. Might have to get creative and perhaps have a short hydraulic hose with adapter to fit the QC on one end of it.

 

[Carl_NH]

Matt, I installed the 14MM QD like these 1 Set M14x1.5mm Hydraulic Quick Connect Coupler Female Thread Pipe Fitting8G | eBay so I could change between auger and tilting bucket. While these are the right size the orifice is too small to run the auger. I bought the fittings on ebay and had to get the connecting bits from the local hyd house.

Bottom line, you need a bigger QD set = probably flat faced to properly run the auger and the amount of time I am using that vs the bucket it only takes two min to undo the caps, and install the hoses.

If you want my QD's send me a PM.

 

[MattB4]

Thanks for the offer Carl_NH but if it did not work for your auger it likely would not work for mine. Living where I do there is little in the way of local shops.


ETA 8/1: BTW check the track tension. I had initially not paid any attention but I noticed 1 track feeling/looking loose. However the other track was incredibly tight so that there was no give. Neither were set properly from the factory. After raising machine off the ground I adjusted until I had about 1/2 inch between track and mid roller at the bottom. Not sure if that is spec but it seems to give a reasonable track tension.

Edit: 8/11 Did a hydraulic pressure test once I got in my fittings and pressure gauge. It came out at 2500psi which is right where it should be from what I can find from the net. BTW. You can access the radiator cap from above inside the cab on the left side behind the seat. There is a small bolt on plate just above the cap and barely enough room to open it. One other thing sorta hard to spot is the boom swing joint has its grease fitting on the bottom side where you will need to swing the deck till you are facing backwards to get at.

 

[Carl_NH]

I leave the caps on the valve until I want to use the auger or bucket. I have the hoses connected with a coupling on the Auger and tilting bucket when not in use, so they don't leak all over the place when removed. I take the caps off the valve, put the caps on the coupling, and connect the hoses, so I never lose the bits and pieces and everything stays clean too.

 

[George_B]

I'd install a carbon monoxide detector in the cab.

 

[Carl_NH]

George - its a diesel so there are minimal CO concerns. Not saying it has 0 CO, but it's very rare for diesel engines to create enough CO to cause harm.

 

[MattB4]

I found some 3/8 to metric 14 x 1.5 flat faced couplers. and adapters to attach to the selector switch. Ebay has the couplers (Pardon Our Interruption...) and Discount hydraulic hose has the adapter (DIN TUBE - L08 X DIN TUBE - L08)

This coupler should not be as much as a flow restriction problem as the 1/4inch or 14mm ones being sold.

 

[Carl_NH]

Matt - when looking at these XVII Typhon I believe they are made by Huayee - the thumb and square body panels look very similar to the Huayee. The bucket is thicker and the thumb is more robust too. Typhon sells the XIX too now $14K when 6 months ago they were $10K range.

 

[MattB4]

Yeah the TT-17 and Huayee 18 look quite a bit alike with just a few marginal differences. Only up to 12 hours runtime on mine so far. Looking forward to Fall to spend some more time operating it.

 

[kkl]

Edit 6/29: Well it is worse than I thought. 3 6mm Allen screws and some prying and the plate comes off but the battery is behind welded bars. It seems the left side panel (blue) would also need to come off and to do that it looks like the cab has to be pulled off first. At some point in the future I expect to modify the left side panel so that access to battery would be possible without lifting cab off first. Likely cut off the metal portion next to the fuel sight gauge and maybe hinge it for opening.

Thanks very much MattB4 for posting your experience with this mini ex. I bought the same model about the same time as you but have still used it very little. The battery position is incredibly dumb. I asked Typhon Machinery how to remove the battery and they sent instructions for the open model. When I pointed out that their instructions didn't work for the cab model, they admitted that the cab had to be lifted to remove the side panel to get to the battery. They sent a video link. Hopefully it works on this forum (a Google drive download): 3453_1761635669.mp4.zip
It skips over what to do with the wiring. However, I think the cab only needs to be lifted a few inches to get to the side panel bolts so it may not be necessary to disconnect the wires.

 

[MoArk Willy]

Pretty amazed that you could even get air condtioning on this size machine and even more amazed it was available at the price you paid.

I was going to ask if that machine had air conditioning.
I have a smaller XI with the gas Briggs & Stratton and the hood gets quite warm.
I can't imagine it being enclosed....except maybe when it is 0° outside......then you may want it.

 

[MattB4]

Thanks very much MattB4 for posting your experience with this mini ex. I bought the same model about the same time as you but have still used it very little. The battery position is incredibly dumb. I asked Typhon Machinery how to remove the battery and they sent instructions for the open model. When I pointed out that their instructions didn't work for the cab model, they admitted that the cab had to be lifted to remove the side panel to get to the battery. They sent a video link. Hopefully it works on this forum (a Google drive download): 3453_1761635669.mp4.zip
It skips over what to do with the wiring. However, I think the cab only needs to be lifted a few inches to get to the side panel bolts so it may not be necessary to disconnect the wires.

Looking at the video of how they get at the battery it just confirms my decision to abandon in place if the battery should go bad. I noticed they do not show disconnecting the battery cables in the tight location. A rather glaring omission.

I have run my excavator only ~15 hours so far. I went ahead and changed the oil and filter last month for the engine. My opinion of the excavator is that it could be better. Lots of seemingly poor design decisions. Like for instance the tooth bolts on the bucket are a loose fit in the holes and lack a locking washer or nylon ring bolt. I replaced mine with 1/2 inch by 1-1/2 inch grade 8 bolts.

It runs better than my previous 1-ton Typhon but at more than double the price I would say it does not provide double the value.