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Wish I could help you with the steering clutches, but that’s probably the only thing I never had apart on my old MC. It’s a great little machine to have around. It’s so light footed that you can backfill a leach field with it without compaction. One thing to look for is any cracks causing a coolant ...

Wish I had the ripper off it...

I guess at least I’m lucky I don’t have an elf problem. Mice in the battery box yes, but no elves. I did get the service manual and it seems that the pump seal is the only route for the hydraulic oil to get into the transmission as you all suspected. Unfortunately it’s on the bottom of the transmiss...

Thank you, Unlike my 450C, the hydraulic pump is not off of the crank on the front of the engine so I’m guessing it’s on the transmission. Coinciding with the loss of hydraulic oil (and no leak on the ground), the transmission dipstick under the seat is showing oil eight inches or more above the ful...

Hello, Been lurking for years but something came up today that caused me to register and ask all you good folks a question. Insofar as crawlers these days, I have a 450C as well as a straight 555. Went to use the 555 to set a 48” culvert today and found that all my hydraulic oil now resides in the t...