dieselsamurai
Too many projects not enough time!
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so ive had this for 15years now was quite low hours from a country estate originally orange its a Powerfab Samurai i dont think they made many. It has a Mitsubishi L3E diesel about 20hp so powerful for a 1 1/2 ton machine made in 1995.
All was going well until pump went wrong in brother-in-laws front garden when the input shaft to the pump sheared . Major issue was that it was a variable displacement Rexroth that you just cant get spares for and £1800 to replace ! I though ok easy then chuck a big vane pump on and back in business... nope closed circuit system so when levers centered pump returns to tank not valve block!
only option was get it home luckily have a mate with lots of big toys
so I found a 3 section pump that had the right output from a mower on ebay at a good price
It had the controls in a box in front of you which always meant leaning forwards to work not great for long periods , also the valve block was all located inside but I managed to sell that which was handy and paid towards new spools
I didnt take a lot of fabbing photos but this is it in the process of being converted to joysticks either side , I basically split the old control box down the middle and used it either side, the left hand one moves and has a switch to divert hydraulic fluid back to tank when you pull a lever to get out
under the floor had very little in it with the old set up but i had to fit 3 spool valves 3 diverter valves and 1 hydraulic filter in there some how
All was going well until pump went wrong in brother-in-laws front garden when the input shaft to the pump sheared . Major issue was that it was a variable displacement Rexroth that you just cant get spares for and £1800 to replace ! I though ok easy then chuck a big vane pump on and back in business... nope closed circuit system so when levers centered pump returns to tank not valve block!
only option was get it home luckily have a mate with lots of big toys
so I found a 3 section pump that had the right output from a mower on ebay at a good price
It had the controls in a box in front of you which always meant leaning forwards to work not great for long periods , also the valve block was all located inside but I managed to sell that which was handy and paid towards new spools
I didnt take a lot of fabbing photos but this is it in the process of being converted to joysticks either side , I basically split the old control box down the middle and used it either side, the left hand one moves and has a switch to divert hydraulic fluid back to tank when you pull a lever to get out
under the floor had very little in it with the old set up but i had to fit 3 spool valves 3 diverter valves and 1 hydraulic filter in there some how