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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billrbg" data-source="post: 78295" data-attributes="member: 10970"><p>I tried looking for that "profile" stuff (right-click on my user name, several different places) and can't find that HTML editor box to check. Like I said, I'm much better at mechanical/electrical operations than GUI navigation... A bit "off-topic", but a brief update: All looked good, although a little bit of leaking showed up after a short while of running. I couldn't tell where it was from, but figured it was from the front of the valve spools, as I was using a the lift/tilt a lot more than usual (moving 60+ yds of fill). Then I put the hydra-hammer on it and quickly blew the aux hose, back over my LH shoulder, at the top of the left lift-boom. I didn't notice this until the fluid level was so low that I no longer had control of the lift and tilt. Trying to back the B'cat out of the hole I was in, it tilted forward to a 45 deg angle because I couldn't position the hammer to minimize the effect of its considerable weight hanging out there. I was hanging on for dear life and the engine kept running until my wife could reach in and turn it off. I'm hoping no damage was done. We got it back "on its feet" and I will fill with fluid later today for moving out in the open for repair of that hose. The joy never ceases! Yeah, I know, that hammer puts a lot of jolt on everything; not the nicest tool to put on the B'cat.</p></blockquote><p></p>