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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 3444" data-attributes="member: 307">A 3000 psi guage can be had for $25, plus a few fittings, most people have access to an air compressor, even hyd caps are farely cheap compared to shop labour or randomly guessing at the problem. If you can get a portable compessor you can pressure test the piston seal right on the machine just by hooking air to one port and listening for the leak in the other. And if  a guage would help me test the valve b4 I went to the trouble and wasted oil to pull it out, I think that is money well spent.My apologies if I sounded rude also, I just know what my experience tells me. I like testing to  narrow down the problem area when ever possible. I have pulled to many things apart, rebuit them and then found out that was not the problem. Any honest mechanic will tell you they have been there, It just a place I try not to visit often.Ken</blockquote>