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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tom18287@AOL.COM" data-source="post: 102594" data-attributes="member: 5183"><p>hey guys so i finally picked this backhoe up. everything seems to work fine. the two stabilizer levers were a little stiff but i sprayed them and they are fine now. i have a couple questions. when the idle is all the way down on the machine i can find this sweet spot on the control valves where, say i try to pick the main boom up. if i stop at this exact spot when pulling the lever towards me the boom will drop slightly then the hydraulics kick in and it lifts up. almost like the levers self bleed or something. 2nd question is when the machine sits for a while, the boom will drop a couple inches in a few hours. i assume this is normal. but i can also move the bucket freely by hand slightly as well. not the full stroke of the cylinder just a little bit. zero signs of leaks at all whatsoever. everything is tight. i assume its all fine and i am just way too observant and nitpicking a 20 year old backhoe.</p></blockquote><p></p>