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Cab Shocks are shot and I'm SOL
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<blockquote data-quote="bobbie-g" data-source="post: 116574" data-attributes="member: 26"><p>Had a 751 for years. The gas-charged struts are the lifting support mechanism. There is nothing except rust and gravity that will hold the cab down, after the two securing bolts are removed. EXCEPT: as you are seated in the machine, just outside your right thigh is a valve handle in the cab "floor". That's the hydraulic release for the lift arms if the machine dies with the lift arms up in the air. I think you pull that upward half an inch and maybe rotate it a quarter turn??? The knob was missing on mine, so clever me, I just welded a nut to a piece of strap iron and there's my cheapie knob. Much later when I tried to lift the cab, it would only come up half an inch. I knew there was nothing holding it, so I got a crow bar and really honked up on it. Turns out the home made knob had rotated such that the strap was keeping the cab from lifting. Bent the shaft on the valve. Duhhhhh.... So check for junk in that area that might be between the bottom of the seat and that knob. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ---Bobbie-G</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobbie-g, post: 116574, member: 26"] Had a 751 for years. The gas-charged struts are the lifting support mechanism. There is nothing except rust and gravity that will hold the cab down, after the two securing bolts are removed. EXCEPT: as you are seated in the machine, just outside your right thigh is a valve handle in the cab "floor". That's the hydraulic release for the lift arms if the machine dies with the lift arms up in the air. I think you pull that upward half an inch and maybe rotate it a quarter turn??? The knob was missing on mine, so clever me, I just welded a nut to a piece of strap iron and there's my cheapie knob. Much later when I tried to lift the cab, it would only come up half an inch. I knew there was nothing holding it, so I got a crow bar and really honked up on it. Turns out the home made knob had rotated such that the strap was keeping the cab from lifting. Bent the shaft on the valve. Duhhhhh.... So check for junk in that area that might be between the bottom of the seat and that knob. :-) ---Bobbie-G [/QUOTE]
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