Ford 753 backhoe

(quoted from post at 14:34:11 03/04/22) Hey all,
I was thinking the other day about my Ford 753 backhoe and wondered if it was possible to cut some expenses fixing it? Mine has a 4" swing cylinder I need to replace and I would like to replace it with a 3 1/2" Am I just looking for trouble trying to save 800 bucks? After checking Mine is a 13' and the one I want to use is for a 750 10'

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(quoted from post at 16:04:08 03/04/22)
Well the problem is one of the cylinders is missing, can't be found. I can't afford to put out the 1300 for new one, so I was going to try to cut price by 800. Thanks for your input.

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(quoted from post at 09:04:08 03/04/22)
Well the problem is one of the cylinders is missing, can't be found. I can't afford to put out the 1300 for new one, so I was going to try to cut price by 800. Thanks for your input.

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(quoted from post at 17:41:49 03/12/22) Last I knew, Lets say a Ford 4500 or 550 backhoe with swing chain set-up uses a single high pressure hose on each cylinder and a bleed-off at the
rear of the cylinder. These cylinders just sit into pockets with only the tightness of the swing chain holding them in place. I've seen the
pockets crack apart enough that the boss where the hydraulic hose wears thru the welded nipple on the cylinder barrel and start a leak there.
Prompting a weld repair to the cylinder barrel nipple. But the pocket also needs to be repaired so the cylinder doesn't go too far into the
pocket again and causing the rub thru like before. There is a cushion valve mounted to the X member inside the backhoe main frame. There are
bleeders on it to remove air from the cylinders when starting operation with dry cylinders. These cylinders are made for these backhoes only and
another cylinder whether double acting or single acting of different diameters or lengths will not work. No pin holds these cylinders into the
pockets. They just bottom out and stop.

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