Nyquil Junkie
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The backhoe on this 63/64 4000 industrial has some previous owner plumbing that I'm at a loss to figure out. Its a Sherman power digger 1168 (an F9 as far as I can read). On the back of the swing chain cylinder there is a cap on the end of it. The parts manual says its a breather. The left one is fine, the right one has a hose the last owner seems to have scabbed on there, and the hose goes into a gallon jug under the backhoe seat. It fills up in a few min and you have to dump it back in the tank. The hoe seems to work fine with it like that.
Why did they put this hose on like that... the other side breather doesn't leak, why not just put a plug in the breather hole if it was leaking? I was going to plumb the hose into the tank to eliminate the catch jug but I want to make sure I don't screw something up.
Now I looked in the parts book for this hoe, and on Messicks and NH, it says the breather is no longer sold... it was replaced with "kit #7700025".
Of course that kit is also no longer sold by anyone I can find.
What was the "Kit" and can I just fabricate one? Can I just stick a bolt in the breather hole (I assume its threaded)? What purpose did the breathers serve?
Why did they put this hose on like that... the other side breather doesn't leak, why not just put a plug in the breather hole if it was leaking? I was going to plumb the hose into the tank to eliminate the catch jug but I want to make sure I don't screw something up.
Now I looked in the parts book for this hoe, and on Messicks and NH, it says the breather is no longer sold... it was replaced with "kit #7700025".
Of course that kit is also no longer sold by anyone I can find.
What was the "Kit" and can I just fabricate one? Can I just stick a bolt in the breather hole (I assume its threaded)? What purpose did the breathers serve?