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Cheers for the Help Andy. I bit the bullet and with my teeth gritted i bought some from RCBitz here in the uk. Cost about £36 in the end and thats enough for 2 tank fulls.
My oil guy here at work is going to find me some equivalent hydraulic oil as i wont be paying those prices again lol. Got two 6400mAh 3S1P 30C coming from Hobbyking too and the 4200xl should be here between 5 and 11 days time..Woohoo

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nice need picts in the dirt.
i spoke to several suppliers for work and they worked out what i need, 20l bucket is a bit much, but with three hyd models it will , still last a long time.
$30 from rc4wd for two tank fills is way too much.
talking to a fellow dirt bike rider he suggested motor bike fork oil as its pretty close to the tellus oil and should work and you can buy it in 1 liter packs. and its cheap.

cheers andy

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Yeah thats £36 not $36 so its even more lol

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I am using 15 weight motorbike fork oil in mine, it is essentially the same stuff but foams a little easier i believe. But you can pick it up in 1L bottles from any auto shop

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all right update time.
have sorted my issues with the 4200.
I had a leaking pump seal, new pump sorted that.
I played with the radio settings and made a complete hash of it.
read the manual, did some more playing and fixed it. slowed the slue and speed the main boom drops :bounce:

had a small problem bleeding the system, worked out one of the problems was I put the tank back in the wrong way around and the suction line was fitted to the return of the tank, so the rams would move , fill the tank enough to force oil into the pump then it would run dry again!!! MUPPET!!!

still , im learning and wont do that again.
radio is pretty easy do use now, so will play around a little more with the settings.
had to test it all out so dragged the screening plant outside and had a play.

http://youtu.be/71ClQVuDoD0:D

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this link should work


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ClQVuDoD0

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last play for the day, a quick test of ripper 2.0 and a bit of practice swapping buckets on the quick release.
found a switch on the radio.
it kills 4th valve and slows stick movement, very handy.
would have saved me a lot of grief messing with the radio settings.

any way video time.:D

http://youtu.be/itvxOmZ6xqk

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after finishing cooking the BBQ the wife made a small suggestion " when are you going to clean up the mess you made with your excavator"
now being the conscientious bloke I am, I skipped out of doing the dishes and grabbed a beer and cleaned up the play area.

heres the result.:D

http://youtu.be/KH8wnOORwO8

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Which switch was that Andy?

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It's the "mix channel" switch he's referring too, turned off will slow hyd flow to a snails pace b/c 4th valve doesn't move/remains open.

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that's the one Joe, found it by mistake.
good for practising the bucket swaps, I need some more reading time to see if I can do something with the slew as its quite jerky and smooth small movements are quite a pain.
I am wondering if a better esc and motor gear set up will fix the problem, or can it be slowed on the radio, by that I mean the acceleration of the motor.
the mix channel switch seems to only affect the hydraulics , only noticed it as my sound card is controlled by the forth valve( engine revs ) but dosent seem to have any effect on the rotation.
time to get the radio manual out.

cheers andy

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A better esc would be best to try, one with a light to no brake.

The mix has nothing to do with your rotation. You can manipulate your rotation speed & smoothness with the use of dual rates using different values for curves & offsets, and it will help alleviate some of jerkiness, but not eliminate it. Your right/left movements on the sticks are either aileron or rudder, which is which on each side of tx depends on which mode (1-4) your transmitter is set to.

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What I did was screw the dial all the way in on the pressure relief valve then
the dial for that servo can be used to manually adjust the overall pressure/function speed from the radio (mix always off then) This also keeps sound constant- dialed up down manually with pump on or off.

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thanks guys,
engine revs , I can set max revs on the signal reversing cable ( small pot on board )
Im more focused on the rotation jerkiness ( if that's a word ), I will try joes suggestions on the radio and see how we go.
if I cant get any joy out of that next will be an esc, the more play time with the radio the more confidant I am becoming at changing things up, also learnt write things down before I change too much LOL.
thanks for the help

cheers andy

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Andy, do you have a lot of play in your turn tabel? Because my motor gears went bad on mine causing it to be kinda jerky and then not turning at all.

David

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No. Have checked all the possible mechanical issues and everything is good, it is more of an electrical issue . The smoothness of how the motor preforms on the control side of things.
have ordered a few esc's to see if I can take out the choppyness of the brushed motor, if that dosent work maybe a brushless motor will be smoother .
still have a few projects on the go so can use left over bits for other toys, and you can never have too many spare parts.

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finally got motivated and installed the light kit for the loader.
had to disassemble the loader to run all the cable's nicely out of the way ( bit of a mission) but worth it in the long run.
indicators work off steering , even got them on the correct side first pop, left is left right is right.:)
figured out the radio to get them switching on the aux pot at top of radio,
now all I got to do is put her back together and start the digging.

heres a few picts.

no lights
http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...psgk6mgjjm.jpg

just the cab lights
http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...pswjrhuvpo.jpg

and flood lights
http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...psa1qtufju.jpg

also has a reversing beeper , but no volume control, that's an easy fix at a later date.
http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...psfkbjcswv.jpg

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Looking good Andy

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had a couple of quite night shifts and started thinking about the dozer, was not ever realy happy with the ripper so I made a new one.

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...psgt9xer7m.jpg

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...psatrnl6lv.jpg

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/...pstxinjq33.jpg

also made a start on a larger bucket for the excavator to deal with loose dirt.
more to come.

cheers andy

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had a bit of down time in between wife jobs, so did some earth moving of my own on a smaller scale.
next on the to do list is play with the radio and see if I can get the hydraulics to run a little smoother, mainly in the steering so its not so jerky.


http://youtu.be/z0qhwy-8HZ8