Thanks Joe and your right about the type of pump/motor, I wondered why it cut out after a short while
I have the pump on a rotary knob as well as the mixes so can switch it on first and then let the mixes ramp it up when needed.
Its quite noisy with the pump running but I've found out this is due to vibration through the base plate, its solid mounted at the mo and was wondering about some kind of rubber mount?
Its so much quieter when unbolted from the base. I don't have much room to raise the pump though.
I've ordered a couple of 4000mah lipo's, what sort of run time would you expect with the pump running all the time?
Really pleased with it so far, hydraulics are very smooth and can't wait to do some diggin, just got to repair it first!