1980 K100 Cabover Project/daily runner

I know them as weld washers. Maybe grainger? A lot of times these will be put on when building something just to reinforce the steel. Say you're making a bracket with angle iron for a hydraulic cylinder. Instead of building it out of 1/2" thick steel, use lighter steel and weld one of those on to beef it up.

 

I wouldn't worrie about an oblong hole where pin goes in. They all look like that.
Just put couple washers on either side so pin stays in. Its just to lift the cab , its not on a backhoe or excavator where pin slop would be not tolerable.
Its only function is to lift cab up and down once a week or so.

Do not lower the cab on only one cylinder! You will buckle the cab support on the good side and could do irreversible damage. Bad idea.

Just put a load bar under the back cab down to frame. Make sure its good and not going to fall. Then take bad cylinder out have it repaired with cab in up position.

Again , make darn sure cab will not fall on you .

 

You dont .

Just hook up the lines and start pumping. It will bleed itself when the cab come down .

You will prob have to fill the resivore a bunch times when you go to lift cab after ram install

 

When it stops pumping you need more fluid. Just use atf.

You will have to fill it bunch times.

 

Give a few minutes. I'm almost home and will take a few pictures.