1980 K100 Cabover Project/daily runner

Why don't you just find a hydraulic shop and have them rebuilt your own rams/cylinders ? That's what I did . Specially the passenger side, it gets more heat from the exhaust and causes the seals to fail.

 

Sheeeet. If you can get new cylinders for $232 each thats cheap..
If your old ones need re chrome and seals probley cost lot more getting them rebuilt.
Your doing the right thing.

 

Keep up the good work, once you are able to run her you will realize the hard work was worth it. We have a small collection going, not pictured is the 85 K100E Aerodyne.

 

On my 96 cab I never had an issue, it was from the factory. I don't know about the 108 or aerodyne cab. Maybe @SmokinCAT can share some light on that.

 

I always let the locking channel do it job, but I have seen some shops in the past that they would raise the cab higher to the point where it would just about start tilting way over and stop it there. Then they would wrap a chain somewhere from the frame to the base of the cab where it would rest when lowered.
Also let me ask you, the base where the cab sits on, is it the horseshoe type frame which is aluminum or an air cab suspension?

 

I replaced that with the "Cabmate" air ride because that aluminum base kept cracking on me. But I had the KW glide ride suspension which is the tapered 3 leaf springs. Once I replaced it with a the cabmate air ride, my truck rode like a brand new truck. Just saying, something to think about done the road.