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Acquire Replacement Hydraulic & Electrical Parts

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Installing & testing 3 new upgrades for the Power rake

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What happens here

The presenter drives to a local hydraulic store to purchase a male quick-connect hydraulic fitting to match an existing hose end, and an O-ring that was missing from a previously acquired fitting. Later, he makes a separate trip to a Ziegler CAT dealership to acquire a new 14-pin electrical connector for the skid steer, as the original one is damaged. During this visit, he also picks up a toy CAT wheel loader. This step highlights the challenges and time involved in sourcing specific parts for heavy equipment. (Note: The video depicts these acquisitions non-linearly, showing the hydraulic store visit first, then later mentioning the CAT visit after a narrative interlude.)

Goal: Obtain necessary hydraulic fittings, O-rings, and electrical connectors.

Tools and materials

  • 14-pin Electrical Connector — Replacement for the damaged skid steer connector
  • Hydraulic Hose Semperit — To be matched with a new male fitting
  • Male Quick-Connect Hydraulic Fitting — To connect the case drain hose
  • Mazda CX-5 — Transportation to parts stores
  • O-ring — Sealing the hydraulic fitting
  • Skid Steer Loader CAT — Transporting the original hose/fitting for matching
  • Toy CAT Wheel Loader CAT — Acquired while waiting; not essential for the project

What they say

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cylinder all right so now we need the male part of this so while paul and john stay back in the yard i've got to run to the hydraulic store and pick up a few extra parts [Music] here in minnesota we're still wearing the chin diapers when we go in places i just need a fitting of the male fitting of this on those threads so i just left that on oh crap um i just don't need the holders the fitting just the fitting simple one right in business okay i wonder if we shouldn't get it well they got it rocking and rolling already that didn't take very long i sound almost disappointed uh take a guess how much that part was just that part 80 no it was actually 50 i thought she overcharged me because i told a bad joke our socket is janked our 14 pin is janked and got beat up so we've got it wired right now into the cab so the controllers here so if you don't have a 14 pin you can still do it and then they've actually got the power ran all the way back to the batteries in the back so you can still run it no matter what where there's a wheel there's a way right so with my 14 pin electrical connector basically on the fritz that means i've got to run and get a new 14-pin electrical connector while i'm doing that i'm also going to be picking up another spare part something that's not absolutely necessary and i wish i would have never picked up but i make a spur of the moment or a yeah spur of the moment decision to go ahead and grab that part and it ends up costing me about 35 minutes but i'll tell you a little bit more about that in just a moment now i get to go to cat a ziggler cat i'll bring you guys with it's actually a pretty cool place yeah they always have cool old equipment a cat chain down [Applause] let's look at her a little more i wonder what year this is got the levers up there hot cold water temp got a gauge ordered a electrical connector for oh this is different i'm sorry you're looking at this and i'm i'm a whole i need a part for this as well i just need i just need a plug i need that plug on the end there but we called in about a 14-pin electrical connector they said they'd have that on ready for us and if you have that great and if you don't then go get it no i'm kidding so that looks like a dash four o-ring boss so you need to go dash two uh female oring boss 2-4 male female orange loss i don't think cat makes such a thing or you just take that piece out and put a difference yeah female to male 1 or we could yeah you want to take this out and just just…

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