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Rodent damage on the electrical harness is a major issue and difficult to inspect. The rodents nested behind the dash and and its hidden by air ducts. The best hint is all the gauges are working and the electric circuits like the directional indicators are working. The SEE will start and run...

I did the "leaving the cap off" routine early on in my grasping at straws phase. I think it would take a long time for it to appear but worth checking. I expect that the pump would pull air and loose prime long before the tank got sucked in. If I remember correctly, some folks cant get at the...

Sorry I missed this round of the tank vent discussion. When I was chasing my tank vent issues two years ago I discovered the tank vent on top of my tank was painted over when the SEE was originally painted. I did some research and the tank vent is also an anti roll over valve. If the tank is...

I have covered it in the past and others have also. My final diagnostic tool was a fuel tank from an outboard motor setup complete with a squeeze bulb to pressurize the fuel. I hooked the hose to the fuel line downsteam of the strainer, filled it with a couple of gallons of diesel and sat it on...

I think the RPM gauge gets its signal from the alternator. Since you have charging issue also it sounds like the alternator or its wiring is worth taking a look at. The hydraulic cooler is fed from the one fuse that supplies power to all the electrical gear on the backhoe platform...

I think many folks are building them by modifying trailer jacks, I haven't done so but one of these days plan to.

I have not done so but believe you do need to tilt the cab. In order to tilt the cab you need a set of tilt brackets. One of the members on this forum (Speedwobble?) was making reproductions and selling them. He had them listed on Ebay awhile ago but I didnt see any listings when I checked...

That's what it looked to me but I would much rather hand someone a link to the schematics.

You may want to take a look at the various air system schematics in the Student Handout to understand how the air system works https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?170940-See-small-emplacement-excavator-flu-419-manuals-and-a-student-handout

I believe the front PTO on the 416 is shaft drive right off the transmission. If you look at the grille you can see where the shaft would stick out if one was installed.

Good to see one working !

I have the parts for an air dryer install but still haven't installed them as I park the SEE in the winter. Too many projects. If you are planning to use the SEE in near freezing temps you need either an air dryer or alcohol injection. Plenty of simple alcohol injectors available instead of...

A few years too late, Expedition Imports had the crane and forklift attachment for sale a few years back. Jay Couch and C&C Equipment have complete HMMHs for sale (neither is cheap). I expect there probably are a few orphaned ones attached to trashed chassis from the Texas auctions out there its...

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/unimog/1564869-406-pto-shaft-interchangeable.html As usual I find a photo after I post. See post 1

I think that bracket and the half round opening is for a front PTO shaft. Other versions of the 406 family had some very beefy PTO powered winches on the front along with all sort of interesting accessories. I don't think any of the military 419 variants had a front PTO. Remember this body was...

The only cylinder leak I have lines up roughly with the seat with the backhoe stowed. Make for a greasy seat so I can emphasize. I use the pig style oil absorbent blankets to wipe it off and then sit on one.

I use a 12 ton hydraulic jack and a variety of wooden blocking. The blocking are ends from a timber frame barn and re roughly 10 inches wide by 3 to 4 feet long in a couple of depths. I also have a pile of short 2 by 8s and some plywood scraps. Jack it up to the maximum jack height and then...

Welcome, I know its painful and there is lot of extraneous posts but its worth skimming this thread from start to end. Probably worth having a notebook and writing the post number for posts of interest as there definitely are common bugs on SEEs. If you haven't done so go in the miscellaneous...

I haven't done it with the SEE yet but at my old job we used "slow dynamite" on occasion. Far less dramatic but we had old buildings with papermachines in them and the staff was paranoid about regular blasting. Just drill the holes (lots of them) mix up the powder with water, pour it in and go...

You are not the only one to carry loads in the bucket over the road. I have a farmer down the road and get a few bucket loads of aged manure last year and plan to do the same this year once the road ban is off. I usually drive over with bucket locked but once I get there I load up, then curl the...