B-7 Aircraft Maintenance Platform

[byrdman1312]

Anyone know where I can get operators and maintenance manuals for a Lift-A-Loft aircraft maintenance platform? Model # MS-B7-16, Ser. # B7-1015, Delivery date 6/03
Many thanks!

 

[MarkM]

Pics please. Curious as to what it looks like.

Mark

 

[byrdman1312]

Pics please. Curious as to what it looks like.

Mark

Mark, you have found my weakness! I'm not the most computer savy person you've ever heard of. In fact if it dosen't leak oil, make lots of smoke and noise, or all of the above, I'm not very good with it. Two of my favorites , firearms and Detroit Diesels, fall into that category. Later I'll get my bride to help me send some pics. Thanks

 

[byrdman1312]

Mark, over in the Misc. TMs section I found a TM for the B-1 model. With exception of the placement of the jack stands, it looks very much like the B-7. The B-7 jack stands are closer to the back, near the tires. I'll still post some pics later. It appears the hydraulic system is the same. That is what I really needed to know about.

 

[Guyfang]

I posted the B1 TM's, need to remember where I got them from. Maybe the B7 is there also. Will see if my thread bare brain can come up with it.

 

[byrdman1312]

Continuing story of my B-7 maintenance platform. Bad hydraulic ram. Pumped it up to see if it would lift, leaks out the bottom of the ram. I let the pressure off to save my oil. Looks like I either need to fix the ram or lift the platform and permanently affix in the max position. I'm not going to be moving it around much anyway. Anyone have experience rebuilding these rams? Thanks for your help.

 

[Guyfang]

We had something like those rams in Patriot. They were not hard to rebuild. Your biggest problem will be parts. If you do it, CLEAN, CLEAN and CLEAN some more. I always soak the seals in Hyd oil for a few hours before reassembly.