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>X< · 09-01-2002, 12:05 PM

i borrowed a crane form a guy that goes to my church to put the 454 on the stand, when i was rolling it down teh ramp out my truck it tiped over and the piston came out of the ram and the fluid spilled out, i got some valvvoline hydrolic oil but dont know where to put it in, its got the screw thing at the bottom thatyou tighten and loosen to let it down, but how do i out it in there? do i just pust teh arm all teh way up and put it in the top of the cyllinder where it came out? how much do i put in, can i test to see how much is enough? i dont want to put too much in and blo the gaskets, that would suck., this looks like a pretty expensive piece of equiptment. thanks for any help, sean

09-01-2002, 12:05 PM	#1
>X< registered IWATA user Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 4,483	stupid urgent question about hyd. crane i borrowed a crane form a guy that goes to my church to put the 454 on the stand, when i was rolling it down teh ramp out my truck it tiped over and the piston came out of the ram and the fluid spilled out, i got some valvvoline hydrolic oil but dont know where to put it in, its got the screw thing at the bottom thatyou tighten and loosen to let it down, but how do i out it in there? do i just pust teh arm all teh way up and put it in the top of the cyllinder where it came out? how much do i put in, can i test to see how much is enough? i dont want to put too much in and blo the gaskets, that would suck., this looks like a pretty expensive piece of equiptment. thanks for any help, sean Attached Images __________________ -'63 Ford Fairlane 500 coupe, v8, auto, faded and rusty. awaiting built roller 302 and some flat black -'99 Honda Prelude. vtech/5spd. no pipe, no intake, bone stock. awaiting new top end. -01 GMC Yukon SLT 5.3 dented and scratched with a noisy tranny. Take off that Von Dutch hat before i stab you with a 000 Mack.