Hymac 580 C Cross-Line Relief Valve

[Andy80]

Your welcome. Yes if its not getting worse i can live with mine to. Do you have a trailer for longer transports?

[dolmenman]

No...I have no trailer...the Hymac is for working around the farm, cleaning drains and hedges etc...If I need to move her further, I have a friend who has a low loader and JCB Fastrac and he is not too expensive (if he is not sitting in the Pub)…
I want to do some work with her before I fix anything more...In the last year I've done the track transmission, pipes to trackmotor, check valves, replaced seized rollers and replaced the seals on the bucket cylinder..

I will probably so the rotary distributer next but I am thinking a lot about joysticks and cables as the controls are very worn and awkward..

[dolmenman]

I am recovering after a double hernia surgery in hospital so I am a bit slow with the human slew, but I tested the Hymac today and even on a hill she is not creeping on the slew like before...



also, the rotary distributor is not leaking very much oil so I won't have to change the seals yet...all in all I am quite pleased.

[texas5020]

It could be worse, you could be struggling with a 50 year old Hymac like me

Or even worse, I don´t have a Hymac at all to struggle with...

[Andy80]

Hope you get well soon

[dolmenman]

Thanks Andy80....Yes, I am repairing well, for a 56 year old machine
I have to get on the Hymac with a step ladder...

I have a lot of time to plan and I am definitely going to do a joystick conversion when I'm better....I see a lot of you have used Flexball 2500 joysticks but I can't seem to find a dealer for them here (Northern Ireland)...I see an Italian make called indemar or I can get Chinese copies of them from Alibaba....Are they any good?

Also, I see a few ow you have had to changes the springs in the valve block and have had the slew moving in the opposite direction....you can expect me on here when I commence this as this site has proved invaluable to a Hymac owner...

[texas5020]

Good to hear that you`re healing well !

[Andy80]

Yes u will have to replace the springs in the valve blocks. Else you will need to be Superman to move them
I dont know a foreign dealer for Flexball 2500. But there must be cause i dont think they are made in Sweden. Maybe someone else know more

[dolmenman]

Hymacing again