Chinese Mini Hoe, Upgrades, Mods, and DIY Accessories

In this video I talk about my upcoming series " Operation Mini Hoe" Mini excavator, Chinese excavator, Chinese mini excavator. I talk about the mods i`ve already done and the plans for DIY accessories!
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[@richarddones4011]

You're providing excellent help to us newbees on the Mini Ecavators. Keep up the good work.

[@FabbinAdventures]

Thank you sir!, and thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Mikefestiva]

Right on Ron it’s good to see a new video from you! Nice little excavator man! I’m glad your shoulder is getting better, I messed up mine and it was bothering me for about 2 years, luckily it’s now better. I’m looking forward to see more videos on this machine 😊👍

[@FabbinAdventures]

Yeah this getting old is for the birds..lol in my younger days id been healed up and on my way by now...not so much now, but at least its getting better, maybe 50% strength. I have another vid on the excavator coming out tomorrow, finally getting back into videoing, had to take a bit of a break! Whats new with you, seen your running some amazon bikes, wish we could get them here on amazon.ca Ive been contemplating getting one of them electric dirt bikes and using it for hunting!

[@garfieldharvey1795]

My friend I have never commented on line. Haven’t even watch this whole video yet. But you’ve already said exactly what I’m thinking. Thanks man.

[@FabbinAdventures]

Well...thanks for watching and commenting! What did i say that made you respond?

[@carmichaelmoritz8662]

@@FabbinAdventures probably the eight inch stroke business. 🤣😂🤣

[@GlorytoGod580]

Best video on these machines hands down!!!!!! Thank you

[@FabbinAdventures]

Thanks if your being serious. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@oby-1607]

I have been to most of the Princess Auto stores in western Canada and a few of the Harbor Freight stores in the Paciific Northwest and have found the stores vary greatly in what they carry. Some are well stocked with everything and some not so much. They each have their own strengths and weaknesses. I am lucky as I am between either of these stores and depending on what I need, I can go to the one that meets my needs. Enjoy your journey with your machine.

[@FabbinAdventures]

Haha awesome, your lucky to be between both! I've seen differences between princess autos some are good, some are awesome..lol Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@mattschamel6550]

I had a good laugh as you were describing the fireball scenario 😂 Glad you got it put out quickly! I looking forward to the future upgrades and attachments!

[@FabbinAdventures]

Lol it funny to think about it now, at the time i was pannicking a bit..lol I just finished editing the hydraulic oil change video which will come out this coming Saturday morning. It took some time at Napa today to get the right filter, but i got one. If you havent watched the hydraulic thumb video, it came out a week and a half ago. Thanks for watching, subscribing and commenting!

[@mattschamel6550]

@@FabbinAdventures I had a Volkswagen bug catch on fire one time, I know all too well the panic that goes with it lol. I had an extinguisher that ironically a buddy had gave me just the day before! Talk about lucky! My machine came with a hydraulic thumb and 2 cooling fans already installed. Unfortunately it doesn't have the fluid filter so I'll be trying to figure that one out before long.

[@FabbinAdventures]

@mattschamel6550 haha, wow how lucky was that! Thats awesome that yours came with a thumb and fans! All mine came with was the spin on hydraulic filter. There are actually 3 filters or screens on mine. One where you pour hyd fluid in, one inside the tank "pick up filter" and then the spin on. I was quite surprized!

[@javajeff3772]

Thanks, I can’t stand the KZbin OSHA police. I like how you tell them to go away right from the get go. Subscribed!

[@FabbinAdventures]

Lol yeah it gets really old being told i should be safer. I wear or do what i see that is needed, dont need to be told! Thanks for watching subscribing and commenting, im trying to put videos out every 2 weeks again.

[@davidlind5393]

Thanks for starting this project mod channel. Im in exactly the same place on my little mini excavator. I also used the 8” Princess ram but decided to adapt the fitting on the hoe to a quick connect set up to make it easy to switch attachments. I modified the manual thumb a bit to take the cylinder and it works well. Rather than remove the hoe brackets I made two plates to bolt through the existing holes and designed them to move the top of the ram a bit higher to allow nearly full retraction to the boom arm. I can seem to figure out how to attache phots but I can share if anyone is interested. Now to figure out how to make a post home auger for it.

[@FabbinAdventures]

Thanks for watching and commenting! Ive had this channel for about 6 years now, it had revolved around fabrication. I just recently got one of these little excavators and they really lend them selves to modding and fabricating! Im gonna be fabbing up a wide light weight snow bucket real soon, then a ripper and a rake. I alao have an idea for a rotating grapple! The thumb is super handy, your gonna like it!

[@mikedesilets3324]

As soon as I saw those cam latches, I knew you hinged the rear cover. I did the same thing on my QH12. I also add a fan behind the left engine panel, to help cool the engine and force hot air out through the housing holes. I also replaced the stock operating light, with a pair of better lights. Fabbed a matching mount for the opposite side of the boom. My hour meter was also broken, so I replaced it with a Tusk Rocky Mountain ATV-MC meter. Mount screws actually line up with the stock meter screws. I'm working on adapting a tilt bucket, but the hoses it came with had smaller DIN fittings. The ram didn't have any fittings. I just got those today. After that I plan to convert my mechanical thumb to hydraulic, so I'll be watching your video. The Typhon kit is about $350, so hopefully I can same $ fabbing it. Did you add an oil drain valve? I got one with a hose so oil drainage can be directed to the pan.

[@FabbinAdventures]

Wow, your really modding her up..lol i will be too on my next days off! I did add an oil drain hose to the engine yes. Wish i woulda just added a 90 degree valve instead. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@utvc3687]

Fantastic initiative this series, good video, clear explanation. Thanks a lot, new follower

[@FabbinAdventures]

Glad you liked the videos, thanks for subscribing!

[@utvc3687]

@@FabbinAdventures and personal and fast reply on a Sunday, nice! Greetings from Poland!

[@ZUKME]

Glad your doing better :)

[@FabbinAdventures]

Thanks, yeah the last few months has really sucked, arm is still week and i dont have full motion, but its time to get back fabricating and building things, strength will come. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@JIgginCrappie]

I got the same machine. You should sell those brackets you made for the cylinder. Nice video

[@FabbinAdventures]

I may do that, im waiting on a new plasma cutter right now, if it cuts 3/8" better than my old one i may start making parts to sell. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@maximo979]

Good to see you back Any plans for the Zuk this year ?

[@FabbinAdventures]

Hey thanks for watching my video! I dont really have any plans for the Zuk, pretty much have everything i want other than an air or e-locker up front instead of the spartan.

[@sevensenseification]

Welcome back and happy new year. Looking forward for new nice videos. Best wishes from Germany. Sven

[@FabbinAdventures]

Thanks Sven, i definitely took some well deserved time off, i hope to start doing regular videos again now that my shoulder is getting better!

[@sevensenseification]

@FabbinAdventures oh did not no that you had a bad shoulder.

[@FabbinAdventures]

Yeah i tore a couple tendons back in August, sure taking a long time to heal....getting old sucks, lol

[@Melicoy]

I really want to watch you do the work. You dont need to explain I will see :)

[@FabbinAdventures]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@cherylhagen4425]

I would think NAPA should be able to closely match the paint . I will need some matching paint as i welded guards to protect my hydraulic fittings and also built a ripper tooth. Great video will be following you for more mods. From D.V. ab

[@FabbinAdventures]

I never even thought of getting napa to match the paint..lol then again it was probably 1am when i was doing it..lol The latest video is out now, hydraulic thumb fab! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@semo-dyer5183]

Hi, Great video. I just got the same machine and liked what you did with the back cover. I want to copy that on my machine. Do you remember the width on the hinge? I need to order one and don't want to get one too wide or too narrow. I also see that they come in stainless, I was thinking that might be nice. Thanks in advance and keep up the great work.

[@FabbinAdventures]

Im not at home to check right now but i just bought a 4ft long hinge and cut it down to about 11 3/4" if i remember right. Thanks for watching and commenting, stay tuned i have a bunch more videos coming up.

[@micklaporta4503]

nice to see your back , love the zuk vids too, God Bless

[@FabbinAdventures]

Thanks for watching! Sure takes a long time to heal a couple torn tendons in the shoulder.

[@D33PZ3R0]

Can u pls tell me which hose routes to the hydraulic filter housing? I have a QH12R that doesn’t have one and I’d like to install one. Is there a return outlet hose? Or is the outlet port just blocked off? Thank u!

[@FabbinAdventures]

Good question, mine came with the hydraulic filter. But the filter should be on the return line before the tank.

[@donperfetti3524]

Finally videos showing the flaws and the fixes. Thank you! I bought mine the same way, only at an auction, and am having zero luck. It never ran "good", but it ran. I used it for only about 5 hours and parked it. When I started it to move it in my shed, it smoked like a fog machine and started blowing oil out of the exhaust. So, when I unscrewed the oil dipstick, gas came rushing out!!! Any thoughts? Im handy, but not your level of handy. I also would appreciate anyone that has had a similar situation. Im hoping its a carb issue, or a head gasket, but afraid its a piston ring. Thanks

[@FabbinAdventures]

Yep, i bet its a similar problem i had, the needle in the float is passing fuel and flooding the cylinder with fuel then its leaching its way down into your oil. Its actually pretty simple fix, pull carb off, and dissassemble over a pan with a rag in it to catch any parts and give a good cleaning with some carb cleaner ( the type with the little red straw that you spray through) Nothing should fall out, but i use the rag trick to stop the "bounce" if say a little ball bearing was to bounce out. (No ball bearings in this carb) They seem to be a good unit once you get the bugs out of it.

[@donperfetti3524]

Thanks a ton !! I was hoping it was something simple. I’ll be changing the carb asap! 👍👍

[@GlorytoGod580]

Thank you

[@MilestoneVids]

Does it come with a oil cooler?

[@FabbinAdventures]

This one did not, but sofar i havent seen a need for it. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@dustinsmith4860]

seller probably not lying. i did the same, was bidding on silent auctions, and within the last 10 seconds, I won 5. Not expecting to, so I had to become a reseller real quick like!

[@FabbinAdventures]

Oh ok, i've never bid online so i thought it was a little hokey..lol Either way, it doesnt matter, i got a great deal on a mini excavator.

[@carmichaelmoritz8662]

Most ladies will agree with you that the eight inch stroke is better then the six inch stroke. 🤣😂🤣

[@FabbinAdventures]

If ya got it, use it!

[@carmichaelmoritz8662]

@@FabbinAdventures unfortunately i was short changed 🤣😂🤣. every lady i was ever with said those two extra inches help for them to achieve the big squirt they release. Sucks to be me. Oh well life goes on. 👍👌🤟

[@FabbinAdventures]

Just gotta learn to "work different angles" i guess...lol

[@carmichaelmoritz8662]

@@FabbinAdventures just like the mini excavator, if ya work the angles just right , it can perform miracles 👌

[@FabbinAdventures]

True dat

[@Will-tm5bj]

Yeah im sure the guy accidentally spent $35,000 at an auction lol. When I got mine they asked me how many I wanted, I said 1

[@FabbinAdventures]

Right? I figured the same thing. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Will-tm5bj]

Mine came with the quick attach and a few other pieces, but I didn't use it because I had no pins. I got extra pins and a ripper and a rake from George in the (previously known as) shitty chinese excavator group. Having that quick attach on there is amazing. Got a tooth bucket, thumb, grappler thing, flat bucket, ripper, and now a rake. Working on attaching a push mower to the end of the stick

[@FabbinAdventures]

Holy crap, awesome! I wish shipping wasnt so stupid these days or id get some attachments from George too, not much available up here in the great white north, guess i'll just have to fab my own! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@GlorytoGod580]

Thank you

[@FabbinAdventures]

Your welcome