rebuilding Enerpac cylinder - need a seal!

Call up the guys at Universal Repair. They sell Enerpac, and they fix most anything hydraulic.

Yup, I know that place. It's great that it's still in business. I'll stop by tomorrow morning.

Thanks, Ries - hey, did you grow up on Federal Avenue in Seattle?

GWE

Normal shaft oil/grease seals are not designed to withstand any pressure at all so they would not be suitable. There are generic hydraulic seals, "Hercules" is one supplier.

Don Young

I grew up one block off Federal, up at the dead end corner of Blaine and 11th. So basically, yes. I went to both Lowell and Seward, and rode my bike to Marketime and the Cottage Shop on Broadway. I even went to the Human Be-In's in Volunteer Park. I drank pitchers of dark beer for two bucks at the Deluxe, and ate those french dip sandwiches at that bar on 15th. I worked in the basement at the old REI store on 11th, Skis in the winter, Bikes in the summer. I went to Dicks when a burger was 19 cents.

I thought so. Can't be too many cats named Ries Niemi. I vaguely remember you. Our house was on Federal between Prospect and Highland, backed up against Volunteer Park. I went to Lowell too, remember Marketime and Dicks (and Angel's, and H Salt, and Jimmy Woo's Jade Pagoda and Decaro's and a whole raft of other places on Broadway). We used to take the bus downtown when we were 8 or 9 and go to the basement of Frederick & Nelson to the toy department, or over to Bob Hale's where they had the huge slot car track. I remember Volunteer Park when it still had rabbits and foxes, and a crew of 30 guys - remember the huge flower beds from the old days?

Grant Erwin

Thanks, all - a quick trip this morning to the Enerpac service center across the lake, and after a 3-minute reassembly the little cylinder works fine again.

FYI the kit was $17!

GWE