Thursday, October 24, 2002

8851 Excavator

Information

This is a pneumatic excavator with three pneumatic cylinders. It uses the old style pneumatic that works with both pressure and vacuum, hence the pneumatic switches can never be crossed during operation (or the power of the system will be completely obsolete).

It's a cool set though, very realistic looking and fun to play with.

Year 1984, 358 pieces.

Pictures

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Great pieces

Pneumatic system
Lot's of technic tread links
Beams
Large gears (z40)
Threaded cross axles, though I broke mine when I twisted the nut to hard using the tips in the instruction booklet... :(

Links

Building instruction on Brickshelf
Inventory on Peeron
Set reference on Lugnet
Jim Hughes Technica

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