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Below are photo's of a 245 that I purchased at the ACMOC show a few weeks ago. I purchased it just as a normal piece to add to my collection but when I took a closer look I noticed that both the boom and stick cylinders are on backwards. I was curious to see if any of you guys have ever seen a 245 model like this before? All of the rivets are factory NZG, nothing has been changed.    -Greg
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It looks like it has the org pins.
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Definately a collectors item with the cylinders like that!!!
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I have one of those, factory NZG original.
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Might be european.... liehberr's like that are real popular over there...
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Nah thats not european! I know Liebherr do mount there rams upside down but ive never ever seen any 245's with rams like that either in the UK or on mailand europe!
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Darn, now I need to look at my fourteen 245s and see if any are weird like that... 
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rams will only be mounted upside down if they're boom rams,never seen stick or bucket rams mounted this way,
i don't know what the reason is to mount boom rams upside down,i'm thinking it keeps valve blocks and check valves and hoses out of harms way,as these will be mounted to the back of the boom
interesting little defect all the same,
i have a 5130 back hoe with a bucket ram rivited to the outside of the top of the stick......
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I have one just like that. I thought I was maybe the only one, but I guess not huh? I think it is an error and they are one of a few out there as I have seen near 100, if not over, of those NZG 245's in my time. Neat conversation piece if nothing else.
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 Maybe not all that unusual. My piece looks original...
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gbarnewall wrote:
i don't know what the reason is to mount boom rams upside down,i'm thinking it keeps valve blocks and check valves and hoses out of harms way,as these will be mounted to the back of the boom
according to Liebherr they mount the boom rams upside down to prevent dirt build up around the top of the cylinder that causes small scratches on the ram and therefore can lead to leakage on "normal" excavators that is no so relevant, bit on mining machines working in abrasive material it should make a difference
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It is almost seeming like this was done on purpose by NZG seeing that there is more than one.
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