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                                                                   Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 5, 1999, relating to the
financial statements, which appears in the 1998 Annual Report to Shareholders
of Sun Hydraulics Corporation, which is incorporated by reference in Sun
Hydraulics Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1998. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated
March 5, 1999 relating to the financial statement schedules, which appears in
such Annual Report on Form 10-K.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Tampa, Florida
July 16, 1999