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Recent content by jbernielh

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    Deere 50D - New Owner

    they are long as they go into the swivel valve located center of the chassis.. On my 304 there's a panel under the machine that gives me good access to the swivel valve location
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    Deere 50D - New Owner

    working in mud they get packed full pretty quickly.. I was running a hitachi 270 for a friend and it blew a hose at the final drive behind the cover.. turns out the previous owner had been doing shoreline rehabilitation in the ocean.. needless to say all 6 hoses to the finals needed replacing...
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    Deere 50D - New Owner

    the hoses for the drive motors are behind those plates.. if it was coming out of the finals it would stink of hypoid..
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    How to separate glass from door frame (Takeuchi TB260)

    I'm smiling to myself because I did just what your doing from a cosmetic standpoint when I first got my 304.. it was 3 years old with 400 hrs and the interior was absolutely filthy.. mechanically it was in great shape... I put it in my shop and spent about a week.. stripped it out inside.. lots...
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    How to separate glass from door frame (Takeuchi TB260)

    sure can't beat that price I bet finning would want a grand for the drivers door on my cat 304
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    How to separate glass from door frame (Takeuchi TB260)

    I used my oscillating saw with a scraper type blade to remove the seal on my back window in my 304.. worked like a hot damn.. fortunately (or more to the point unfortunately) the window was already shattered so it was easy to work at.... the downside too is the way they flush mount the glass...
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    How to separate glass from door frame (Takeuchi TB260)

    prying is a guarantee'd way to break it I'd suggest you take the door off and take it to a windshield place.. they can use a wire and cut the seal and get the glass off for you.. then you can straighten the frame and decide if you want to clean the surfaces and reseal/reinstall yourself or just...
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    cat 304 back window replacement

    just thought I'd finish this thread off.. the 34 dollar "cushion" from finning turned out to be a 1/4 inch wide by about 3/16 thick roll of 2 sided tape.. installed on what would be the inner lip of the seal and then pumped a tube of sika flex 295UV that's designed for polycarbonate outboard of...
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    Deere 50D - New Owner

    I run Rotella T4 15/40 (non synthetic) in my machines as well… from what I understand amsoil is a good product as well.. the only thing I would add that generally gets passed over would be to check the valve lash.. if it hasn’t been done 2K hours would be a good time to do it
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    cat 304 back window replacement

    I was considering the same thing Nige.. with the high back of the seat and I have the seat all the way back when operating it would be fun to get out through the back window.. guess I’ll have to gamble that the sliders on the RH side and the door on the left (which is open when I operate) will...
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    thumb switch on RH joystick cat 304C CR

    thx Nige I saw those switch arrangements in the IPC as well.. they would look like mine if you took away the round buttons and positioned the rockers down about 1/2 inch on the left and about an equal amount to the right on the right stick..
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    thumb switch on RH joystick cat 304C CR

    thx uffex I'll keep that in mind.. Nige if you wouldn't mind please.. a little help in finding the part number for the joystick.. I've been all through my parts book and it seems like all the sticks with switches are in the 5K plus serial number range.. mine is FPK 02319 the right stick has...
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    cat 304 back window replacement

    went to my local finning store this morning and looked into a new glass back window.. 650 canuck bucks... my local plastics shop will cut me a new polycarbonate one for 200 I did order a new "cushion" as I think the original is going to F'd up getting the shattered glass off of it.. at least it...
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    thumb switch on RH joystick cat 304C CR

    once I realized it was proportional I knew I was out of luck.. as far as the connector plug goes I will check and make sure there’s no corrosion etc after that I’ll probably just wait until it fails completely rather than just shot gunning expensive parts at it.. I’m normally using it at...
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    thumb switch on RH joystick cat 304C CR

    thx again Nige.. always appreciated.. negative on the meter.. I haven't looked at the connector plug but I wonder if I can disconnect the plug and then wire in a light bulb and battery and see if it makes and breaks or is it more complex than that? I guess it would have to be as the speed that...
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