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    Cat 385 vs Deere or Hitachi 800

    The cat Will fill The bucket slightly faster but it Will also break Your heart with hoses blowing ,ram seals blowing , boom cracking, hydraulic oil overheating , starving itself of fuel because of solenoid problems , track ajusters failing , final drives failing , And cat engineers comeing out...
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    hydrolic problem cat 320 bl 1997

    Have you checked The flow and pressure settings And ajusted them back To The factory setting It could be a kinked pipe if Your lucky But My experience of these age And model cats is that you have either a stucking valve or you need a new pump or a pump rebuild
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    Hitachi ex100-3 dies when warm

    I have had this problem before remove The filter in The banjo bolt And run The machine without it (only do this if you have cleaned out The lines put new filters on And cleaned The fuel tank) The next thing is To replace The lift pump/primeing pump as it has probably failed And is holding back...
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    Final drive leak

    Sounds like to o ring is gone Easy enough fix if your in the know motor needs to come apart remove old o ring for new one and put motor back together
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    Ford Excavator

    I know a bit about them per richer they were oleomat and manufactured in Paris France The offices are still open and parts are available Some machines ran a ford engine not a great option as they tended to overheat and lacked power Other models had a Perkins 4108 engine again not the best...
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    Maybe a few dangerous things going on here?

    Good driver steady not panicing I would employ them all without references as long as they were Good timekeepers
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    My 330cl boom drops too fast .

    Smart boom causes this function even if its switched off the oil on that particular movement is faster than standard As far as I know all 330cl and dl models have this function When you get used to it it really does speed up productivity Another movement may be the boom out This may also...
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    fiat hitachi fh 130-1 Solenoids?

    the fh130 was similar to the ex 120 apart from the ex120 had and isuzu engine the 130 has an iveco engine the 120 has 44 links in the track chains the 130 has 43 with different dimensions for boltholes in pads to the 120 the 130 had a long 3m dipper arm as standard the 120 had a 2.6m dipper...
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    cat 312 BL hyd problem

    first check the turbo is ok look for black or oil anywhere round the seal and make sure the turbo is spinning then check your hydraulics firstly checking your pressure and flow settings then change your hydraulic filters then blow out your hyd oil cooler with a compressor from the engine...
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    Advice: TB53fr vs TB145?

    both good machines however as truly said the zero swing will hold its value better and once you keep the blade behind you as a jack hills wont bother you the tb145 has a magnificent reach and serious digging power at reach with the 36 bucket and very smooth to drive
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    excavator removal

    yip they sure did and on its own starter aswell
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    excavator removal

    well done to nigel
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    320 CL electronic gauge panel

    normally under the right hand arm rest lift it from the front window side and you will find a switch for maual mode and another for increasing the revs in manual mode
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    CAT345cl-the big arm is not bigger than the forearm?

    a shot of the old glass hammer normally solves thet problem so long as the rubber nails dont crack!
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    Best excavator manufacturers

    1 hitachi 2.sumitomo (linkbelt) (case) 3kobelco 4 doosan 5 komatsu the rest ie cat volvo are over rated over priced and twice 2 hard on diesel to even come into comparison with the first 5 mentioned as for mini diggers 1.takeuchai 2.hitachi (zaxis only) 3.kobuta 4.kobelco 5.jcb 6.hitachi...
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    advice for new machine

    or sumitomo 120
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    advice for new machine

    doosan 140 or hitachi zaxis 130
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    Volve or Doosan?

    doosan
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    what about this?

    now thats a neat machine where could i buy one im in ireland and does it come as a package or are the tools seperate
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    Komatsu PC 60-6 Thoughts?

    good digger the only thing i would look out for is the final drives check is the different speeds working for the tracks , personally i dont like blades on 6tonners or bigger but everybody to their own
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