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    My 580B can not even move!!!

    Jvv thanks for that , and i am pretty familiar with doing things like this just not on a backhoe lol , and ive done several things to make a drill stop, if you go slow a piece of good blue painters tape wrapped around the bit or duct tape, or depending on the drill bit size , you can use a stop...
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    My new Case 580 Super E

    these are really cool i would like to have one of my machine, i have seen some on Ebay go over 100 dollars .. seems like a lot but if they are diecast they should last forever
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    My 580B can not even move!!!

    Would you know where i can find the thread about drilling the half inch hole to clean the screen ? i would like to try it on my machine Thanks
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    580B Shuttle problem?

    im by no means an expert but i have read tons of GREAT threads on here, and my machine was doing the same thing, the first thing i did was check the fluid it was very low, so i topped it off with oil and then another thread i saw on here was talking about the for lack of proper terms the shuttle...
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    now the biggest issue seems to be Hydraulic leaks, i need to re pack about 4 cylinders and replace about ten hoses and then ill be in good shape, and for some reason the radiator started leaking when i was digging up an old stump so i will have to take it out and have my buddy at the radiator...
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    welding cat 426 backhoe boom

    looks pretty good Gusbratz, i am liking the plates to strengthen it , i also am looking to rebuild all the cylinders on my machine and i have been looking i found on Ebay a whole machine cylinder re pack kit for under 300 dollars so that might be the way to go
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    My 580B can not even move!!!

    Love this Thread also, i was just dealing with some of these issues and theres a Ton of great information on this one Thanks
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    i got the fan in , i know its not protocol but i got creative on the fan issue, there is just no room , the front of the radiator already rests against the return oil fittings in the frame and that gives about an inch between the water pump pulley and the radiator , so i ground the rivets on the...
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    i spent a couple hours getting it Just right today, i had the flywheel on dc 0 and the dots all lined up put it all together and it wouldnt start so i had to take Everything back out the radiator and fan and the front timing cover and i realized i had it on the wrong cylinder so i got it timed...
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    i got everything apart and finally back together only have to tie up a few loose ends tomorrow and fire it back up Hopefully, i do have a question though, its about engine Timing, so for timing the engine i need to have the number one cylinder on tdc on the compression stroke, i know theres a...
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    well i made a little break through today, i only had a couple hours to work on the Hoe but i got the old gasket off and i realised what happened , i made a new gasket out of some real high grade gasket material , and my question is , on the 580 c with the 188 in taking the front cover off the...
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    where is the Serial number located on the machine, i know there are some numbers on the transmission and on the motor i believe , i can think of numbers a couple different places ill just write them all down when im there at the shop tomorrow , i decided to just pull the front end apart that way...
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    My Machine is a 1974 580, Ck im pretty sure, its marked Ck on the loader arms
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    my machine in the parts diagrams is a 580 c, but on the machine its marked ck so lets say its a C, and yes its a 188, the parts diagram i have is in pdf format and im not sure how to copy and paste photos but i can see the picture on my diagram , if i knew how to copy it over i would put it on here
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    in the diagram it shows a bolt with a big i would guess 1.5 inch diameter 1/4 inch thick washer and it goes directly behind the water pump , im missing that bolt and washer , would that allow it to leak ?
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    ive been looking at the cd but it has almost 750 pages and im tryin to skip through and not miss it so its taking me a little time lol
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    im not sure what thread it was in but Ron had sent me a cd parts and service manual which i just received yesterday , THANKS Ron , but im going to look in there to see if it says anything but i was just thinking , its leaking right in the middle so im wondering if its that top bolt cause i do...
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    i actually did use a big screw driver to pry it out and i slid the gasket in , ive put tons of regular gas engines together and know about damaging gaskets, and the front of the head looked pretty good , im tempted to take the entire front cover off and put a little permatex on the gasket also...
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    i forgot , like i said i have a bad memory some times , i got all the cooling system hooked up and radiator put in new hoses and new antifreeze , when i put the head on there is the gasket that goes on the front of the head between the head and front engine cover which houses all the gears and...
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    Case 580ck Not Wanting To Start

    i dont mean to sound dumb, but my memory isnt the greatest i mean once i do something i never forget it , but i have all the information on my computer at home and thats where i read everything on the forum here, and then i go to my shop where the backhoe is at and work on it so some of the...
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