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  1. Firemanmike69

    Clam shell

    Try rotobec as well or Young.
  2. Firemanmike69

    Wear liners for komatsu hd 465

    Wish it was winter we had just about the two hottest weeks of the year when I was fitting and welding We're powering the shops LN-25 with a Lincoln DC-600 and they rented my personal 12vs extreme and I ran that off one of their service trucks bobcat 250 Just about 900 weld feet.
  3. Firemanmike69

    Wear liners for komatsu hd 465

    Yea had a helper for most of it, pretty much put a bunch of stuff at a time on a pallet and brought it up and down on the forklift We have two more this size, all already sold Thanks!
  4. Firemanmike69

    Wear liners for komatsu hd 465

    Between prepping the bed and making everything fit properly about 3 weeks Next time I'm making my own sideboards, I figure I can save 3-4 days by not having to trim and bend them to fit
  5. Firemanmike69

    best lincoln flux core in .045

    Threw some pics up Wear liners for komatsu hd 465 https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/showthread.php?t=61782
  6. Firemanmike69

    Wear liners for komatsu hd 465

    More pics Who needs a chipping hammer anyway?
  7. Firemanmike69

    Wear liners for komatsu hd 465

    Just got finished adding 10" side boards and a wear liner in this truck. All the welding was with .045 Lincoln ultracore 71a75 dual dual shield wire, burned about 170lbs of it in total
  8. Firemanmike69

    best lincoln flux core in .045

    Do you have the flux core gun on the suitcase? I agree with lantraxco the Lincoln ultracore runs pretty slick if you have a windbreak, just got done running about 170# of it on a dumptruck liner kit
  9. Firemanmike69

    Welding the swing cylinder

    Take the line off, use a carbide burr to grind it out and braze or silver solder it up.
  10. Firemanmike69

    Has anyone rebuilt a JD 450C Transmission/final drives?

    Without knowing your background or shop set up Its hard to say. Get the correct manual and read through it and see if your comfortable doing it yourself the. Call and get prices and availability on the parts.
  11. Firemanmike69

    Is it normal for a Takeuchi to creep slowly on a steep hill?

    It's normal on all the ones we have in our rental fleet, kind of annoying but not abnormal
  12. Firemanmike69

    What final drive oil?

    Run the 80w-90. That's what we run in our rental fleet and have been getting good oil samples back
  13. Firemanmike69

    Please help identify these grinding...... wheels???

    Those arnt grinder wheels, they are gas diffusers or filters. http://filtrosltd.com
  14. Firemanmike69

    Angle cylinder beat up

    Stuck/broken track roller hardware is a real pain. Best best is usually to crib the machine up and loosen the track all the way to allow yourself more room to work. Drilling them out while you lay on your back is tough, sometimes we torch them out carefully then chase the threads. Or just blow a...
  15. Firemanmike69

    emissions bypasses?

    At the dealership i work at we have had some customers ask about them, the answer is pretty much throw your warrantee in the trash if you install one. Fortunately we do all the services till 2000 hours and exchange the DPF twice till 9000 hours so customers don't get too bent out of shape about...
  16. Firemanmike69

    Hello from NY

    Nice, I went there for heavy equipment operations. We are about the same age so we may have been there at the same time
  17. Firemanmike69

    Most popular replacement tooth/shank system?

    X2 esco has some pretty aggressive pricing on complete lip assemblies (with shanks pre-welded)
  18. Firemanmike69

    Looking to Buy New Trim Dozer Cat vs Komatsu

    Komatsu has the d37 exi that has the built in topcon grade system, if you guys run gps
  19. Firemanmike69

    I need a komatsu expert

    What's the make ,model and sn of the engine ?
  20. Firemanmike69

    trojan 1900z

    Got the old girl squared away yesterday, the left brake pedal was leaking air to the booster and not allowing the brakes to be fully applied or released. Got a new one matched up at a local shop and the loader stops when it's supposed to. Thanks for all the help guys
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