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    Hydraulic and manual thumbs for 12 ton - 30 ton excavators

    I see that lots of machines in the USA come equipped with a manual or hydraulic thumb, almost as standard. I'm based in Ireland and we have very few of these and it seems very few manufacturers of these attachments. I supply a range of attachments for all sizes of excavators but my UK based...
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    Final drive oil for JS200

    JCB say to use HP 90 gear oil for the slew and final drives. Noone locl to me seems to know what this is or carries it. Anyone know what spec I can use like maybe EP 80w/90? Is a GL5 oil ok?
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    Diesel transfer pump queation

    I've a JS200LC and it has diesel transfer pump for filling from a bowser. The switch was broke since I got it so hadn't used it, but now I've had the thought: Is it a 12V or a 24V pump? On the pump the writing is all worn off, can'r get the model or anything. The leads going to the battery(s)...
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    JS200 LC 2001 opinions please

    I need an excavator for my own farm work and I've come across a 2001 JS200 LC with approx 13,000 hours for sale at seemingly OK money. According to the seller everything is working as it should, UC about 70% except the tracking is slow on 1 side. He says he doesn't want to sell it with this...
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    Master cylinder rebuild

    I'm rebuilding a master cylinder and all is going well enough except I'm not sure what the valve here is for or which way it is supposed to be assembled. If I knew what it was for I might be able to decide what to do with it! The pic is of a Kawasaki 50z loading shovel brake tandem master...
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    Kawasaki KSS50Z loader parts

    I live in Ireland and need parts for my Kawasaki KSS50Z (chassis number KLD50Z-1212, serial: 50Z71212) loader, build in the 80s sometime, and we don't seem to have Kawasaki dealers or parts suppliers in the whole of Europe! Therefor I'm badly in need of a parts catalog and/or maintenance manual...
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    PC60-2 hydraulic oil change

    I need to change the hydraulic oil in my recently purchased Komatsu PC60-2 (year approx 1984). I'm going with SAE 10W as per the manual, a local supplier was saying that cheaper hydraulic 46 would be fine, any thoughts? I'll go with 10W unless I hear different, but it's about €60 for a fill more...
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    Removing cylinder head on PC60-2 bucket ram

    I've been struggling to take the clyinder head off the bucket ram (and boom ram) on a PC60-2 this evening. It seems to be completely stuck. As per the photo below there are notches for a tool to slip in to grip the head and turn it. I had no tool of course so I tried a heavy bolt + hammer on the...
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    Komatsu PC60-2 control levers loose

    The control levers have a lot of play in them and as I've just acquired this machine I'd like to tighten things up a bit. Seeing as the machine is mid 80s getting OEM parts could be very tricky and expensive. Has anyone here had success "tightening up" manual control levers on a PC60 or any...
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