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    Michigan loaders

    As I have written earlier I maintained two 475's in the 1980's and would like to add to the debate, based on MY experiences. First of all these are still big machines to maintain and jobs that can be carried out using muscle power and a fork lift truck on a smaller machine like a 275 will need...
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    help - D9R -excessive oil consumption

    We experimented with different makes and types of air filters on our wheeled loaders that worked in the choking dust in the slag pits at the steelworks. A very quick and simple, but effective method of finding out if any dust got passed the air filters was to put a small blob of clear grease...
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    Steel mill heavy equipment

    lol.....Yeh very true , I'm at Corus Steel right now fighting for my job!!
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    Steel mill heavy equipment

    Kress transporters were once a common sight at British Steel plants in the UK. The ones I worked on were quite early ones (1970's) based on the 957 scraper front unit with 4 small rear tyres (aircraft tyres for some reason). Being early units they came with drum brakes on the front only which...
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    Need some troubleshooting help!!!

    Ron, I carried out a lot of maintanence on michigan loaders of all shapes and sizes years ago and one problem I used to come across time and time again was the left hand brake pedal (de clutch pedal) would stick down slightly, not enough to apply the brakes but enough to operate the de-clutch...
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    hyundai problem CUMMINS LOOSING POWER

    Im not saying this is your problem but I would agree with John C above that manafacturers often put 'in line' strainers between the fuel tank and the fuel filters, these strainers are often very small and can be hidden in fuel pipe unions or in the fuel tank itself. Try looking for one of these...
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    JCB 110B Crawler Loader

    From a sales leaflet.
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    Michigan 55 front end loader Hyd problems

    As 'onearmedbandit' says if the 55 has lost both hydraulic operations and loss of drive through the transmission then the fibre drive ring on the flywheel has probably dropped to bits. This was a common issue on our 55's, 275's & 475's and whenever we had the engines out for repair/overhaul we...
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    JCB 110B Crawler Loader

    We used to have a JCB 110 back in the 1970's. It had a 4 cyl. perkins engine & hydrostatic drive & it would turn in its own length with one track going forward & the other in reverse. It was quite ahead of its time really and JCB went along its own route when designing it rather than copy the...
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    JD 644J Blown Turbocharger

    As with all turbocharged engines its recomended that you let the engine idle for a few minutes when hot (allowing air and oil to flow through the turbo) before switching off as this helps to disperse the extreme heat that builds up in the turbo. If not, over a period of time the oil seals in the...
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    How are Perkins diesels?

    Ive worked on a lot of Perkins engined machines over the years from little 3 cyl. engines up their V8's and found them quite a tough engine. Give it plenty of heat for cold weather starting and it'll serve you well.
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    Rude Awakening.

    Repairing earthmovers over many years Ive had plenty of soakings with hot high pressure hydraulic oil but the worst case of injury I came across was when one of our mechanics was trying to trace a leak in the cab of a mich.275 loader. A very fine 'mist' of oil was coming up from the pilot...
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    Bolt removal suggestion

    Ive always used heat. Heat the threaded area of the frame though not the bolt !
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    Massey Ferguson Excavators

    Seen loads of 450's in the 70's & 80's but never worked on one, cant say ive ever seen a 350 though. Sales leaflet here of a 450s AtlasRob can slam the door as hard as he likes and the track wont fall off this one! (wheel might fall off though) !
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    Michigan loaders

    Michigan 475 C After one of the 'B' loaders caught fire they bought a 475 C to replace it. It had the same cummins VTA1710 engine as the B only it was rated at about 800bhp which meant it made more smoke! The transmission was similar too only Clarks called it a 'modulated' transmission which...
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    Michigan loaders

    Michigan 475B Heres some images of the two 475'B' loaders I maintained for British Steel back in the 1980's. Pictured outside the workshops looking very clean. They used to be covered in white dust/grit off the slag , must have been steamed cleaned ready for servicing. A room...
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    dozer sight

    Your dads almost right, theres only one job worse than operating a dozer and thats repairing one....believe me lol !
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    2 stroke jimmys

    Most of our fleet of Michigan 275 loaders back in the 1980's had cummins 855 engines but a couple had the detroit diesel engine. Now I know everyone has their prefered engines for different reasons but I found the detroit engines far superior to the cummins.We'd often be called out to a dead 275...
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    Michigan loaders

    Hi all, new member here from the UK. I spent most of the 1980's & 90's maintaining a fleet of heavy earthmovers over here including a fleet of Michigan loaders. Every thing from a couple of little 55's up to a pair of 475's. The main stay of the fleet were ten 275's and a couple of 280 wheeled...
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