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    Cat d7e d339

    American Crane in the Kansas City area is where I got parts for my 48A, although I sold it about 5 years ago. My D7E was purchased new by my father in 1966; hated to see it go. But too expensive to keep it around for a plaything and too old for anyone but me to operate. I hope you get yours...
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    HM400-1 won’t shift out of low gear

    My Komatsu HM400-1 has decided to not shift out of low gear either forward or reverse. it was working fine until it wasn’t, so I am suspecting a wiring or controller issue. I checked the dump bed raise signal and it showing the correct voltage in and correct signal voltage out at the switch...
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    Kubota SVL75

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    Kubota SVL75

    I’m sorry, I will try to remember to look in that machine’s file and post that repair ticket. Whatever he did fixed it because I’ve had no more trouble. And since the first dealer bypassed and eliminated the seat switch without having any effect on the problem, I know that it was the last fix...
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    going to look at a D65E-7 this weekend- advice on what to check?

    Sounds like you are making the right call here. More advice for anyone reading who wants their own farm dozer, ranch dozer, build-a-pond behind the house dozer: You can’t do decent work with a sloppy blade. You can’t get much work done with a too-small machine. You can’t get any work done...
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    Colder than a...

    Everyone reading this thread should, right now, go to the parts store or a truck dealer and buy several cases of 50/50 premix coolant, preferably Cat EC-1 equivalent. Then, give away any jugs of full strength antifreeze so you’ll never be tempted to add water to a radiator again. You don’t...
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    D7 17a fluid

    White smoke and coolant pushing out doesn’t sound too good. Does it have two heads? If so, a cracked head is only half as bad as it would be on more modern engines, obviously. And I’ve seen them welded for repair. 17A is getting to the point where anyone who remembers how to work on it is...
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    D6R C9

    Reading this thread makes me glad I am rebuilding my 3306 powered D6R instead of trading up to a later model. Going to end up costing $30k probably but engine, equalizer bar, pivot shaft seals and all rollers and idlers will be new or like new. Cat mechanic remarked something about “that real...
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    Volvo A25C will not shift into gear

    Be certain that the battery is fully charged and the alternator is working. Electric shift on these machines.
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    Komatsu artic HM-400

    Forgot to post this info: machine is a HM400-1 and the serial number is something like 1069 or so. I’m going from memory on this. The hydraulic component may be something like an accumulator or attenuator. It has a discharge hole in the bottom as if that’s a port for it to spit something...
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    Komatsu artic HM-400

    Can anyone tell me what this hydraulic component is and why it is leaking fluid fairly steady after the machine reaches operating temperature? And what it would take to rebuild this component. It is on the left side of the machine behind the front tire and forward of the strut. I think there...
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    Volvo A25c project

    I did find a shop manual from Volvo for the engine. In the section that deals with setting the liners, am I reading it correctly that if there is no damage to the liner seats, and if liner height can be adjusted with shims, that it is very possible that I won’t have to mill the bores at all...
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    D8H Engine Swap

    So far, the vote on here is about 20 to 2 on doing the Cummins conversions. I’m thinking the majority is probably the better idea group.
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    Kubota SVL75

    Yes. I finally found a dealer with a mechanic experienced with this issue. He changed a fuse somewhere is I believe what he said. Anyway, it fixed it. I’ll look at my service ticket when I go to my office and see if there’s anything on there that will be of benefit to you. Mine was also...
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    Volvo A25C

    Did you find a good source for this engine rebuild? I need to do the same thing, almost identical engine in A25C.
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