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Recent content by jt720

  1. J

    Cat 287B Not Starting

    Finally got it started today. Looks like it was a bad alternator that was causing a voltage spike on the machine which also took out the battery. Replaced the battery and the alternator and it fired right up.
  2. J

    Cat 287B Not Starting

    Checked some more stuff today. Have a short somewhere for sure. Disconnect battery - terminal and I am getting 12.8V pretty much anywhere on frame with volt meter - lead on battery - terminal and the volt meter + lead on any non painted surface. Pulled each fuse individually and no change. I...
  3. J

    Cat 287B Not Starting

    ZSA00485 is the SN.
  4. J

    Cat 287B Not Starting

    Been messing around and checking everything i can think of the last few days. If i leave the second relay in the right side of the engine compartment unplugged it will make the normal beeps and show the warning indicators for the parking brake and the seat bar. The seat bar will start flashing...
  5. J

    Cat 287B Not Starting

    I forgot to mention I cleaned all the grounds including that one. Even chased the threads in the hole that the bolt goes in for that strap. I had a few problems with starting it a few weeks ago where it would just click like the battery was dead then it stopped after I cleaned the connections at...
  6. J

    Cat 287B Not Starting

    Machine was running fine then i stalled going into a pile of dirt. Turned key off then back on and no lights or beeping. I have 12 volts at the battery wire on the ignition switch with the key in the off position, when I turn it to the on position the voltage drops to 3 to 4 volts.Checked the...
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