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    My Allis-Chalmers Forklift Project

    Runs and then shuts off Some of the areas that I would look at ...leave the gas cap off and run it and that will show if its a gas tank venting problem / check for floating debris in the gas tank/ when it shuts down have a fire extinisher handy and put a bottle cap's amount of gas down the...
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    My Allis-Chalmers Forklift Project

    Thanks Omni I did not understand that on a lp machine the fuel delivery will freese up unless it is warmed by the engine coolant. I only knew that the prevous owner said to me that he had some issue with the machine stopping after about five minites because of a heater hose..but I did not...
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    My Allis-Chalmers Forklift Project

    allis chalmer My ac machine (1973) had a clogged heater hose that caused the propane to shut down. The prevous owner discribed the same thing that you discribe that was happining to the machine and found the problem was with a clogged pipe in the cooling system that would cause a senser to...
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    My Allis-Chalmers Forklift Project

    Thank you Omini for your comments! Its been busy with work(I do trees and landscaping www.stumpbuster.com ... but this ac forklift I am thinking ..is a awesume machine. People tend to neglect fprklifts in particular I think. This one had water contamination in the hydraulic system and...
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    My Allis-Chalmers Forklift Project

    hello there! I just got a 1973 Allis f60 rough terrain forklift. Its getting self etching primer after the paint was stripped off, then I am looking after the fluids and filters and tring for a repo owners manual. I love this machine and want to give it the tlc that a quality machine deserves...
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