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    Cat 304cr starter fuse blowing

    Update: Ac compressor had been loose from broken mounting bolt. It just hung loosely and shook while running. I discovered the ac lines had been rubbing the harness for who knows how long, wore through the harness loom and had a couple of bare wires exposed in the harness that were rubbing those...
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    Cat 304cr starter fuse blowing

    Ahart just out of curiosity do you think a badly corroded positive terminal could cause this issue
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    Cat 304cr starter fuse blowing

    Ok thanks I’ll get back to you when I get to it
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    Cat 304cr starter fuse blowing

    Yes I just don’t have a lot of experience with reading schematics
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    Cat 304cr starter fuse blowing

    Thanks for the help. I’m no electric expert so sorry if I don’t follow you all the way. So you’re saying a way to isolate the issue is start testing it out while removing certain fuses to things until the problem potentially stops to leads me towards something to look into? Also are you aware of...
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    Cat 304cr starter fuse blowing

    I agree the only thing that has me thinking it could be the starter or solenoid is how it consistently does it after the machine runs for like 10 minutes or so and then blows fuse then continues to blow quicker until it cools off. It just seems like maybe something could be heating up then...
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    Cat 304cr starter fuse blowing

    007 Yes when that fuse blows there is zero power at the key switch. Also do you know if there is a starter relay anywhere that could be getting hot and causing this?
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    Cat 304cr starter fuse blowing

    Thanks 007 I will look into that. So you don’t think there could be an issue with the starter solenoid causing this issue
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    Cat 304cr starter fuse blowing

    I have a 2004 cat 304cr S/N NAD01704. While using machine for awhile the other day it died while digging with no power at all. I checked fuses and starter fuse had blown. I replaced the fuse,started the machine and it blew again after a minute or less of digging. I noticed if I let the machine...
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