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    Mitsubishi mm30sr

    The microswitch on the left side armrest could be the culprit. It's screwed up a few times on my MM35B. For you guys looking for parts and manuals, the best thing you can do is get the cat parts manual for the year machine you have. For instance my MM35B is a cat 303.5, they were built on the...
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    GMC 6500 Brake Help

    I bought one on e-bay 2 months ago for 100 bucks, brand new. It was for my gmc c70. I mounts under the driver side step. I can get you the part number Wed. They had many part numbers in the old days but the cross reference narrows it down to the point that one covers many units. They are...
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    Cat D3B steering problem

    My 931 cat (same as a D3) would do that after sitting to long. Before you start taking things apart, find a big tree and put the blade on it, push and then work the steering clutch, always worked for me. Dave
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    366 GM truck motor

    Hi, I have a 1980 gmc 7000 with the 4-53 turbo, great truck and the little detriot really makes it. It's pretty quiet (for a detroit) because of the turbo. Pretty good on fuel also. The only thing I don't like is the hydraulic brakes, I just had to put a new hydrovac unit and all new...
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    Mitsubishi problems

    Dave, I Have an MM35B which is a 1995, I bought bottom rollers from cat, if you tell them it's a mitsubishi, they will not help you. The MM35B is the same as a 303.5 and many of the parts fit both machines, the only diff. is the 35 has a mistu S4L engine and the 303.5 has a cat. Bottoms...
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    Old Euclid 1LLD

    Could be a landfill body.... we have 40 ton volvo articulated trucks here with 100 yard trash bodies that look like that.
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    going to buy a mini ex please advise

    mini's Hi, for whatever it's worth, I have a Cat 303.5 that now has 6100 hrs. Other than normal wear and tear items I have only replaced the waterpump and 2 glowplugs. It's ready for bushings in the boom and bucket now but hell , can't complain. the other thing is parts availability, you...
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    How much turntable slop is too much?

    navasoaman, It's possible that you have air in one or several the pilot control lines.
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    Hough ?

    Wisconsin ?? I have a couple of V4 wisconsin's, good old engines. I've rebuilt one and was amazed at how rugged they are built, roller bearings on the crank and stuff. I would not feel bad that a piece of equipment I aquired had a wisconsin powering it. You have to run it out of oil to...
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    Insley Excavator

    Insley Hey Insleyboy.. do you have any pics of the 3500?
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    Insley Excavator

    Dominion, the controls are 2 sticks and 4 pedals. Left stick is the swing, right stick is the boom ( with a switch, 2 speed boom, nice when you have a light load) left pedal is the bucket, right pedal is the stick and the 2 in the middle are for travel. Burns calories pretty good, not like...
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    Insley Excavator

    Insley 1500B Here's my old Insley, it's a '78 with a 6-71 turbo, actually pretty quiet for a detroit. still runs A-1. You can't kill these things if you keep em greased and oiled. The 1500 weighs in at 80,000. When I bought this machine, it had sit for 6 years the old guy who owned it...
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    Mini Exc......Cat,Volvo, or Bobcat

    I have a cat 303.5 with 5100 hrs. Had to put water pump in it last year. That's it. Always starts, runs good, does what I ask. Other than the normal undercarriage stuff that wears out that's it. Cat also has a great parts availability that has to be considered. We have 3 Komatsus ( 160's...
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    So, what would you do with 55 gallons of gasoline and diesel, mixed together?

    I pumped 7 gallons in my 06 F-350 6.0 diesel before I noticed my mistake. I added 20 gallons of diesel on top of it hoped for the best. Well, I could not tell the difference. The truck ran ike it always did and that was 2 years ago and it still runs fine. I would add a little to whatever...
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    Cat 225...switcing from Cat to Deere controls?

    Us old dogs can't change control patterns after 30 years, it's an easy change out at the valve bank like lowboy says. For my 2 cents worth, boom and swing on the left and bucket and stick on the right makes sense although the kids will argue with you on that. It's nice to see the new stuff...
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