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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    Cranking sounds normal although maybe a bit slow. I think at this point it's time to take it to the dealer for repair. I guess this is beyond me.
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    Cmark, the throttle position % does respond to the dial in E.T., from 0% to 100%. Chrisso, I couldn't find anything in UENR3423-22 about a fuel pump calibration override, even though it's referred to in the fuel pump install instructions. Well it looks like I've accidentally...
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    Cmark, I'll check. I'm pretty sure in the past the reading has responded to the dial. Chrisso, did not do a Fuel Pump Calibration Override. Will study. BigWrench the Aux solenoid is not working for some reason. (first image) I wonder if this is supposed to open for start, although that...
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    See? Everything is perfectly fine. Except it will not start. It's a 15,000 pound brick.
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    And replacing the $1,300 fuel rail did not fix it. No change in the symptom. Cranks but will not start, even with ether.
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    A new $3,000 HPFP did -not- fix it.
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    Ok, Reset. It now looks like the gap I thought I saw between the crank and big idler was actually the crank gear had slid proud of the idler and there's no gap after all. And I'm going to say that the paint dots are QC marks... not the timing marks. That the stamped engravings are the true...
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    Well against my better judgment, I tried again. This time I put a pipe wrench on the crank pulley and was finally able to crack that crank bolt. So I carefully pried off the timing cover. Care must be taken at the crank while removing as a bearing gear there is close. The docs say to turn...
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    Happy (and apprehensive) new owner of 955L: Questions

    You have electricity in Canada? To run computers? ;)
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    Volvo CTL?

    Nm. Seems that Volvo rebadged JCB CTLs for a while, but quit around 2016 because the ECMs are in the frame platform. Water and mud tends to go there, as anyone with any experience knows. Volvo is in the process of going electric, but it's going to be a while. Looking at Deere now.
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    Volvo CTL?

    Looking at the Volvos, but am disappointed to find that their largest CTL (MCT135) can only lift 2,600lbs, up to a height of only 7.9'. This is surprising. A few questions: - Do standard CTL attachments fit on the Volvo? - Are these machines reliable? - Any notable problems?
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    Thanks Cmark, but I just can not do it. Got most everything off today and tackled the crank pulley. Could not crack that bolt. Used a strap wrench but between the oil and coolant it just slipped. Paper towels didn't help. I'd borrowed a harmonic balancer puller, but the three holes in the...
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    This is very clear. And I remember that drawing. As daunting as it is to go through this exercise, I think it's worth a try, probably today. I'll stuff rags or something so bolts aren't as likely to fall under the engine. I guess I have to do it all over again, and maybe more, if I have to...
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    Get at the back/side of the engine which is inaccessible, to reach the timing window? Remove the gear cover with its 25 bolts dribbling into Hades, not to mention pulling the harmonic balancer? Something else to do in a weekend following my countless other working weekends? I am curious though.
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    Yes I am selling it on Equipment Trader or at auction. I am banned at Cat so I can't have them fix it, after buying over $26k in parts to renew this PoS, and due to the old SIS being crappy misordered $2,400 of parts. They refused to credit them to me and so we have a disagreement. (Nothing to...
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    That's it. I can't fix this piece of sh1t. And I'm not putting in no $2,600 HPFP or $1.400 fuel rail. I am getting rid of it. I have far more important things to do.
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    Yup. CW on the back end.
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    I am going to assume that the first compression in the rotation is 1-4. (I am too chicken to remove the valve cover, dropped bolts into the abyss, etc) Now all I have to do is determine direction of rotation. Docs say manually rotate CCW, but that's opposite of most gas engines.
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    Oh, Ok thanks. It is just impossible to get to.
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    Cat 299D2 Cranks, Won't start

    So this timing thing doesn't make sense. I turn the crank 10-11 quarter-turns, and the mark comes up on the large idler gear. It is very clear during one of these full cycles, the two compression points, although I can't know which is 1-4 or 2-3. And neither of these compression points...
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