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  1. powerjoke

    My okada hammer is not working wtf

    My okada 312B has served us well for quite sometime and has been reliable, so much so that when a good friend asked to borrow it because his Kent blew the seals I had no reservations about loaning it to him, however it will not work he says that one line gets hard and even with the other line...
  2. powerjoke

    Hydrostat loses power in reverse when warm need help. Bomag BW160

    I haven't had too much of a chance to look into it and but just wanted to see if anyone ran across this before, Works great when cool but after about 15min she starts losing reverse power and then a few minutes later loses nearly all, however forward is still strong as hell. I bought the...
  3. powerjoke

    Ram self propelled drop hammer, need parts

    I bought this hammer at auction and suprise suprise it doesn't work properly, I believe it needs a timer as everything else seems to point in that direction, the company is out of business and all the numbers on manuals and machine are disconnected...... Here is a pic of the timer it is a...
  4. powerjoke

    Hydraulic pump rebuilders ??

    who does everyone use to rebuild hydraulic main pumps ? I have a komatsu 228-3 that needs one. Pj
  5. powerjoke

    Any idea what these tracks fit ? Need input

    Had a freind that ran across these and figured i could use them, but I have no idea what they fit or who made them I've seen them in magazines before but not in person on the same note if anyone can use them let me know I'll make you a good deal Pj
  6. powerjoke

    Pc228 no hydraulics please help!

    Just bought the machine it came in dead, when I say dead I mean it.... The sticks don't get heavy or anything. The guy I bought it from said the pumps were bad but I've not seen one that just went completely out, normally they just get weaker and weaker. The thoughts I am having right...
  7. powerjoke

    Drivers and operators needed in the KC area

    Some prevailing, heavy highway Drivers earn commission based pay or hourly, onsite trucking is prevailing wage. Part time or full time Drivers i am searching need to have experiance, either OTR combo or rgn, belly dump, side dump, end dump, straight dump. I am not union and offer...
  8. powerjoke

    Bad day for dump trucking. Driver positions now available

    Drivers FIRST day on the job, told him whatever you do make sure you dump the bags when you raise the bed.....well....... Actually there was a chain of events that led up to a event, 1. Truck was stuck 2. Air in bags 3. Bed in air 4. Tow chain on front ALL OF THE 4 took place at the...
  9. powerjoke

    3306 compression in coolant

    7RJ3047 serial. Bad head bad gasket or ?....... I haven't torn into it yet but plan on it tomorrow It has smoke coming out of the rad fill neck, and muddy looking (oil contaminated) coolant. Any ideas before I pull the head off ? Pj
  10. powerjoke

    chains and front idler for 850E 850G case dozer

    i may be wrong but i think there's 42 links, the machine is a long track, external P/B are good internal are showing wear but would hold together for a long time the idler is in great shape, we busted the carrier on and ruined a bearing and didnt have time to wait for parts so just put a new...
  11. powerjoke

    parting out a heavy spec dump truck

    1990 L9000 double frame, hendrickson spring 16' ox'body 3406B (spun bearing) new head 7spd spicer let me know what you need off of it
  12. powerjoke

    Scrapping out a 13G 631B

    motor has oil coming out of a freeze plug so i would not put much stock in it, tires are 33.25 are all virgins and 75% or better 13G2271 let me know what you need off of it before i send it to the yard
  13. powerjoke

    cat 235 motor swap question

    a friend of mine has a 235C serial number 5AF with a bad motor (whole in the block) my question is will any 3306 motor work or does it need to be an excavator motor ? i believe the arrangment number is a 9y0032 but not for sure on that. i havent actually seen the machine in person yet. pj
  14. powerjoke

    bad copper tubing?..... any plumbers out there?

    here's the deal, my hosue was built in '06-'07 and since i have faught no less than 10-15 leaks from pipes having this problem. so far the problem has been isolated to the 1/2" recirc line, had a pump on it but years ago i unplugged it and turned the valve off in hopes of curing this...
  15. powerjoke

    need a good source for plug&play LED strobes

    i bought a new pickup and always try to go hideaways on my personal rig but last ford i had a lot of troubles with the LED strobes in the headlights developing moisture..... so i didnt even attempt drilling them on the dodge and planned on using solid state headlight flashers...... but they...
  16. powerjoke

    I need a title for a truck is your state a "non-title"state ?

    I have an opprotunity to buy a truck at a extremely reduced rate from a storage yard that has a several year storage bill against it...... basically pay part of the storage bill and I can have the truck, the problem is that it comes with a bill of sale only the deal is legit, i have ran the VIN...
  17. powerjoke

    adding a tag or pusher axle to a hydraulic brake truck

    Since the little rollback is going to be in the shop for a while until i get the ECU back (I've pretty muched narrowed it down i think:rolleyes: ) i figured it would be a good time to add another axle.... heres my idea. the truck is equipped with juice brakes and a good hydraulic system and i...
  18. powerjoke

    underrcarriage measurement tools

    i have seen plastic U/C measuring devices on ebay that are basically just a profile of new components but really doesn't have wear or replace markings on them do they?? does anyone know where to buy a complete set of these or do you have to buy them individually ? surely someone other than cat...
  19. powerjoke

    stupid question but what are counterweights made of?

    i always thought cast iron, but then something made me think possibly concrete or steel punch blanks etc. so what in the world are inside of counterweights on say a 20t machine ? pj
  20. powerjoke

    dead 3126

    so the other day we thought the truck ran out of fuel or gelled up and i drug it back to the shop no big deal, well today it was 50-ish and i messed with it all day and never did get the POS to fire off. this is serial number BES566 its a gen1 EUI system, after bleeding the system like...
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