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    TL130 with a miss

    I've got an 06 Takeuchi TL130 that just rolled 2600 hours. It's developed a miss when you load it hard. It will start missing if you throttle it down it will lay out and quit missing. When I got it 4 years ago at 1700 hours, some genius had bypassed the water separator. I hooked the water...
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    Tilt Cylinder Rebuild

    My 20Z 953 recently blew a seal in the cylinder head and started leaking oil horribly... Pulled it off and took to my local hydraulic shop I use all the time for hoses. Dropped it off and they said "no problem we'll order seals and have it ready in a couple of days." A week later I picked it up...
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    Box Grader

    Anybody running a box grader on a SSL or CTL? It's springtime in MO which means mudholes and driveway repairs. I've seen some videos but looking for real experience before I turn loose of the cash. I've got a gravel church parking lot an four driveways coming up to regrade and gravel...
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    Tractor Protection Valve

    Long story but here it goes.... I bought a new to me 2000 IH 4900 single axle truck with a dump bed, air brakes, 4 door cab, everything I've been looking for. Then found a 16 ton pintle hitch trailer to go with it. Hooked the two up and thought I was in heaven... Until the trailer brakes...
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    Slippin Daytons

    Picked up a new to me dump truck a few weeks ago, a 91 International 4900 with a 466 , 5/2 split and juice brakes. It was a junkyard dog with some obvious front end damage. Got that fixed and the bed needed new rails as they had been ate up from salt. Got that fixed and took it to its first job...
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    953 hydraulic pump

    Pretty sure I lost the hydraulic pump this afternoon. Few weeks ago I noticed my 53 seemed to be short a little grunt in the loader hydraulics. Today started off cutting g a parking lot and loading trucks. As the day wore on my loader functions got slooowwweerrrr and it the loader would lift...
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    International 4900 body parts

    Anybody know where to get body parts for big trucks? I bought a 92 International 4900 with some front end damage for $500 last week. Drove it home but now I'm not having any luck finding parts like the plastic headlight adjuster clips and wiring harnesses without vuy ING a whole front clip...
  8. J

    Isuzu Diesel no start IHI 30 NX

    I have an 03 IHI 30 NX that I have owned 4 years, it has 1820 hours on it. Never had any trouble out of it until this spring it has developed a nasty habit that it doesn't like to start. The engine (Isuzu 3LD1) turns over and you can hear each cylinder come up to compression and it will puff a...
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    Takeuchi tl130 gauge cluster

    Anybody know of a takeuchi bone yard??? I'm on the hunt for a used gauge cluster. While flipping my trailer back onto its wheels the other night from a little maintenance work it slid and a tire came into the cab with me. Only casualties was the gauge cluster. Mostly the outer casing, lens, and...
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    Took the leap!

    On Thursday I took the leap from a wheeled skid steer to a CTL. I traded off my 1995 John Deere 8875 for a 2006 Takeuchi TL 130 with 2000 hours on it. First job was a little pond dam repair and the machine was wonderful. Next up was backfilling a basement wall in tight quarters. Again the little...
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    VTS vs Dedicated Track Machine

    Starting to look for a newer machine to replace my 95 8875 with approximately 3300 hours on it. Was originally planning to move to a CTL but while looking around found a CAT 236B with VTS installed, comes with a new set of tires/wheels 78" Tooth bucket, cab, heat, A/C with 1070 hours on it for...
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    Twisted master link bolts

    Started tearing into my 953 today to repair the broken track tension rod. Step 1 was break the track at the master link by unbolting it. That's where it all went bad!!! I twisted off the first bolt... I'm thinking of heating the link body to try to remove the other three. Not sure what to do...
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    Flowable fill questions

    I have a customer who called me the other day about a little bridge on her property washing out. The "bridge builder" set 2x2x6 concrete blocks (mafia blocks) for abutments and then just poured 4" slabs for approaches and a suspended 4" slab to cross. Now the water has eroded under one of the...
  14. J

    How old is too old?

    I'm starting to shop for a full size excavator. In the past month I've spent almost $4000 in rental fees for a 200 size hoe, so now I'm starting to shop for one of my own. Having had the chance to run one quite a bit I've noticed they seem to have a ton of hydraulic hoses that would stack up to...
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    953 front idler rubbing

    I tightened the tracks on my 953 Friday and after doing so it began to squawk terribly from the right front idler. I thought sure I'd lost the idler bearing. After pulling the guards to check the oil in the bearing I found the center "rib" of the idler rubbing against the yoke of the track...
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    VTS Compatibility

    Anyone know if a VTS setup from a 90xt case can be made to fit a John Deere 8875. Found a set about four miles from home for $1000. Thanks John
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    Loud concussive thump 953 20Z

    My 20Z was running great as I finished a week long pond project... Then as I was spreading to soil all at once it began a loud concussive thumping sound. I shut it down, opened the engine cowlings and looked for anything obvious. I found nothing so I started the machine again at an idle. I...
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    953 Fluids

    Can somebody give me the fluid specs or types and capacities for a 20Z 953 A Series. Picked it up this week but have no idea what oils are used where. It needs some hydraulic fluid according to the site gauge but didnt want to add the wrong thing. Thanks John
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    Filling a pond....

    I had a customer call this week asking about filling farm a pond. Normally my work involves digging or repairing existing ponds. This is the first one I've been asked to fill in. The customer wants to just push the dam back in the hole and grade the area. He cut the dam on the pond approximately...
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    Adding a track loader

    I'm considering adding a true track loader to my little fleet. I have a solid skid steer and a mini ex but lately the jobs coming in seem to be a bit big for a skid steer. I rented a tl250 for 2 weeks on a pond job and it did a great job as a big skid steer but was by no means a replacement for...
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