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  1. BrianGrenier

    Sunk and frozen

    What would a pro do to pull this skid out of the ice? The neighbors sunk it about 10 days ago and are working on it today. DIY operators. I swore off helping because of liability. I imagine that my EX100 could pick the rear end, if the ice is safe enough. So I'm tempted to be a good neighbor...
  2. BrianGrenier

    Snowblower Tractor- someone plowed into me

    This post is looking for some advice about tractor valuation. The short story is I was using my snow blower tractor to clear out the neighbor's drive. I was watching traffic in my northbound lane and I thought I was clear but someone in the southbound lane, in a double yellow no passing zone...
  3. BrianGrenier

    Cat320B Manual - are they all a pain to navigate, or just this one

    Hi Guys, There's a screenshot attached here of the directory/folder tree from the manual I bought a while back, probably from Ebay. Would anyone please take a look at the and tell me if this is how the Cat manuals are organized, or is it this one? There is no table of contents, so I find the...
  4. BrianGrenier

    Cat 320 BL Swing Gear and Bearing

    Hi Experts, Could I get an opinion on this picture? On this 9JS00308 Cat 320 BL 138 FWHP, the Swing Gear and Bearing seems to "catch" and the structure will not swing after working in some positions, especially after working at a diagonal to the tracks and shaking the machine can get it to...
  5. BrianGrenier

    Welding receivers to blade

    On the old road grader I have mocked-up a couple of 12"x2" trailer receiver tubing, 1/4" alloy steel, that will accept a pair of mounts connected to my new (old) 10' snowplow. What I am wondering is, can I maybe get satisfactory welds with my Lincoln 100hd using .035 wireflux core with preheat...
  6. BrianGrenier

    Auction abandonment advice

    A tractor, utility, three wheeler that was on an IronPlanet auction caught my eye and I bid the minimum and got it. The description of the unit says 'diesel engine'. Further description says unit was not tested for functionality and the engine is not complete. I paid for it and went to pick...
  7. BrianGrenier

    Cat 320B LL Forestry Swing Machine Hyd Lockout

    No travel, no boom, no swing issue: First and before the hydraulics locked out, I replaced the starter as the starter brushes and commutator fried themselves with all systems good at the time, electric system was charged to 24.4+- no issues anywhere, great batteries. So the starter went in just...
  8. BrianGrenier

    Oil filter blowout 3066

    Oil filter on a 1999 Cat320BL s/n 9js00 (made in JP and imported to US from CA), 3066 engine blew it's gasket. Another time before, I don't recall if the gasket blew, or the filter worked itself loose, but both times made a mess. Lots of hours on the meter. Engine runs well with no lifter...
  9. BrianGrenier

    Driveline Brake Austin Western Super 300

    Hi Experts! Can someone help with advice on a Driveline Brake on this ol Iron. Maybe the post should be in the old iron forum, haha Austin Western Super 300, 60's model has a drum brake inline with the driveline and I cannot figure out how to back off the brake shoes so that I can remove...
  10. BrianGrenier

    Cylinder rod moral question

    The local hydraulic expert in response to my question about a weak thumb on an excavator said that I could remove the pressure relief valve. Well I did so, had the ram extended, overextended, was bleeding and pushed thumb back with the bucket and bent the cylinder rod. So if I had the advice...
  11. BrianGrenier

    I260hs-a

    I260hs-a Hi Experts, Over here, just bought a http://www.tractordata.com/industria...ster-260a.html from an auction...was told it moved forward and reverse (but not well, apparently) It is a hydro transmission. Possibilities include cavitation, plugged ports, plugged filters, poor...
  12. BrianGrenier

    Need electrical help on a cat 320BL excavator - Inline fuse to ignition?

    Need electrical help on a cat excavator. Someone who isn't me hooked up 24 volts reverse polarity to the drained batteries after the ignition switch was left on for a couple of days.. When the batteries were charged with negative polarity and the negative ground switch was flipped on, The...
  13. BrianGrenier

    Codes on a 320BL after oil loss

    JohnC wrote: you need to go into the electronics package and record all active and logged codes. All the Cat B series excavators used the same method to access codes. In this case you hold down three buttons at the same time till the monitor goes into access mode. Then you use certain bottoms to...
  14. BrianGrenier

    Unladen Wt of F9000 Dump Truck

    Need help with the unladen weight of a F9000 Dump Truck: In our state, farm tags are available for vehicles with a maximum unladen weight of 20,000 lbs. This Ford GVCW is 44,800, the vin tag shows type/g.v.w. as U914, vin is U91Uvca6243. One way to do this is to get a trip ticket so I can get...
  15. BrianGrenier

    Trailering an Excavator w/ Harvester Head

    I could use some help! I bought a used Cat 320B with a harvester head. I need to move it a long distance (2k miles from BC to AK) and am wondering if it makes sense to gear up and DIY. I'll need a trailer to move it around here anyway:** It may require a step deck trailer and so that is...
  16. BrianGrenier

    Driveline Removal from Fuller Trans

    Hi Experts, I sheared off my driveline the other day on my Ford9000 with a FullerRT-12509 9-Speed Transmission. How do remove the output yoke? Removing the center support and pulling that part of the driveline went well, but the forward part of the driveline is not so obvious, picture...
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