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    LS 170

    Your dash must be different from mine. I just have a key, turn, glow plugs will count down, and then the start position, and it will spring back to the run position. I have had times that it will not move. I usually just take the seat belt off and re click it together.
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    LS 170

    What do you mean run in service position? will not run in run position? If you mean it will run as long as it is cranked, I would guess that the fuel solenoid is only getting power in the crank position and not when it is in the run position. I would check to see if the fuel shut off opens when...
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    CAT299C - Overheating & NO cab heat

    Something to also be aware of is the anti freeze strength. too week and it will turn to snow, and plug up in the fine heater core. Too strong and it gels up. also plugging up the fine ports of the heater core. I have had this happen more than once, on different vehicles. In Manitoba it is not...
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    CASE W26 .information historical wheel loader

    I ran one of these for 2 years. they had a w26 for a back up. one summer on a w18 as well. different jobs, seems like case was popular in our neighborhood. Air brakes if I remember, and the oil tank was also the air tank. so if you blew a line the air pressure would blow out all the oil.. I...
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    where to find komatsu split rim 17.5/25

    I have three rims that are split on my 02 wa180-3mc, and one drop centre wheel. I have 4 snow tires that I wanted to mount this fall, however I have one rim that is not a split. I could not take it off. the tire was too cold and too stiff to get it to come over the edge.. So right now I...
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    6640 gehl, thick white smoke at starting

    I have a deutz engine in my holder that I use with a snow blower it sits in a shop without heat. 0w40 oil has helped cranking speed. I cover it with a tarp and use a diesel kerosene heater. I just picked up a 500watt adhesive oil pan heater. that way I should be able to plug it in...
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    over tire tracks

    I run solideals on my ls 170. getting a flat is miserable to repair you have to take the track off and then your tire. I also found out that you have to run the tires very firm, or they will tend to roll off on a sharp turn on concrete or pavement. Mine are a few years old. use them summer...
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    wa 180 work lights

    I am trying to get the work lights up and running. The ones that are on the machine are not factory, and have never functioned. I mounted a pair of led's and a pair of hid's. I checked the switch on the dash and it has no power running to it. I am guessing that the switch must ground out a...
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    Tires, solid or foam filled?

    I have a wa 180 that has come out of a recycling life I did a repair last winter. had a peice of truck u bolt stuck into it. opened it up to find about 5 gasllons of slime like material. it looked like a porcipine inside.... but only the huge bolt was leaking , I let the slime ooze down and...
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    Komatsu excavator to buy

    I have a pc75uu-2 steel tracks and no offset boom. I think it was changed out in Japan yet. only put about a 120 hours on it but works just fine for any of my work.
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    PC75UU2 plastic panel repair ?

    I have seen enogh of these wrecked. you should be able to find someone who will sell at a reasonable price.
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    jd 250 locks up

    A neighbor purchased 250 john deere, after using it for 10 minutes, the arms and bucket lock up. it will still move, but to loader. If he shuts it down and waites a half hour, it functions fine again for 10 minutes. anyone have this problem with a similar JD.
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    komatsu WA180-3 service workshop manual requird

    I purchased mine off of Ebay. alot cheaper than the dealership. real paper not a disc.
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    What Are The Best Tools On The Market?

    SK I have alot of sk product that duplicate all of my snap on stuff. the snap on stuff is hidden away so they do not go missing. The sk has never failed me yet, very siminlar in fit and finish. long profile and short profiles for avery possible loaction. about 1/3 the cost. sure snap on will...
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    Tire Question

    Find a wrecker and buy a used set if you cannot afford to replace new. You will never be sorry. You still have to worry about nails or screw, however you will not have to worry about any grit left in the tire, the flap cracking at the stem hole, or even the seam letting go. I would guess you...
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    komatsu wa 800-2 hard starting

    I would guess that you may have a cracked fuel line, on the suction side of things. How many hours do you have on it? I had an old landcruiser give me issues, It ended up being a fuel line had rubbed against another and never showed a leak I ended up finding it becasue I over filled the tank...
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    steering creeping

    STEERING IS WORKING. Have it all sorted out, pulled the steering valve and did not even open it up. the two set screws for the bypass were uneven, one had about two complete turns out from the other. I tightened them both down and backed them out half a turn, so the bypass would still function...
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    steering creeping

    I thought I would let people know what I have figured out. I checked the cusion valve and found nothing, put in some new o rings to make sure. I ended up swapping the lines off of the steering motor. to see if the sides swapped or if they behaved the same. Everyhthing worked just the opposite...
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    steering creeping

    Just remembered something else. Does the system have some sort of bypass valve? You can hear the system squeal when you go full lock to the left. The kinda noise you would get when the bypass squeels? I would think that it may have some sort of pressure bypass valve? maybe the spring is broken...
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