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    Any thoughts on the new Hitachi wheel loaders.

    Just curious if anyone has heard good, bad, or otherwise with the new Hitachi loaders. I believe Hitachi bought Kawasaki. They look fairly well built. Was looking at a ZW140 or 150 for loading mulch. We currently have a Kawasaki 65ZIV that works well with about 9500 hours on it. I know the...
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    Kubota SVL90-2 no power under load and producing black smoke under load.

    Looking for some help on this…So we have a Kubota SVL90-2 with about 2300 hours on it that we have owned since new and has had all the scheduled maintenance performed on it . Showing no codes, plugged it in to check for codes and there are none. Machine runs fine until it is under a load (trying...
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    Kobelco SK115SR track adjuster won’t take grease.

    Kobelco SK115SRDZ Serial # YY03-05227 So guys threw a track today, decided to completely remove the grease fitting tension adjuster nut from the piston, then took a fairly larger machine and shoved the idler back. Got the track back on, reinstalled the grease fitting. Started pumping it back...
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    Case CX245D SR stick and boom acting weird.

    Serial #DCH245R7NHE7K1143 Looking for some help with this excavator. It acts very weird when digging. If you reach out with the stick, boom down, bucket with teeth facing down and on the ground or pile you’re digging, start to pull the stick towards you and do not use the boom control while...
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    Kobelco SK75SR hydraulics randomly stop.

    Serial # YT08-30095. Been running this machine and the hydraulics will randomly stop. No functions at all, then will all of a sudden come back. If you lift the safety lever and then lower it, it beeps, signaling it has been engaged but it won’t activate the hydraulics, if it sits for a minute...
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    Kubota SVL90-2 code E:9107 repair?

    So I was running my machine all day and as I was finishing up it showed the exclamation point in the red triangle and was reading code E:9107 - which is intake air pressure sensor system - all it shows in the book is the code meaning and then “Immediately contact your local dealer”. So my...
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    Komatsu PC75UU-2E pattern change

    So a guy I did some work for (who happens to be a brother of a good friend) called today and said he bought his own machine to finish a house site I installed the septic leaching trenches on. He was asking about changing the pattern from Cat/iso to JD/BHL pattern and that it has a switching...
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    Kobelco SK75SR-3E rpm/ hyd pressures on monitor?

    Serial # YT08-30095. Have been helping a friend do some work for years now, he has a Kobelco SK75SR that he purchased new and now has 2200 hours on it. It has seemed like from day one that it does not run at the right rpm or the hydraulic flow isn't set right, she seems a bit sluggish, and we...
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    JD 410G sight glass

    Looking for a little help for a friend here, he has a 410G TO410GX931365 and the pkastic sight glass for the hydraulic fluid check is cracked and he bought a new one from Deere and it is glass. The question is this, is there enough flex in the two plastic fittings the sight tube connects to so...
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    This does not look good for Kobelco

    Just found this article interesting, can’t be good for Kobelco. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.heavyquipmag.com/2021/02/18/due-to-epa-certification-problems-kobelco-suspends-excavators-production-in-us/%3famp
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    Kubota hyd couplers rebuildable?

    I’ve got an SVL90-2 and so does a guy I do some work for and the front hydraulic couplers were leaking, thinking this may happen to the 75s too. The dealer doesn’t sell a rebuild kit for these and I can’t seem to find any info online, they want you to buy the whole coupler. Seems like a waste if...
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    Cat 315CL no cab heat

    Serial# CJC00625 So I’ve started doing some work for a local builder that had his own equipment and his own operator for the last 15 years or so. The guy that was operating for him moved and I have started working for the builder. If my machine is on another job I’ve been using some of his...
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    Air valve help....

    I say I need help with and air “valve” but I’m not sure that is exactly how I should refer to it. I have a valve that is leaking on my Volvo VHD 10 wheeler, it’s a Wabco and I have numbers but the parts house wants me to bring it in but I don’t have time to take it off, go in, find out they...
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    John Deere 350B steering issue

    A customer of mine just purchased a very clean JD350B six way dozer that looks like it hasn't had much use or much abuse, like is usually seen on the small dozers. It runs very well, the issue is the left side will not steer while going forward unless you absolutely pull with all you've got back...
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    Alkota pressure washer issues....

    I have an older Alkota hot water pressure washer and it does not get used a lot. When you first turn it on and pull the trigger, it has pressure for a split second, then looses pressure, sounds like it maybe cavitatates (growls)for a few seconds, let off the trigger, growling stops,will have...
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    Kobelco pins and bushings

    Just looking for a little advice/help, I have a Kobelco SK115SRDZ that I'm looking to replace the pins and bushings on the end of the stick for the bucket and the pins and bushings for the bucket linkage and "H" bar. I'm wondering if anybody has a suggestion on a place for aftermarket pins and...
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    Hitachi EX120-2 pressure switch

    I have a grey market Hitachi EX120-2 serial #12N-30953 and the pressure switch on the valve for the dipper stick is leaking when I pull the stick in, the Deere dealer is not being very helpful with a part number, they want me to bring it in and I can’t really get it there. Anyone have a parts...
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    Ford 555C alternator not charging...

    Looking for a little help since this is not a strong area for me...a little backstory, a friend of mine owned this machine and passed away, I told the family, who lives forever and a day away, I would help sell and repair a few small issues before selling this machine. He had told me it needed...
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    Gehl CTL70

    A company I do a lot of work for has a Gehl CTL70 track skid steer (I believe it's the same as a Tak 140), it will start but when you put the lap bar down the hydraulics will not activate. They removed the lap bar safety switch and found that the wires had come uncrimped from the switch. They...
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    Kubota M59 bucket and hoe wont lift at idle

    A friend of mine just purchased a used M59 with 650 hours, its in good shape, it was a rental machine I believe. It will not pick up the loader or the backhoe boom up at an idle, it doesn’t even seem to load the engine at all when you try and it seems like the loader and hoe are a bit slow but...
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