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    Michigan 75A engine rebuild vs repower

    I did find the parts manual and the operators manual. It does confirm that it is a Waukesha 190GLB (gas) engine. It shows the parts listing that are in the torque convertor, but no further information on dimensions to use for what it will fit to. It only lists the Waukesha gas, and Waukesha...
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    Michigan 75A engine rebuild vs repower

    Guys, After replacing the starter to get my payloader up and running, I worked on diagnosing a no-spark problem. I traced it back to the internal gears from distributor to camshaft being stripped!!! I also discovered some water in 3 of the cylinders, and the oil was pretty thick in the...
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    Proper use of a telescoping boom lift as a "crane"??

    Yup, that Genie lift was a big one, and it got the job done! I would have been tempted to do the same thing! Sometimes it's kind of nice not having too many safety rules. The one guy in the lift that leaned over to adjust the ropes actually had a safety harness on, and was actually tied off...
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    Proper use of a telescoping boom lift as a "crane"??

    This was in Jiading, suburb of Shanghai, China, at a shopping mall. So I took the following sequence of pictures while on a site visit for an un-related product. The locals were using a quite large Genie lift to hoist a lightpole out of the ground so they could fix the wires in the base of it...
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    My Trojan 114 tractor shovel thread.

    Nice looking older machine. Good job getting it up and running. I have 2 Michigan units that are just a little bit older, one I had to do some similar items to get it running, the other was semi-operational when I got it. Any further updates on getting things fixed on it? Any idea on how...
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    New to me: 1988 Chevy Dually w/ 28' flat bed trailer

    Hey guys, Here's my "new" truck and trailer I picked up through a company auction. Paid $2650 total for the combination, seemed like a good deal to me! I had to do a bit of work before I could make the 120mile trip home with it. It needs a bit of work to be fully usable, so I'll have to...
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    Aeromax transformation

    Instead of clear coating those headlights, I'd recommend you get one of those 3M kits for headlight restoration. Typically what happens is that the clear plastic over the headlight gets crazed and pitted. The 3M kit allows you to grind all of that off, and polish it up. I've done that on my...
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    Working in Alaska pictures

    I really like the trailer you picked up. Can you list more details about it? Care to estimate what you had to give for it? Thanks for posting all the pics, it looks like you guys do some nice dirt work!
  9. K

    Hough H65C

    Can you post some pics of the beast? I like to see that older equipment. I almost bought a hough before i bought my michigan loaders.
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    Michigan 55A fuel pump

    I got the original fuel pump rebuilt.... More info and pics here: http://kustomsbykent.com/heavy-equipment/payloader-updates-november-2013/
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    Tonka's Truck Pictures...

    Nice pics of all those trucks, thanks Tonka for taking the time to find and post. Also to a few of the other guys that posted pics. I really like the old bubble nose COE pete truck. Got any more pics of similar trucks and others from that vintage? That's the kind of truck I'd like to add to my...
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    The New verses the Old

    Reading through the posts about the new equipment, and the engineers that design it..... Being an engineer myself, I totally agree with you guys. A lot of the young guys onlu know how to operate a CAD station, and have no idea how to actually make anything. The guys that work for me are getting...
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    Michigan 55A fuel pump

    Hey guys, I've been working through some fuel pump items on my old Michigan 55A. I've got a temporary solution, that might be my permanent solution (electric fuel pump), but maybe someone can help with a rebuild kit for the original mechanical fuel pump. I've got it detailed more here...
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    Michigan 125 A

    Thats a nice looking unit. Did you do a repaint on it, or buy it like that?
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    michigan 75a wheel loader

    Can you post some pictures of the before, during and after for us? I also have a 75A and a 55A. Post pics of the 35A if you ended up getting one. Thanks Kent
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    The New Zealand Caterpillar Experiance has closed

    I agree, I was disappointed to hear it had closed. Fortunately, I visited there a year ago, Oct 2012, and I took a bunch of pictures. I just finished posting the pics to my website, so for all of you that didn't get a chance to go, or need a pleasant reminder, go to my website and check out the...
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    More old Trucks

    Pure sweetness with the teal & white semi with the orange tanker on the flatbed behind it. Thanks for posting.
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    1959 Michigan 75 A

    Nice looking payloader, I have one very similar to that. How'd you figure out what year it is? On mine the cab doors rotate up and back.
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    Oshkosh trucks

    Sweet link, thanks for sharing!
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    Caterpillar Crawler pics from museum in New Zealand

    Here's a bunch of pics I took at The Caterpillar Experience in Rotorua, New Zealand last year. Good variety of CAT's, from the ten and twenty to the D2, D4, D6, D7 and D8...
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