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    Prentice 2470 Forestry Mulcher

    Base machine from what I can gather. Sounds like a pilot pressure Fault to me but I’ve never laid eyes on it just talking over the phone so far. I’ll be having a look at it on the weekend.
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    Prentice 2470 Forestry Mulcher

    Does that work for models even before Cat bought them?
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    Prentice 2470 Forestry Mulcher

    Hi Gents I’m heading out in a couple of days to look at a 2470 forestry mulcher that is having trouble with the hydraulics randomly running slow and the engine over heating. I’m wondering if anyone has been around these units and possibly has the workshop manual or hydraulic schematics or a...
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    looking for stick welding machine recommendation

    I’m in Australia so I don’t know if they would br available to go but I run a Unimig 180 amp invertor stick welder off a 7.5 kva generator. Works well jobs of about an hour or so. If you are welding for any longer I would go to a dedicated engine driven machine. I really like my Miller 250 for...
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    Komatsu PC400-8 Airconditioning Problems

    I ended up getting the thermostat and all temp sensors that are located in the hvac box inside the cab. The price of the were cheap enough that it wasnt worth it to replace them 1 at a time and have to keep pulling the seat and hvac unit out. If you ever have one apart they have a pretty...
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    Is it just me?

    Something that annoys me is when is a young mechanic supposed to learn how to operate a machine properly? When you do your apprenticeship you get taught how to move machines around but never really how to operate in a production environment. And who is going to pay for it. Say you are working...
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    Komatsu PC400-8 Airconditioning Problems

    I have tried running a bypass wire on the pressure switch under the cab but it still played up.
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    Komatsu PC400-8 Airconditioning Problems

    When it plays up I don't get any power out to the compressor making me think the controller is telling it not to cut in. But I can't find what is telling the controller to play up like that.
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    Komatsu PC400-8 Airconditioning Problems

    Hi All I am having problems with a PC400-8(Serial No. 70769) air conditioner. It will work fine for a couple of hours then it just stops blowing cold air this will then be the pattern for the rest of the day. Sometimes shutting the machine down and starting again will get it to work. When it...
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    Waiting time for parts delivery

    It would happen to be coming on TNT would it. Just recently I was told on a wednesday that I was being sent a part from our parts warehouse in Sydney. I should of received it on the thursday morning. I am in Bathurst only a 3 hour drive from my house to the parts warehouse. Parts didnt show up...
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    Waratah questions???

    I don't think there is a way to stall to motor and check pressure with the motor in the circuit. I would just cap and plug the hoses and check pressure that way. The top saw motor is run off a PVG100 valve section which should be non compensated so the carrier supply pressure will dictate the...
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    Lets see your "ultimate" service truck!

    What size tyres are you running on the truck Cargs?
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    a/c equipment questions

    A quick question. What pressure does everyone go up to when looking for leaks. I had trouble with a few machines lately where I show and the there is little no gas in the system. When I pressurise and try to find the leak I can't find anything. I have only been going up to 110 psi or there about...
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    Processor Controls on a Logmax 7000XT

    If you have a dealer or service agent nearby it would be worth getting them out to show you how to operate and maintain the unit. If you are buying new this should be covered as part of the purchase costs and done during the start up. When starting up a new head it takes a little while to get...
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    Ford to produce the F series truck in Australia

    Scrub the Isuzu was a reliable truck considering the way I drove it and some of the places I took it. It was just lacking in power and and comfort. If I sat in it for longer then 2 hours I would hobbling around like and old man for half and hour until I got my hips and back warmed up again...
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    Ford to produce the F series truck in Australia

    Yeah I'm not talking about having one as a shopping trolley. I want one for a work vehicle. I am a mobile mechanic and for one company I worked for I was supplied a Nissan patrol. I had that thing weighing in at nearly 4 ton with only hand tools, no welder or compressor and only a little 3 litre...
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    Ford to produce the F series truck in Australia

    Bugger you got my hopes up that we were going to get a factory supported F truck. Oh well I will just have to wait a bit longer. The mob that are doing the conversions are also converting dodges and chevrolets but a starting price of $100,000 it's a bit steep for the ordinary bloke to be able to...
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    What is a Journeyman Tradesman?

    That is very true. When I was just finishing up and started to think I knew what I was doing an old fella told me that he didn't count your years of apprenticeship as experience. Meaning you start back at square one when you become qualified.
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    My name is Doug and i have a problem.

    Ha ha I know that problem well. I went to a good tool shop the other day only needing a $12 socket. After wandering around and finding things that I needed(wanted) I walked out with my wallet $600 lighter.:D
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    What is a Journeyman Tradesman?

    Ok I understand a bit more now. I was thinking that a journeyman was the top I didn't realise that a master was higher. WhyWhyZed Canada sounds pretty similar to Australia. Yes there is tests and competency books while you are training but these aren't very strict and most of the time the...
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