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    Hesston 4910 electrical issues

    Good morning. I working on a friends hesston 4910 large square baler (serial number is HL00733). This baler puts up an error code of 7 or 6 and then doesn't read any hydraulic pressures on the monitor. I pinned out the harness and the harness has proper continuity and has no shorts. When I...
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    Front window replacement

    Good afternoon. I have a Hitachi ZX290LC-5N where the upper front window broke out of the machine. What do i have to do to get the window replaced. I only have the glass and have to travel 3 hours to site. Does it just unbolt from the bottom and slide out? Thanks for the help!!
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    Cat 336 safety shutoff

    Good morning. We have several excavators missing the yellow hydraulic lock indicator lever. The dealer parts guys say that we have to order the whole valve. Does anyone know if just the yellow indicator is available? Thanks!
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    What is this? Found in drain pail

    Hello everyone. I am working a fleet job. Mostly CAT, Volvo and some Hitachi and Deere. We have a big drum we use to drain all the engine, trans and hydraulic oils. Today I found this little metal part in the bottom. Does anyone know what this is? Thanks!
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    Komatsu Buying Joy Global

    So Komatsu is buying Joy Global. I wonder what will happen to overlapping products. Such as Letourneau loaders are a Joy Global product. Will Komatsu end these product lines?:confused: See article below...
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    Komatsu PC200LC-6 No High Idle

    Good Morning, I am working on a Komatsu PC200LC-6 that started out as a no start. When I went to the unit I found the high pressure fuel pump split in two. Took the pump out and had it rebuilt and the injectors rebuilt at the same time. Reassembled everything and found that the unit runs very...
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    Pictures Wanted! The Biggest Heavy Equipment You Ever Worked on!

    I don't know if this has been done before or not but I think we should have a forum with pictures of the BIGGEST heavy equipment you ever worked on! Lets see those mining shovels, trucks etc. Pictures are appreciated though because like fishing and hunting stories the size increases with every...
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    Excavator doing demolition work and fell through the floors

    This was on the news and I thought it was worth sharing! http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/nova-scotia/demolition-excavator-spring-garden-road-halifax-1.3509487 Hope this isn't common:eek:
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    Caterpillar (CAT) to Pay $73.6 M In Trade Secret Suit

    For those who thought that the miller couplers looks like cat couplers or vice versa. Apparently so do the lawyers. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/caterpillar-cat-pay-73-6-155003063.html
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    Excavator "buddy" system

    Well this doesn't seem productive! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duMJf8bP1g8 Is this common?:eek:
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    Bell B30E

    Hello, I was wondering if anybody has the procedure to reset the service intervals on the dash on a Bell ADT model B30E. I have the procedure for the B30D but the monitor and software has changed. :Banghead I can't seem to find it in the operators or service manual. If anybody knows I would...
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    Are these real?

    So many of you have seen my post of all the old iron at the Wheels in Tracks in Motion event here in Midhurst Ontario. However I went to a display with all old advertising and some of the leaflets were so strange I decided they needed their own post. Are any of these real production ideas? Has...
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    Monkey's day off the leash.

    Took a day off working to go the Simcoe County Museum for the Wheel and Tracks in Motion event. All old iron, some running some rusting in peace. First area is the cable shovels all working. Next area some nice restored and some well used iron. more to follow soon
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    Sherman Power Digger

    Well there are advantages to traffic and taking a backroad! I came across the old backhoe and snapped a few pictures. The hayseed in me thought the tractor was a Ford 8N and that the backhoe was homemade. But after some looking it turns out to be a Sherman Power Digger. Does anybody know any...
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    Ex 330lc-5

    Hello, I am working on a EX330LC-5. This old girl has a few issues and one of them is a missing relay. The missing relay is located in the battery/ rad compartment near the large starter relay. I have attached a few pictures for reference. Does anyone know what the damaged/ missing relay is for...
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    Yanmar compression test kit

    hello I I'm looking for the compression test kit for a Yanmar engine model 3TNV88. this engine is currently in a Hitachi zaxis 35. does anybody have a John Deere part number for a compression test kit? also a proper glow plug adapter will work! Thanks!
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    Top five construction equipment manufacturers in 2014

    Any Surprises? :) https://www.rbauction.qc.ca/blog/top-5-construction-equipment-manufacturers-in-the-world-%E2%80%93-2014-edition
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    Underwater bulldozers : Komatsu D155

    Maybe I am the only one who hasn't seen this but its very ingenious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRf-zF5udZw&spfreload=1
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    LeTourneau Tear Down

    Some pictures of a recent job stripping down a Letourneau L950. Before the job: With the bucket removed: Took Quite a while to remove all the hydraulics and press out those "football" pins. But eventually we had the loader arms off too,
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    Tigercat 822C

    Are there any tigercat guys (or gals) out there??? :cool2 I have to go replace a cylinder on a 822c and there will be no operator around. Are the joystick controls for boom and stick the same as an excavator? How do I turn the blade on? I don't accidentally want to turn it on and chop off my...
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