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  1. TomWei

    303.5 fuel injection leaking

    beached her a few weeks ago and popped some hoses on undercarriage. looking for more hydro leaks i found diesel leaking out of injector area. its below the yellow and on top of gray. any idea what causes this? less than 5 hours ago i was putting in new mounts, throttle cable, fluids, etc. and...
  2. TomWei

    Broken Fitting, coupler?

    Buried mini ex and after pulling out found this snap between 1 and 2 in the specs. its the blade lines and id rather not pull apart in field. think cat would have male to male coupling, would that work to hold oil while walking back to shop?
  3. TomWei

    Pulling out, where to attach

    im pulling this out tomorrow in the other direction. i have a m1089 tow truck but was planning on attaching to the blade. I have that yellow strap in the background and planning on stringing through that block by my feet and truck can back up 10feet from where im standing when taking this pic...
  4. TomWei

    303.5 AFW00807 adding block heater

    3013 perkins engine was bolt an installed heater? or remove the other plug?
  5. TomWei

    Grease Fittings Clogged

    Handful of fittings wont take grease and after changing out fittings they are all in the same area, undercarriage, beached the bitch in clay a while back how can i put grease in without removing pins? thanks
  6. TomWei

    seat cushion 303.5

    cat wants 454 for both. is there a place that makes for cat? attached in back instead of bottom at this point im going salvage these
  7. TomWei

    removing hydraulic bolts under pump

    im replacing mounts and cant get the last line off to lift this side of the engine? i did take the first 2 bolts off with impact wrench, but put them back when i couldnt get the third off. its a tight fit with pipe and 4th bolt is by hand picked up s wrench yesterday and sprayed down with wd40...
  8. TomWei

    303.5 switch above wiper, any ideas?

    its a afw 303.5 ive tried to reach wiring diagram but cant figure this out any ideas?
  9. TomWei

    alternator 303.5 bolt hole

    the tension bracket broke on the alternator. when i pulled alt the bolt hole was 1.5 normal size. the bottom bracket holes are 2-2.5x size hole should be. backets are coming in from australia but can i shim the alt or do i need a new one? alt is 85 brackets were 400. guess i could keep as...
  10. TomWei

    cat 303.5 foot pedal sticks

    The right pedal its pretty stuck, it controls arm L and R Im trying to disconnect linkage at manifold to make sure its valve, but what are the options. its the first in the bank (blue pliers) towards engine. black pliers is left pedal, for attachment, but its also thicker hose if the valve is...
  11. TomWei

    Super 301 '74 Caliper

    recently purchased an older 1974 Super 301 from a local town in New York. Ive been having trouble with the service brake caliper disengaging so I replaced the seals and cleaned out. I noticed that when the machine is running the brake has fluid going to it even when the brake isnt being...
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