Arthur Chadwick
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First I would like to say thank u for your time I have been in this field of work for years I got a call the other day asking me to come look at a cruz 40 wheel excavator that was parked 5 years ago with no problems so they say lol I went over yesterday to go take a look to see what I was getting myself in to with it sitting so long and keep in mind I have never ever laid a hand on a tire excavator i get there and was shocked everything around it wasn't all over grown and was right on the edge of a field that gets flooded at times I asked the owner of the field if at anytime the water level had ever submerged any part of machine he said no .I had some time to spare looked it over changed the battery out with my spare and so on about a hour later it was running nice and smooth I got up in the cab ran the stick/boom a few times to see how it would all react no bog nice and smooth as it should so I returned the hoe to the transport position so I could check the rest out I tried to move it forward first nothing no bog or drop in rpm what so ever so i tried reverse still nothing like I said I have never laid my hands on a tire excavator before I see it has a 2 stick trany on the right side of seat I don't no if I missed something or a safety or did things out of order as it was wen I opened the cab door I was surprised to see as much as I did for a 1902 nostalgic dinosaur I'm kidding LOL I don't even no the year yet if I was to guess I would say late 70s early 80s I'm going to be going back over there today to see if I can figure it out and do a hydo pressure test I did see a few things in the cab that looked to be missing like a little light and a hole for a switch maybe .Not fare apart if u were sitting in the cab those holes are off to the right knee hight and above those 2 holes set over a bit is a valve which I'm sure is a air valve that is for drive system to drive it down the rd along with a lever if u were to reach behind u with your left hand wen sitting in cab like I said I have never worked on one and most likely its something stupid I'm missing if anyone can help in anyway way it would be great and much appreciated or if anyone has the service manual along with the users manual or just one of them anything would help so I'm not spending a bunch of time going over the whole drivetrain system one component at a time just to figure it out how the system is setup thats keeping me from driving it thanks