Howdy from an Indiana farmer

[John Deere Boy]

Just bought our first excavator, a JD 270D from Ritchie bros. It was a Minnesota Limited machine. 4800hrs. Waiting on a hydraulic thumb to start clearing trees. We farm in east central Indiana. So far i've fixed the radio (none of the buttons worked), wet sanded and polished the sunroof to make it transparent again, and straightened all the belly pans.

 

[td25c]

Some nice looking equipment & farm ground !

 

[CrawfordHopper]

Some nice looking equipment & farm ground !

Yup, definitely amazing!

 

[John Deere Boy]

Thanks! We painted most of the excavator and added a thumb. Also got an '03 Etnyre 45ton and blasted and painted it. The excavator has been derated since the day after it was delivered, go figure. It had several codes pertaining to the turbo speed sensor and VGT actuator. I replaced the turbo speed sensor which cured those codes, but then traced the VGT actuator codes down to corroded pins on the top ECU connector. I cleaned the ECU pins with sandpaper glued to a miniature screwdriver, and used a torch cleaner to scuff the female harness pins. It still throws a VGT calibration code at startup, but that clears as soon as i raise the throttle position.

Special thanks to tool_king for sharing some helpful info.