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Anyone know JCB telehandlers? Steering problems....

Sometimes it matters, sometimes it dont. Sometimes, if they built it so the curve of the hose is working against you. You are fucked:laughing:
 
Steve300xcw said:
Sometimes it matters, sometimes it dont. Sometimes, if they built it so the curve of the hose is working against you. You are fucked:laughing:
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This is why I orient the ends at the hose shop. They pretty much let me have at it there I’m such a frequent customer. The guys at the counter laugh when I come there and say I need to go shopping you guys need to find a few shopping carts.
 
ThePanzerFuhrer said:
This is why I orient the ends at the hose shop. They pretty much let me have at it there I’m such a frequent customer. The guys at the counter laugh when I come there and say I need to go shopping you guys need to find a few shopping carts.
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We gotta rigging shop like that. Just go get what you need, and then bitch if they moved it:laughing:

We couldnt do any of the big high pressure stuff. But we had a press and hose up to 1" at our shop. When you can make hoses so they almost snap in place, you start getting picky:grinpimp:
 
Steve300xcw said:
Nobody ever notices that they fucked up the hose until you are back in the brush tryin to install the fucking thing. Then you let rage make it fit...You know this:flipoff2:
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I learn from the mistakes of others.:lmao:

3' long, 1.5" 4 wire with directional fittings on both ends doesn't care how much rage you unleash on it, it ain't moving anywhere it doesn't want to. :laughing:
 
bgaidan said:
But I'm also concerned about pulling directly on the fitting and fucking it up. I think I'm going to try to choke the hose itself and then duck tape the shit out of it to help keep it from slipping.
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I’ve had good luck with this method. Twist some tie wire around the rope somewhere in a narrow part of the fitting. Get creative with knots.
 
Ugh.

Got it threaded in to the frame, but can't pull out out the frame exit. Feels like it's hitting a hard stop. I'm guessing my pull line is under the bundle of other lines and it's just plowing the fitting in to the bulkhead. There's zero access to the damn thing.

Gonna have to get a neighbor over or something to help pull it back and forth and see if it'll pull through....or maybe try to get the long pry bar and see if I can move the other hoses around while he pulls. If not, gonna try to snake it through a different route and fuck the OEM path. :laughing:
 
aczlan said:
Can you push a fish tape through and try running the hose in a different part of the channel?


Aaron Z
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I got it. :smokin:


Pulled it back a few feet and then got a running start and it jumped right up over whatever it was hitting the 20 times I tried before. :laughing:





Next question for those with more hydraulic experience than me. Is there a bleed procedure for something like this? I'm not sure what side of the cylinder this line feeds. If it's on the return side for the extend, I'd think the cylinder would hold enough juice to push through on the retract.

I can't reach it to crack the fitting once I put the other lines back on, but I'm leaning toward just keeping the caps tight on the other lines and working the boom extension until it pukes a bit.
 
ThePanzerFuhrer said:
lol fire it up and run it. No bleeding necessary
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aczlan said:
Exactly, run it all the way in and out a few times and it will be fine.

Aaron Z
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Fuck. I realized I had played with plenty of big iron over the year, but I never had to fuck with anything bigger than my tractors. I just sat in the office and bitch about how long it was taking the fucking mechanics to fix the 345 and how it was fucking up our schedule and production. And also, why the fuck are we spending so much on the goddamn mobile hose guy?? :laughing:


Anyway....she back together and she's now pretty much leak free other than a couple very minorly weeping cylinders that I don't plan to fuck with any time soon.


My Type F trans fluid came in today and I need to run out and pick up the filters I ordered in the morning. Hoping it just being pretty low is the reason for the trans light. Gonna drain and fill tomorrow and hope that clears it up. Also have oil and fuel filters so it'll get the full service...except hydraulic. I think it was leaking so much, the fluid already looks new. :laughing: I'll probably just do the filter and make it doesn't look horrible.



At some point I also need to find a replacement for the sediment filter that's supposed to be on this back wall. Guessing it got damaged at some point and someone swapped in this shitty little in-line thing.

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This is what's supposed to be there.
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aczlan said:
Looks a lot like this: Amazon.com
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Aaron Z
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Not that that one would hurt, but the OEM one is just a sediment filter with a glass bowl with a filter element in it. No filter cartridge like that marine one. The main filter and water separator is on the pump on the engine block.
 
Well, not sure what to make of this. Either stupidity or fuckery.

Transmission calls for ATF Type F (Old Ford spec stuff). Somewhat hard to find o the shelf. I had to order it from Walmart because any store around here only had 4 or 5 quarts in stock. So I would have suspected that it would have the wrong ATF in it.


Nope. Appeared to have some type of oil. :confused: Not sure if this is some kind of trick to keep a dying trans look alive so you can sell it or just a dumbass that put the complete wrong fluid in it.

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Manual says it takes just shy of 19qts. It wasn't touching the dipstick and I'm estimating only 5 or 6 quarts came out. I put 10 back in and it acutally looks a little over filled so I guess the TC holds more than I would have thought.

Pulled the screen. A little bit of chunky funk on it, but really not as bad as I expected.
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So threw a new filter on it and running it. I figure I'll dump it again after a few hours run time and see what it looks like. Kind of expecting to have to change it 4 or 5 times to get most of whatever that oil is out of it.


But, I'm also still getting a trans light on the dash. There's nothing in the manual about it, but google says it's a low pressure light. Trans seems fine and I can run it around the yard in all 4 gears. I half suspect it may just be the sensor. It was wet and the wires looked pretty messed up. They're cheap so I'll just order a new one and see if that clears it up.
 
Ebay parts showed up in the mail today.

Of course, I ordered the wrong shifter. This must be for a newer model that had the gear selector on the stalk so it had more wires and larger plug. Luckily I was able to salvage the switch body and plug from the old one and stick swap it on to the new and it works fine. I also learned that this is where the horn button is supposed to be so I have those wires marked on the harness and I'll rewire it instead of the non working aftermarket button on the dash.
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Of course the oil pressure sensor I ordered was wrong. Threads are way too big. Luckily it was only $10 so not the biggest loss.


Just got done changing the oil and filter too. Absolutely impossible to drop the filter without dumping oil all over the driveshaft and myself. :shaking:
I also did the old trick where I forgot to put he plug back in the pan and dumped about 5 quarts in before I realized it. :homer: At least the drain pan was still under it and not overflowing. :laughing:
 
Fucking hell. This thing is annoying me.

I thought I was down to one minor hydraulic leak that I was somewhat sure was the rear steer cylinder. Nope. I got a little froggy and pressure washed the underside a bit last week. Just my shittly little cold water washer. Well, either I hit something with the washer (unlikely) or I cleaned out a drain hole in the underbelly and gave an existing leak a direct path to the ground. :laughing::shaking:

Looks like it's dripped a good half gallon or more of juice on the ground in the last 4 or 5 days and I can't really see where it's coming from. I stuffed a bunch of absorbent pads in various parts of the chassis that looked a little wet to see if I can narrow it down. I have a feeling it may be at a fitting inside the frame, under the boom, further in from where I replaced that other line....which is going to be even more of a bitch to get to. :shaking:


And, of course, I have a slow drip from the fitting on that new line where it connects to the valve block. Thinking I either got some trash in the fitting when I was putting it back together, or somehow nicked the o-ring on the fitting. Not horriible, buit enough to leave an 8" stain on the concrete after a few days.

The good news is that it's fully operational and I'm comfortable selling my big tractor now. I'm hoping I can track down the last of these leaks so I don't completely fuck up by concrete pad with oil stains.


Oh, and I noticed that there was a front protection panel missing, but from the paint I could tell it hadn't been off long. I sent the seller a text and asked if he could check his yard for them and luckily he found them laying around. He said he'd ship them to me along with that Lull if I wanted to buy it. :laughing: Of course I'm considering that now. He said it runs and everything works, but has several hydraulic leaks. I may run down there next week and actually put my hands on this one. If it's only hoses or easy cylinders, I may jump on it. Looking at recent sales, I could probably make an easy $5-6k for a few days worth of work. :smokin:
 
Well shit. Right after I posted that I was leaving to go grab dinner and noticed the secondary boom lift cylinder was weeping way more than I though. Thinking this is the source of my worst leak now. It runs down the cylinder to the frame and then through the hole for the hoses, and then makes it way down to the drain hole for the main belly pan. This was the first time I ha left it parked with the boom raised long enough to notice this.
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I don't fully understand the logic of using two lift cylinders for the main boom vs. one bigger one, but, whatever. Looks like I'm going to have to pull the smaller one and rebuild it. :shaking:
 
bgaidan said:
Well shit. Right after I posted that I was leaving to go grab dinner and noticed the secondary boom lift cylinder was weeping way more than I though. Thinking this is the source of my worst leak now. It runs down the cylinder to the frame and then through the hole for the hoses, and then makes it way down to the drain hole for the main belly pan. This was the first time I ha left it parked with the boom raised long enough to notice this.
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I don't fully understand the logic of using two lift cylinders for the main boom vs. one bigger one, but, whatever. Looks like I'm going to have to pull the smaller one and rebuild it. :shaking:
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I’m probably wrong but I was under the impression the little cylinder was used as pump to adjust the fork angle as it’s being raised up and down to keep the forks parallel with the ground.

I feel your pain I just rechrome rodded and sealed a cylinder for my mini loader today.
 
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ThePanzerFuhrer said:
I’m probably wrong but I was under the impression the little cylinder was used as pump to adjust the fork angle as it’s being raised up and down to keep the forks parallel with the ground.

I feel your pain I just rechrome rodded and seals a cylinder for my mini loader today.
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fuck… I just had one rebuilt and had them just polish it.
It’ll weep a little, but it’ll do.
Gotta pic it up in the morning.
 
grumpy356 said:
What’s an 1/8th…. Come on man. It’ll ….. shit…/ I can’t even keep up the joke. You already source a new cylinder? That sucks.
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Nah just cut the rod off and put a new one on. $50 in chrome rod and a little lathe work. Easy job.
 
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