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    Cat overcharging

    They're not that bad to figure out, unless they're not working, then it takes a little longer :). If you wanted, you could probably find a new regulator online, but the Delco is easier.
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    Hydraulic Cylinder Rod End - Grease Won't Flow

    If you can't get a good enough bit to drill the bushing, then a masonry carbide bit will drill hard steel if you sharpen it to a little sharper angle on a grinder.
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    Cat overcharging

    He has one bad battery, and both being overcharged. This is not just one bad battery causing an issue with the other one.
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    Hydraulic Cylinder Rod End - Grease Won't Flow

    I wasn't expecting those pics. Take a right angle o ring pick and find the hole in the bushing, clean it out, remove the zerk, clean the hole. There's usually a groove around the inside so the bushing alignment isn't critical. If it won't push grease through, try oil in a grease gun, while...
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    ihi 35j engine ran away on me today?

    No, that's not the way the fuel system works. I'd pull the valve cover after running for a while, I suppose it's hypothetically possible that worn valve guides combined with backed up oil would suck enough oil to run. Usually the crankcase breather is away from the intake, but if that was run...
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    ihi 35j engine ran away on me today?

    Sound likely, did you check the oil level? Check the fuel injection rack moves correctly, and have a way to shut off the air before you try to start it again.
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    Chain size. Am I being silly?

    It's enough if you know the weight of what you're lifting, or lifting t posts the failure is not a problem. Lifting 30' poles would get dicey if you hook it in such a way that tilting the bucket puts stress on the chain, straight lift is no problem. 3,000 pounds is the working load limit...
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    How do I get this wheel off ?

    Yes, they'll both be left, if the thimble was right hand thread and the nut was left, then the nut would loosen the thimble as it tightened. I've never had to, but I'd add a little heat, 200-250F, then spin a nut on and smack the nut around the flats to wiggle the thimble a bit. Sometimes a...
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    AW 46 Hydraulic Oil quality

    That's assuming the cheap oil is clean, and it is not very clean. There are other ways to remove water and dirt besides flushing with new oil. It's one thing if you're talking about a skid steer or mini that needs one bucket, but once you talk about barrels, and multiple changes to get most of...
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    AW 46 Hydraulic Oil quality

    You don't have to get the dealers oil, any of the major oil companies make a good quality hydraulic oil that will be around $20 gallon. Have you tested the oil in there? before spending $500 on rural king oil, see how the oil that's in there is doing. Some of the cheaper hydraulic oils are...
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    3 wire alternator nightmare

    Generally voltage is a better measure than amps, but you may have found the exception. If your batteries are completely dead, as in a dead cell in each, then they could show that low of voltage even though they're charging. Easiest to have a battery sitting at 12.7 then you know what's going...
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    3 wire alternator nightmare

    The engine pulley is quite a bit bigger than the alternator pulley, so it should have turned on the one wire when you revved it. Did you start with charged batteries? might be as simple as nearly dead batteries and not much amperage at idle. Is the idiot light an LED? might not flow enough amps...
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    Water in hydraulic oil

    I don't have a picture of the setup, I hooked it up after running the machine, or ran it overnight with heat. Just the rubber hose over the tube, no hose clamps because there's no pressure. I'd think it would work better to remove the gross contamination, THEN change the oil. Like I said...
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    Water in hydraulic oil

    I used a refrigerator compressor, with an air filter on the intake and the output going through a steel 3/16" brake line that was inside a hose to allow the exhaust air to warm the incoming air, had the hose come off the top but turn and slant down and away to drain condensation out. Also...
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    CAT 320C burst hose and fire

    Dry chem is ammonium phosphate, so somewhat corrosive. I'd flush with plenty of low pressure water to rinse it off, especially anything electric or the radiator. CO2 is not very effective, don't bother. Water is superior for equipment fires to cool off components and keep from rekindling. If...
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    Water in hydraulic oil

    I prefer to remove the water from the oil, then change the oil to replace the depleted additives. So get the water from 5% to .5%, then change the oil and get it to .25%, instead of changing it multiple times, or flushing it line by line and cylinder by cylinder. Bubbling dry air through oil...
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    Cat overcharging

    12 or 24V? get the voltage measurement at the batteries before you start, then at the alternator with the key on, engine off. Then at the alternator with engine on. All the terminals on the alternator. If it's 24V, get each battery's voltage also.
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    Arc welder to loosen a link pin, without removal ?

    I like to pump oil into bushings like that, ATF is thin and easy to find. Use a grease gun with the plunger removed and held upright to not spill the oil. The mini grease guns work good for this, because they're not good for much else. Pump a couple shots, every half hour of work until it...
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    It Drove OK?? Who worked on it Last ??

    Did it still steer better than a dodge?
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    GM 6.2l diesel Al radiator replacement

    As far as I can tell, an OAT, or HOAT or NOAT is best for aluminum radiators, and the old SCA is still a good choice for copper radiators. To be safe, read the MSDS to be sure whatever you choose does not contain 2EH- 2ethylhexanoic acid on the possibility that engine contains silicone gaskets...
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