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    New Holland 655E battery problem

    update: i looked at the receipt for the alternator i bought a month ago.. only 65 amps! def too small right?
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    New Holland 655E battery problem

    i am thinking the alternator is too small also... figure (4) work lights, (4) emerg flashers, heater, instrument lights, beacon, and that auto clutch (basically its a button you engage and it stops the machine dead in its tracks and you can hit the throttle pedal and raise and lower the bucket...
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    New Holland 655E battery problem

    We ran our backhoe the other nite in a snow storm and after about 3 hrs all the lights dimmed and it was losing juice... the automatic clutch on bucket control stopped working, basically the batteries were drained... i replaced alternator like a month ago and we checked it at alternator and...
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    Backhoe Arcing at Motor

    update:: when i take off the fan belt and run the machine:confused:, the arcing stops....??? why
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    Ford backhoes

    We have a yr 2000 655e and love it... 2100 hrs.
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    Backhoe Arcing at Motor

    I have a 655e NH backhoe and i noticed near the fan belt at the bottom of motor a blue spark every 30 seconds or so at idle...? only at idle... my mechanic thought the motor wasnt grounded, so we did that and still have this arcing out problem... any ideas?? we changed the alternator today...
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    Changing Hoe Control Pattern for NH 655e

    I have a 2000 NH 655e backhoe 4x4 and want to change the hoe control pattern from Deere to CAT, its a standard 2 level control. whats the best way to switch the controls to CAT??
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    Hough H90 leaky oil cooler question

    I have an older H90 International loader we use for snow plowing only basically and the oil cooler is leaking a good amount, and causing a messy problem. I eliminated the oil cooler by simply conecting the two hoses at the bottom of it and just bypassing it. my question is, will this hurt the...
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    Slow Excavator Hydraulics

    i believe we replaced the hydraulic filter at the top of the tank, where else would there be one, that I am not missing? maybe I will drain the tank and try new fluid, the problem is that there is a lot of fluid in the pistons, so how do you really fully drain the system?
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    Slow Excavator Hydraulics

    Hello guys... I have a PC75 Komatsu excavator, with about 4000 hrs. I have noticed that the hydraulics are starting to slow down... cant move the stick as fast, curl the bucket as fast.. etc.. anyway to turn that back up and make the machine a little bit faster.. its still plenty manageable...
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    Hough H-90 Loader Trans Fluid??

    hey guys... what kind of trans fluid should i be running in an old International-Hough IH90 loader??
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    Wheel Loader Problem...

    I have an older International wheel loader... when we start the machine up and put it in forward or reverse..hit the gas, the machine struggles to move, you have to race the motor to get it to move, then when it moves, its slow, sometimes stops moving.. HOWEVER.. when we let the machine warm up...
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    Is bigger better???

    I bought a PC50uu-2 (zero-turn) about 3 years ago and it was the best investment I ever made..it weighs about 12500 lb, and we have used it everywhere, size has never been a issue even on the smallest of jobs. I currently am waiting on the credit for adding another machine.. this time I am...
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