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    Sumitomo LS 1600 f2 Hi Speed Problem

    Thanks Mike, I'll check these items out although I have already rebuilt the Rotary Swivel joint so I have to look elsewhere, probably pressure testing supply at the track motors would show up where the problem is.
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    Sumitomo LS 1600 f2 Hi Speed Problem

    Hi Blokes, I own the above mentioned machine and was recently perplexed as to why when travelling at hi range the machine would track to the left, I did some preliminary tests and found while jacking up the right track and going through all the travel motions, idle, mid revs, and hi revs and...
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    Sumitomo excavator

    Hi rocknrabbit, I have been away working for a few days henceforth the delay, now the manuals, I would not say that they were full workshop manuals by any stretch of the imagination however they do show the hydraulics layout among other things like general maintenance, oil levels, fill locations...
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    Sumitomo excavator

    Hi Darren, great to hear from a fellow LS1600 owner, mine is a 1976 model so is pretty old but in surprisingly good condition only a few leaks here and there which I am getting on top of. Where do you buy your spare parts from?
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    Yanmar VIO2-2 Excavator Blade Slowly Dropping/Drifting - Help Required Please

    Hi, yeah I know that they don't interact but they are both fed through the center rotating joint, I mentioned it because I have a problem with the right hand track and the blade operation and so the likely point would be the center joint for me to go to. I only mentioned it because it may be the...
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    Yanmar VIO2-2 Excavator Blade Slowly Dropping/Drifting - Help Required Please

    Aaaaah, sounds pretty similar to the problem I have got, we are going to the centre rotary manifold joint as the right track is a bit lazy as well as the drooping blade, we suspect the seals have gone in the joint.
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    Droopy Blade

    Thanks for the replies, whats involved to do the repair work?
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    Sumitomo excavator

    Hi rocknrabbit, Yep, I am quite happy with mine even with the age that it is it still performs very well, I happened to score a users manual and a not so technical workshop manual for mine, the people I buy my spares from copied one of each for me from their library, how lucky was I. Regards:-...
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    Droopy Blade

    Hi Everybody. I have a Sumitomo LS 1600 F2 excavator (LinkBelt if you are reading this in America) it has a problem with the blade lowering itself to the ground from maximum height in about 40 seconds, no obvious oil leaks showing anywhere at all, what do you think may be the problem...
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    C9 Engine overheating in 336D Excavator

    I know this may seem over simplerfing the solution to your problem but is the belt to the fan pully tight enough? I had a similar problem with mine for months and months with the temp going straight up to just below the red and me having to let the machine stop and cool down for a while...
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    Sumitomo excavator

    Hi Ron, Given the working experience that I have had with mine I am more than happy with it, people that I have spoken to have said while remembering past experiences that they were excellent.
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    Sumitomo excavator

    Oh I just had a thought or a question, is the Sumitomo excavator the same as a Belt Link?
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    Sumitomo excavator

    Hi Mike, There's not a lot wrong with it, apart for a weeping cylinder hear and there which I am addressing at present and that it is getting a bit long in the tooth, but it is in surprisingly good nik for it's age, the ground around my area is strewn with very large boulders and hard ground...
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    Sumitomo excavator

    Hi People, just adding to my original post. Is there anybody out there that has owned or used a Sumitomo LS 1600F2 excavator at some time in their life? I would dearly love to hear from you if you have. I know they are not the latest "U/bute" excavator out there and I have been asked "do you...
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    Sumitomo excavator

    Hi People, I was wondering if any of you may have a Sumitomo LS1600F2 excavator, I would like to hear your thoughts, history, usage, age, problems or whatever on them if possible. Regards:- Patrick M.
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