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    Hitachi Ex120 Problem

    I havent tried putting a screwdriver into the sensor slot yet, will do tomorrow morning. The machine smokes and stalls from cold.
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    Hitachi Ex120 Problem

    I have carried out the procedure you emailed me. The machine is no different! Any other ideas?
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    Hitachi Ex120 Problem

    You, Sir, are a true gentleman! Thank you very much. I shall try that tomorrow morning. Were these dash 2 excavators supplied new in Canada?
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    Hitachi Ex120 Problem

    Ive checked all the wiring, and checked that the dot on the shaft is facing away from the wiring. Now you can explain about setting the voltage on the sensor!
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    Hitachi Ex120 Problem

    Ive had time to have a mess with the digger today! I have got the buttons to work to rev it up, it was a bad connection in the cab. The machine is slightly better than it was, but it still stalls. It is as though everything is running too fast, and the engine cant keep up. There is a...
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    Hitachi Ex120 Problem

    I finally found a sensor to try on my machine, but it made no difference! Also now, the machine will not rev up, none of the power setting buttons work.
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    Hitachi Ex120 Problem

    I made a mistake, it is an EX120-2! There is black smoke from the exhaust as the engine dies, this clears when the revs recover. Where is the swash plate angle sensor located?
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    Hitachi Ex120 Problem

    I have a Hitachi EX120-1. It started stalling when the hydraulic pump was under load. At the same time, the engine started to run hot, and the hydraulics became really fast. Various people have looked at it, one said the pump was u/s, so I took it off and took it to a pump specialist, who...
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    Kubota Vs JCB

    Personally, I would go for the Kubota. JCB has a few reliability "issues" on the more modern stuff. To the extent that firms around me are buying Cats and New Holland tackle over the home bred JCB stuff. Personally, I have found nothing as reliable as a Kubota. Yet!
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    Window farming

    Do you have any Claas tracked tractors in the States? I think they're rebadged Cats, but Im not sure.
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    Making roundies,wraps, black babies, baled grass

    Do Tanco still make loaders?
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