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    1986 Case 580 frustrating no start/no power to gauges

    I have a 1986 Case 580SE and have bee having some intermittent difficulty starting occasionally the machine would go dead and starter would click like a low/dead battery. Sometimes tach would bounce all over the place but now machine is no completely dead in water, I was able hook jumpers to...
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    1986 Case 580 running hot

    I picked this Case 580 super E with the 4-390 non turbo Cummins - it's been a great machine and with the help of this forum I've been able to repack almost all the cylinders as they've been slowly leaking. My water temp gauge had never worked since I bought it last fall. While repacking the...
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    Case 580 frustrating hydraulic line removal

    I blew the return(?) line from the pump on my 1986 case 580 super e this past weekend. I was able to remove the end from the pump easily enough but for the life of me can’t remove the other end of the soft line which is wedged between frame rail and engine block. It’s mainly a matter of...
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    1986 Case 580e boom cylinder seal

    Hi all- with the help of this forum I tackled the job of replacing a badly leaking book cyl on my new to me case 580e. I purchased the seal kit from HW part store using the stamped number on the cylinder nut. Everything went together fine until the last seal the “wiper” or whatever it is called...
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