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    scoopmobile information please

    I have a scoopmobile 3 wheel loader-model hp? late 70's early 80's. it has a 300 six ford engine and funk transmissions, one auto- one 4 speed. it has worked near daily for the past 8 years--haven't found any manuals or have had need of them until now---I noticed today that the bearing is out in...
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    michigan 75GMIIIA--charge pump leak down

    i read a post on here once that someone put a u shape bend in the suction line of their charge pump and it fixed the problem they had with their machine.which was- all the oil back draining out of the pump thus making it have to prime itself when they started the machine-- the last couple...
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    champ rough terrain forklift information

    i bought a champ 530st forklift serial number cc714502 and i am seeking any information i can get on it--it has a chrysler flathead six engine--looks like the cam is broken- thanks to all
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    champ rough terrain forklift motor parts

    i have a champ 530 forklift with a chrysler ind 33 flathead--265 cid i think-25 inch long head-- i am in need of a camshaft and cam shaft gear-- the motor i believe is a counter-clockwise rotation. i will asume that the camshaft in a clockwise rotation and a counter-clockwise rotation must be...
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    michigan 75b loader de-clutch

    the manufacture plate on the hood ,left side, right behind the cab reads: model 75GMIIIA serial # 409-b-306 cac---- those numbers match the ones stamped in the frame right side rear half of the machine just below the rad housing----and on the front half by the pivot area. i guess perhaps i...
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    michigan 75b loader de-clutch

    the machine is articulated it does not appear that any changes have been made in the brake pedal area. i just traced the lines- and from the brake pedal valve a line goes to the front of the brake booster into a tee- that goes in the booster- the tee splits off and goes to the little valve that...
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    michigan 75b loader de-clutch

    thanks oldseabee- my machine does have 2 brake pedals--but there is a rod that ties them togeather,so when you push on one they both work---one is like a dummy pedal--only one brake valve and its right under the right pedal
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    michigan 75b loader trans oil

    i dropped the oil out of my loader--took out the screen-- and discovered----oil looked to be only hydraulic oil, no atf at all- and enough metal shavings to warrant some conserns. i cleaned out the screen-tried sticking a magnet in the sump, but got nothing--i'll say that there was about a...
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    michigan 75b loader de-clutch

    can anyone tell me the if i am right in the operation of the torque convertor/transmission de-clutching. after building air pressure if you put the machine in gear and step on the brakes should not the transmission go out of gear so you can scoop or dump with out the wheels turning--thus making...
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    what scrapers do to pickups when not paying attention

    years ago i worked for a small construction company hauling screened gravel---you had to load your own truck--so a game of who could drive the loader up the pile under the screen plant the highest was started between the drivers--i think the machine was a massey 60--maybe 90--5 yd bucket---well...
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    michigan 75b loader brake valve -quicker fix

    just in case anyone else has the same problem- the brake petal valve on my 75b loader project was leaking so bad that the machine couldn't build up pressure-- so i got the bottom parts out and went to the local parts place to get new seals---heres what they said---you have a e-2 valve---no...
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    michigan 75bIII loader brakes

    can anyone tell me for sure if the brakes take brake fluid or hydraulic oil? there is disk brakes on this machine.
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    michigan 75III loader convertor

    i was able to get these numbers off the torque convertor today---c273-62---serial # 85b701---tag also says bower"s rebuilt... can anyone tell me a bit more about it? it has 3 pumps on the outside--would they be the charge pump,steering pump and loader lift/dump pump?
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    michigan loader 75

    its been noted that one of the levers for the transmisson is for work /travel(lever on the floor board) my question is - does it more or less take it out of 4 wheel drive-for the travel aspect-or does it give it one more speed while traveling long distances--or road gear so to speak-- thanks...
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    detroit 4-71 emergency shutdown

    i started my loader today- and after it warmed up a bit at an idle i tested the emergency shutdown on the blower-all it did was slow the motor down a little- i worked the flap back and forth a couple times and it still didn't kill the motor. i reset it and then gave the motor about 1/3rd...
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    michigan 75 GM III A project

    can anyone tell me what is inside the bearings that this machine pivots around. it looks like a round bearing case and it has a plate/cover on top of it that has bolts holding the 2 togeather---is it a roller bearing--or a bushing of some sort? it fits in the channel for the rear halve of the...
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    michigan 75 GM III A project

    hinge pivot bushings 75IIIA i noticed a bit of slop in the hinge pivot pin--lower hinge--could not see the top one, while running the controls-good help is hard to fine these days-might try tieing a rope to the boom lever so i can stand on the ground and bounce the boom a bit to see if the top...
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    michigan 75 GM III A project

    wow- you guys on here are great---i'll be chainging out the oil and filter,and getting a breather for it. do you know if there is a conversion kit to go from cartridge to spin-on - i had one heck of a time getting the new filter and the bolt and the canister all lined up--bet it took me an...
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    michigan 75 GM III A project

    michigan 75GMIIIA here is the machine just after i limped it into my yard
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    michigan 75 GM III A project

    thanks for that info willie59 after i paid for the machine--i noticed that the bell on the engine dip stick that keeps out rain/dirt was gone-so no telling how much rain water had gotten in the pan-oil was gray on the dip stick--so i dropped the oil out and changed the filter--- dumped about a...
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