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  1. Acoals

    315C L hydraulic filter

    CJC02798 I am changing the hydraulic filter on this machine, last year I got a whole seal kit that is supposed to go with it, and there was a procedure on SIS for changing the filter and seals. I remember seeing the procedure and noting that it seemed to me more involved than just slapping a...
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    Scammers . . .

    Last night I got the following text: "Hello . My name is Christopher Daniel, I have a tree service for you at 4637 A******n Dr, ********, WI ***** please drive down to the address and check out the tree and i want to cut down and Text me the estimate so that we can proceed" First of all, I am...
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    Steering components

    Truck is a 1992 Ford L9000 dump truck, 3406C, 8LL. The left side steering gear is (has been) leaking from the input, and maybe elsewhere as well. Does anybody have any preferred suppliers or good parts guys somewhere that knows these gears? I find steering gears that may match or be close on...
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    Axle alignment

    I have a older Ford L9000 with Rockwell rears on Hendrickson Walking Beams. The rears sit offset each other slightly. It seems that the back axle is the one that is out, as the tires sit about 3/4" farther away from the frame on the driver's side than the passenger side. Comparing the two axles...
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    Fuel Storage

    I am looking into setting up fuel storage at my shop, something like two tanks, one for off road and one for road fuel. What are the legal requirements for this? Double wall vs single wall? Some seem to say that farm use allows a single wall, while other commercial use requires a double wall or...
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    J Series bucket teeth size ID

    Does anyone have a chart or know what size machine the different J series size classes correspond to? I got a new 42" bucket for my Cat 315CL last spring; it has J style teeth. I am trying to figure out what size class they would be; ie, J200, J300. Thanks
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    Peterbilt identifying as Tesla . . .

    https://cdllife.com/2024/peterbilt-to-show-off-unique-supertruck-ii-at-las-vegas-trade-show/
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    Cat 289D error codes

    Cat 289D, Serial TAW01488 I was running the machine this afternoon and the advanced display started beeping and displaying a red warning with code E-695-3, I couldn't get a picture of the warning, but something about unexpected speed and high speed would be limited. The red warning would...
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    Intermittent fuel starvation

    Cat 305c, HWJ01191 After sitting for a week, the machine would crank but not start. Took lines off and blew through, pressurized tank, ect, no good. I used a temporary fuel line to bypass the filter assembly, pressurized with air, machine started. Ran it onto the trailer and brought it back to...
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    Pondering about truckers, coffee and trucks . . .

    Did drivers start drinking coffee in 1997? Why is it that nothing built before the late Nineties has anything resembling cupholders? I mean, I know all the methods; wedge the cup in the windshield, stick it between the body controls, set it on the floor, but all those years nobody in Detroit...
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    Good healthy carnage

    We have a thread for everything else, we need destruction. What's left of a Rockwell RD22145 center section to start off . . .
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    Broken Axle (?) Identification

    I have a 92 Ford L9000, 3406c/Fuller 8LL. I think we may have a broken axle, (Something is broken anyway) so while I wait for the wrecker I am trying to figure out what axles this has, maybe somebody will have some pointers. The symptoms are a rotational clunking, very loud and sharp...
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    I wouldn't of thought it would be so hard to find . . .

    . . . A used bucket for a Cat 315 with 70mm pins. I have spent pretty much most of the past day and a half scouring Wisconsin and anywhere else in the Upper Midwest I can think of trying to find a bucket. I could get nice buckets with 80mm pins for 320's all day long, or skinny trenching...
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    Cat 315C Valve lash specs

    Cat 315C L CJC02798 Would anybody be so kind as to give me the valve lash specs for this machine? If there was anything notable in the procedure different than normal maybe that too?
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    Is this a bad idea?

    I have an aluminum thermostat housing, it has quite a bit of pitting and corrosion on the sealing surfaces and also where the radiator hose should clamp. I am thinking of finding some way to "deck" the sealing surface, but I can't think of a way to repair the pitting on the hose outlet. Is there...
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    3406C exhaust manifold

    I had several broken studs on the exhaust manifold, took the manifold off and fished the studs out. The three piece manifold came off in one piece. Should I separate the sections and clean them and put them on in pieces? From poking around on the internet it looks like the Cat manual says to put...
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    Fan Clutch Issues

    I am taking apart the fan clutch on my dump, 1992 Ford L9000, Cat 3406 3ZJ23190. The fan has been squealing when it engaged, and getting into it a bit the bearings are pretty rough. I ordered a rebuild kit last summer from an auto parts store, based on the number that is visible externally. The...
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    Pintle hitch modifications

    Looking for some opinions or ideas here. The truck is an L9000 dump, I pull an tandem axle air tag trailer that weighs up to 50,000lb with the excavator on, including pretty substantial tongue weight; about 15,000lb. When I got the truck, it had a swiveling pintle that is rated for 30,000lb as...
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    Cylinder rebuild

    Cat 315C L, CJC2798 A question or two about rebuilding the boom cylinders. I am familiar with working on the smaller cylinders on skid loaders and mini excavators and such, but I haven't done cylinders as large as these. What are the torques like on the big nut inside? I don't have a torque...
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    Cat SIS free version?

    Is the SIS free version any good? I know most of the guys around here probably have the full version, but supposedly parts access is available free. Maybe I don't know my way around the system, but it seems generally useless. I can't find comprehensive parts diagrams such as the guys often post...
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