Well the machine was bought new from a university and was used to grade about 3 miles of road in one of there research facilities in south Texas for its entire life from what I am being told by them so hopefully everything is legitimate! I have seen several threads referring jade. I will be giving them a shot for any parts when needed.Might be missin a zero on that hour meter. Not sure about the USA, but Jade Equipment in Canada has Champion parts. Some parts might be like hen's teeth as Champion has be gone for a while, and Volvo no longer produces graders
I actually found that link “I believe from you in another thread”. I printed the operators manual for mine. Thank you!I've posted this link a number of times on here but this is a place to start for free manuals. Not sure who what or why somebody took the time to do it, but take advantage of it and download them while you can, I'd imagine someday that website could go away.
I'd assume you have a series one or 2 machine. Cylinder kits can be bought online, most of the other stuff can be sourced with a little internet sleuthing. Keep the fluids up and clean and if its a runner now it shouldn't be terrible to keep it running for awhile.Sierra Park - 1985 Champion 730A Series II Motor Grader
www.sierrapark.org
My 730 had an angled fuel peddle. You could run it normal, or pull the hand throttle and use it like a decelerator, hitting the bottom of the peddle. Mine had the clutch, and the pulser shift.Can anyone explain the transmission shifting. It’s the 9150 shuttle shift. Has forward and reverse, 1-2-3, hi-lo. There is no clutch. Just brake and accelerator. Does this machine by chance operate like a dozer and that’s possibly a decelerator? I’m currently having a fuel problem getting the motor running.
Maybe you can explain how to use the 9150 transmission? I think the OP was wanting to know how to shift and when you have to use the clutch.Check to make sure the cable isn’t broken. I’ve got 2 of them with the old power shifts, I don’t believe either of them work as a decelerator, just throttle control.
If it was a Cummins I’d say to check the shut off solenoid, some of those old Detroit’s had an emergency fuel shut off that had to be reset when tripped also.
if it’s been sitting awhile see if you’re getting fuel from the tank to the filter. I saw a machine this fall that had been sitting awhile and the fuel had done something nasty, 100psi wouldn’t clear the line back to the tank, fuel has turned to gunk.
Thank you. That’s what I have read in manuals but seems off to me as my tractor with shuttle shift still has a clutch. I got the machine to run while using small amounts of ether. It appears to be a fuel problem. my first time ever tinkering with a Detroit 4-71. I don’t know much about them.10-4, there’s no clutch. You have to be at a stop to shift between low and high range, others wise it’s throw and go. 1,2,3, They’re a pretty simple transmission to operate.
It should be really easy to check for fuel flow ahead of the filters, install new filters and as long as fuel is getting to them I’d assume it’s a bad shut off solenoid. If you take the solenoid off they will generally start right up if they’re bad, but you need to know how to actuate it manually at that point. I can’t picture them on a 2 cycle Detroit but it’s gotta be simple.
@Silveroddo would you be able to explain where the solenoid would be located at? I have looked through manuals and I see nothing that talks about the solenoid or its location. I apologize for my ignorance in this subject.It should be really easy to check for fuel flow ahead of the filters, install new filters and as long as fuel is getting to them I’d assume it’s a bad shut off solenoid. If you take the solenoid off they will generally start right up if they’re bad, but you need to know how to actuate it manually at that point. I can’t picture them on a 2 cycle Detroit but it’s gotta be simple.