tsterkel
Bronze Member
I have moved from being a vocal fan of RCO, to a silent but disenchanted, to vocal disenchanted about RCO.
After the 90 day warranty ran out, I still had 3 hydraulic lines that were leaking and had not been replaced. Calls, and e-mail did not get a response. I posted my issue, and got a posted "call us." I did, and e-mailed and never got a response.
The nameplate says L2202. I have the L2202 parts manual (in Japanese) and the L275 parts manual (in English). In most cases, the part numbers are identical
1. The fuel filter bowl appears to have come from a lawn mower, the fuel filters spec-ed in the parts manual do NOT fit. I have had to purchase a new fuel bowl.
2. Less than 50 hours, piston arm broke
3. Less than 50 hours, head gasket blew out.
4. I kept popping hydraulic O-rings. When I got out the wrenches, I discovered that the bolts, M6 being typical, were "stripped". I had to get out the saw and cut them off. I replaced with identical bolts (same end markings). A few hours later, the o-rings popped. Same problem on the bolts. I know what a stripped bolt feels like when tightening, but JIC, back to the hardware store with the bad bolts, which were stripped and one was distorted. An old hand diesel mechanic saw the bolts and asked what was I using the bolts for. He expressed astonishment that ANYONE would put non-hardened bolts on hydraulics. I replaced the bolts with hardened and have never had any problem. (I estimate that RCO saved $5.52 by using soft bolts.
After the 90 day warranty ran out, I still had 3 hydraulic lines that were leaking and had not been replaced. Calls, and e-mail did not get a response. I posted my issue, and got a posted "call us." I did, and e-mailed and never got a response.
The nameplate says L2202. I have the L2202 parts manual (in Japanese) and the L275 parts manual (in English). In most cases, the part numbers are identical
1. The fuel filter bowl appears to have come from a lawn mower, the fuel filters spec-ed in the parts manual do NOT fit. I have had to purchase a new fuel bowl.
2. Less than 50 hours, piston arm broke
3. Less than 50 hours, head gasket blew out.
4. I kept popping hydraulic O-rings. When I got out the wrenches, I discovered that the bolts, M6 being typical, were "stripped". I had to get out the saw and cut them off. I replaced with identical bolts (same end markings). A few hours later, the o-rings popped. Same problem on the bolts. I know what a stripped bolt feels like when tightening, but JIC, back to the hardware store with the bad bolts, which were stripped and one was distorted. An old hand diesel mechanic saw the bolts and asked what was I using the bolts for. He expressed astonishment that ANYONE would put non-hardened bolts on hydraulics. I replaced the bolts with hardened and have never had any problem. (I estimate that RCO saved $5.52 by using soft bolts.
