hellspcangel911
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Hi All,
After several months of looking I finally pulled the trigger on a back hoe loader. Shes got 5,500 hours, one owner and though the engine is smooth, she needs TLC. A bunch of the cylinders are leaking, and the pins have slop but shes strong and the price was fair.
I own 3 acres of which I can only use one as there is a large mound of dirt, rock and apparently ledge going through the property. I am trying to excavate through it and build a workshop in the back. Admittedly, its a larger project than I originally signed up for but fun. Ive got 35 hours on her and I would say I'm about half way done. I already had to rebuild the water pump as the bearing was bad and I was adding a gallon every hour, but shes been running great.
Since this is my first heavy machine I have a few questions I was hoping you guys could help me with:
1. I have a few cylinders that have leaks, how do I know its about $20 bucks for the seal kit and $60 for the packing but how do I know if i need to replace the packing or just the seal? There isnt fluid spraying out of anywhere just some light dripping.
2. its happened twice now that when operating on a 15% incline the engine cut off- as if i turned the key to off. There was no sputtering or jerking it just shut off. The first time I thought perhaps it was low on oil and I think the machine has a shut off switch, so I added some but the second time it happened everything was fine and it started right up again. Is this a symptom of anything?
3. is there a way to disable the 'return to dig' feature -its obnoxious for my tight working space?
4. The 310D has shuttle shift, and 4 speeds. I spend almost all of my time in 1st gear, but if I was going faster would I shift it like a car going to 2nd then 3rd..etc at the appropriate speed or just start in that gear? I've read conflicting opinions...
5. There is a lot of slop in the front loader joints. The pins themselves (unfortunately) dont look very worn. So I was wondering if these parts use replaceable bushings or if its just the steel thats worn and aside from keeping it well greased there isn't anything else I can do about it?
6. Last one, sorry. I'd like to add a hydraulic thumb but I dont have an aux line, I heard of some people plumbing a selector valve off one of the outriggers and using that. Does anyone have any experience to share?
Very much appreciated!!
George
After several months of looking I finally pulled the trigger on a back hoe loader. Shes got 5,500 hours, one owner and though the engine is smooth, she needs TLC. A bunch of the cylinders are leaking, and the pins have slop but shes strong and the price was fair.
I own 3 acres of which I can only use one as there is a large mound of dirt, rock and apparently ledge going through the property. I am trying to excavate through it and build a workshop in the back. Admittedly, its a larger project than I originally signed up for but fun. Ive got 35 hours on her and I would say I'm about half way done. I already had to rebuild the water pump as the bearing was bad and I was adding a gallon every hour, but shes been running great.
Since this is my first heavy machine I have a few questions I was hoping you guys could help me with:
1. I have a few cylinders that have leaks, how do I know its about $20 bucks for the seal kit and $60 for the packing but how do I know if i need to replace the packing or just the seal? There isnt fluid spraying out of anywhere just some light dripping.
2. its happened twice now that when operating on a 15% incline the engine cut off- as if i turned the key to off. There was no sputtering or jerking it just shut off. The first time I thought perhaps it was low on oil and I think the machine has a shut off switch, so I added some but the second time it happened everything was fine and it started right up again. Is this a symptom of anything?
3. is there a way to disable the 'return to dig' feature -its obnoxious for my tight working space?
4. The 310D has shuttle shift, and 4 speeds. I spend almost all of my time in 1st gear, but if I was going faster would I shift it like a car going to 2nd then 3rd..etc at the appropriate speed or just start in that gear? I've read conflicting opinions...
5. There is a lot of slop in the front loader joints. The pins themselves (unfortunately) dont look very worn. So I was wondering if these parts use replaceable bushings or if its just the steel thats worn and aside from keeping it well greased there isn't anything else I can do about it?
6. Last one, sorry. I'd like to add a hydraulic thumb but I dont have an aux line, I heard of some people plumbing a selector valve off one of the outriggers and using that. Does anyone have any experience to share?
Very much appreciated!!
George
