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Thanks for the info. Any chance you can find out who rebuilt it for him? I have called a bunch of places and no one wants to rebuild this IHI? Messicks.com has it for $1636 but $400-500 is much better.

Turns out the Turbo is shot. New one is $1700 at the dealer. Any suggestions or rebuilders etc?

Thanks for the reply, I will give the injectors a try it doesn't sound too hard. What type of tube line would you suggest? If I pull one a part what do you suggest cleaning it with? I haven't changed the fuel filter yet, but I wouldn't think this would cause the smoke? Any thoughts about...

I've got an 2001 LS170 that smokes and I am sure you guys could point me in the right direction. It has 900 hours and fires right up with no smoke, but will shoot out a good stream of black smoke when increasing RPMs but it clears up pretty quick. What I do notice is that if you run the machine...

Does anyone know where in the control valve the load check(s) are for a 96 LX865? Boom leaks down and I want to check them for blown o-ring and it looks like from the print there are a few of them in the block. I have pressure washed the block etc and would like to check them without removing...

Thanks for the suggestions. I pulled the cover to access the control block. It was covered in dirts so I pressure washed it. Does the block contain the load check or checks for the boom? I am suspecting that these may be bad or have blown o-rings as this is what I have read about so far? I sure...

Hi, I am new to this group and I am sure this has been covered before but I can't find it for this machine. I have an 1996 LX865 and the boom will leak down. When you stop raising it it leaks down 6 inches or so pretty quick, then will leak down more slowly, of course it is worse with the more...