Recent content by Tommy631

Shelby, Have you ever tipped the cab on that machine? I tipped mine over the weekend. There are all kinds of plugs, wires, valves and other gadgets just waiting come undone. Not to mention a pickup truck load of dirt and other debris 5 inches deep. I pulled all the plates and pressure washed it...

The lift problem ended up being an operator problem. The right hand contol (auxillary) was not in the locked position. This was causing the eratic lifting and lowering of the boom. I ran across this "fix" reading over previous post. Thanks to Skidsteer.ca. You hit the nail on the head.. Does...

Shelby, you talk about getting the air out of the system after changing the filters; Actually I didn't have a problem. I don't know if its OEM, but mine has a fuel bulb before a inline filter. I pumped the bulb until it was tight and it fired right up. You got a bulb on yours?

Wow! Thanks for all those tips. I have been keeping a copy of this conversation (and a few others I have ran across on this forum) in a folder on my laptop. That way I can come back and read it periodically to kick start my memory. I will check over all those items today.

Thanks for the tips Shelby. I agree with your filter assesssment. Kind of primitive. I'm going to tip the cab this weekend with a borrowed jack. I want to see what's underneath and give it a good go over. One thing I noticed today was the pedal seems out of adjustment. When lifting the boom, if...

There was some luck involved...I pulled the injectors out with the intention of getting them rebuilt. While I was at it, I noticed the extra fuel line running into the intake manifold. I have never seen a thermostart set-up before. I was thinking it was another injector of some sort. When I took...

Well, I must be living right. The problem ended up being the Thermostart switch. The switch (or Plug) was not shutting off the fuel after the engine was running. The constant dumping of fuel was too much for the engine to overcome when running at low rpms. At high rpms, while it was still...

Robb, I haven't had the machine long enough to determine whether the fuel is getting into the oil. Shelby, I did a lot of research before buying the machine. The absolute lowest price I found was around 8k. It went up from there. The average price on machine finder was around 12k or so. Highest...

I don't have the no contact gauge, wish I did. The engine shakes pretty bad at less than 950 rpms +- . The turbo turns freely and looks relatively clean. I'm going to take the injectors to a shop tomorrow to have them tested and rebuilt or replaced if necessary. From what I'm hearing around, a...

No bubbles or film. If you stand behind the machine when it is running there is a strong smell of fuel. It actually burns your eyes. I have never had any experience with dead cylinder. I've never even seen one. I think it is weird the way the smoke clears up when running wide open. Seems like a...

I see its been moved.. Thanks

Sorry about that. Where should I post?

Hello, I'm new here. I just bought a New Holland LX 865 that had been sitting for a couple of years. It has 2900 hrs on it. After a complete service of fluids and filters, its up and running. But, it is smoking white/blueish like crazy. Clears up to barely visible at high rpms. Seems to have...