broken

[martyn williams]

Hello Graham
TC may help to fix the Can't Afford Something Else backhoe loader

[d4c24a]

if anyone has a slim sided 60mm socket can they lend it to breadys as i am still waiting

nearly 4 months now must be a world shortage ,i have given up

[Martyn Henley]

Its the credit crunch Graham not enough tonka tools for tonka's

No seriously its not a very good advert for Case. for sure running on hot all the time on road travel is not good for the long term ..

Martyn

[RichardJW~]

if anyone has a slim sided 60mm socket can they lend it to breadys as i am still waiting

nearly 4 months now must be a world shortage ,i have given up

You mean this machine has been down for 4 months waiting for service?

[martyn williams]

The word broken give me a laugh,the reason.
A few years ago I was on a job with a fitter who was of the old school.Our boss came up to look at the job, he asked my mate,Arthur."whats the problem with this engine" Arthur said its f****d,the boss said "you mean its broken" Arthur said,no its f****d,if it was broken I could fix it!!
Martyn

[d4c24a]

You mean this machine has been down for 4 months waiting for service? [/quote]

hi Richard no its still in use ,but the front propshart output is loose and its noisy when on the road and using four wheel braking , so i have been waiting 4 months for them to get a 60 mm socket to be able to take the yoke off
i now also have a problem with the top king post pin i have to grease it daily to stop it squealing i have managed to remove the pin halfway and it has some score marks on so it looks like i need to order a pin and bush and find time to do it
maybe i can convince them to get me a cat or jcb next , but with work going quiet i dont think that will be soon

[tim]

Hi Graham I saw a Terex/Fermec 860 in Ash Vale a few days ago where Docrwa are working and a Case like yours in the background, was the Terex on demo? Tim

[d4c24a]

hi Tim the terex is a subcontractor he has just brought it in the last 2 months or so ,and the other case is also a subbie ,more than likely terry freeman ,hes a good old boy and has been at this game for a good number of years ,he used to be with a,h ball and then moved on as different firms took over the contract
terry and another subbie robbie gibson (who has a 3cx) have just started a job at chalky lane dogmersfield the big hotel want it done quick as it involves a road closure so they have put two gangs in there
cheers graham

[tctractors]

Graham I would rather knock nails in my lower bits than fix a JCB W/D/L but Case have a half O,K, muck cart that I sometimes play about on, it is all fairly simple stuff, it a'nt a CAT but thank GOD it A'nt A Komatsu, I called in at Marubeni Komatsu for a fuel filter the other day for a 130 swinger, to be told "none in stock???" then a few days later had to sort some parts out for a small blade (D61P) only to be laughed at when handed the Bill, to add insult the storeman said what a Rip Off, not wanting to wave the CAT flag here but I ordered some parts for my 55 year old D7 and had them at my house the next day,it would seem only Volvo & CAT are upto speed on parts and service, best of luck with your Muck Cart by the way.


tctractors

[nick lamb]

You can't beat Finnings for service,it amazes me how they do it.I can ring my local depot before 4pm and generally they deliver the goods at 6 ish they next day even from abroad!
People say Cat are dear but when you can't even get a 60mm socket from Case of a filter from Komatsu it's a very bad job.
Cat will allways be king in my book.
P.s I do run other makes of kit (Ford,Hyster,Komatsu,Terex,Leyland Daf etc) but nothing compares to Cat.