Tim’s payloader and generator BS thread
- Thread starter Cbird
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I wonder if'n they aint hiring supervisors.
Good call.
I checked power to the ECU. It tested good. Then I checked ground, nothing. The wire harness is a real mess. I pulled the harness almost completely out of the chipper. The loom was melted in one spot and there are additional splices. I tracked the ECU grounds to a wire that had been hooked to the battery positive.
I started fixing the harness on one end and am installing, re-routing it and fastening it down. I'm working my way back to the other end.
The engine has an engine mounted ECU with 2 connectors. One connector is Perkins/Cat and goes to everything on the engine, engine (sensors and injectors). The other connector is OEM side, power, grounds, throttle signal, can bus...
The engine was distributor supplied to Altec as an enclosed power unit with the OEM harness and control panel.
Altec has safety interlocks and other stuff electrically controlled on the chipper. They tie into the OEM harness with that stuff. There is a noticeable difference in quality between the 3 parties, Perkins, the engine distributor and Altec.
People get frustrated working on this stuff cause they don't know who or where to get product support from.
I have hours of work ahead of me before I can try to start it but I did jumper some power to the ECU and control display so I can see how many hours are on the machine. Only 144 hours.
The knowledge you guys have is impressive.
Hell, I was struggling with the starter solenoid on an old Cushman Turfmaster yesterday.
Of course, Randy The Mower man had taken the old one out and had wires all over the F'king place, hadn't marked any of 'em..
No wiring diagram
A few different used solenoids, one of which had a loose battery lug flopping around, ready to fall out.
I walked away from the mess
The 2 cylinder horizontal injun in that outfit is pretty neat.
Hell, I was struggling with the starter solenoid on an old Cushman Turfmaster yesterday.
Of course, Randy The Mower man had taken the old one out and had wires all over the F'king place, hadn't marked any of 'em..
No wiring diagram
A few different used solenoids, one of which had a loose battery lug flopping around, ready to fall out.
I walked away from the mess
The 2 cylinder horizontal injun in that outfit is pretty neat.
Is that the true Hr. Meter reading ,or, when they decided it needed a good “fixin’ ” ?
True hours. The ECU keeps track of the hours and sends that and other information to that display. The ECU is capable of providing a PSR product status report. A PSR will report engine hours, how much fuel it has used over it's life, percentage of time spent idling, percentage of time above 1/2 throttle. Diagnostic code history and more.Is that the true Hr. Meter reading ,or, when they decided it needed a good “fixin’ ” ?
Hours and logged events(over heat, low oil pressure...) cannot be erased. Codes can be cleared. History of code cannot.
That much info on it , you should be able to drive it to where you want to work !
After 3 weeks of slakin, I got back on task. deez pics are what eye started with.
It cleaned up nice. I added a few Deutsch connectors and re-pinned a Delco connecter. Someone had added 3 inline fuses to circuits that already are fuse protected. I got nearly all the butt connectors removed.
Damn I hate butt connectors! I solder and heat shrink everything I do.
Don't tell Bub. He loves butt connectors.
I think that there is a app for that.
Butt connectors are better than those scotch lok fucking things. I musta threw out 100 at work one day and threatened the Fastenal guy if he ever left any more.