first I want to say hello to everyone , I am a new member and this is my first post , so thank you in advance for any help or information
I bought a Allis Chalmers forklift yesterday for a whopping $200 then spent another $200 to have my friends dad pull it out of the garage and haul it to my house on his rollback. I bought it knowing it was not running and has been sitting for 7 years. It is a older lift tuck when AC first bought Buda. It is a model FB 20 24 , serial number 12626057. I know its a gasoline 4 cylinder engine and a 2000 pound lift capacity. I am trying to find a manual or any other information like the year , its weight , and anything else.
After looking it over and doing everything you should do to a machine that sat for 7 years I got it running the same day I bought it. I must say it runs perfect , I mean idles great and drives great and doesn't even smoke. I do need to replace the battery and one hydraulic hose for the mast tilt and also need to look into the brakes.
My brake problem is : The reservoir was empty , I filled it up and then open the bleeders and actually got fluid out , however I can not get a solid pedal and the fluid does not shoot out the bleeders when you press the pedal down. This to me means the master cylinder needs to be rebuilt or replaced , and more than likely my wheel cylinders is where the fluid leaked out, I am gonna pull the wheels and check everything there and clean everything , but does anyone know where I can get a master cylinder from or parts for it ?
My other question is the battery : I do know I need to replace it because it will not hold a charge after me charging it then load testing it with my automotive equipment. I know its a 6 volt set up, but coming from an automotive background I don't know anything about forklift electrical systems , does the battery go in with the positive terminal to the forklift chassis ?? I ask because that it how it was in there when I got it. To me I would assume it would go in like a vehicle and positive would go towards the starter and the negative would go to the chassis. I did reverse it and put it in like a car battery and it did run perfect but I only ran it for like 10 minutes then shut it down to check everything, I don't want to run it until I get a new battery and find out the proper way to install it.
thank you again for taking the time to read this and for any information
Brian
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