??? 8070 FWA.
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Topic: ??? 8070 FWA.
Posted By: cwhit
Subject: ??? 8070 FWA.
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2011 at 4:43pm
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Have a chance to buy an 83 8070 FWA. What do I need to really check out on this unit ? 4000 hr. machine. PD. Engine , trans, hyd, all seem OK. What else ???
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Posted By: wekracer
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2011 at 7:00pm
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i don't think there's really any guarantees, at 4000 hours you should have around 2000 hours of running before it needs an engine. Other than the usual checking the wear on the draw bar, eyes on the lift arms and wear on the break peddles, i would look at the over all appearance and check for leaks. you can tell a lot about how people took care of their equipment by the way it looks. if it's beat up and dented than it seems they didnt care too much and probably didn't care about maintenance either. if it's realy clean and neat and obviously not all repainted then they probably took good care of the maintenance. good luck
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Posted By: Matt (NEIA)
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2011 at 7:53pm
can't give you a lot of hints wekracer hasn't already given you but make sure to take it through all the gears if you can and hook it up to a hydrolic implement, sure can save a guy thousands of dollars just by doing those 2 things
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1955 WD-45 with factory PS
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Posted By: allis1984
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2011 at 8:13pm
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my only thing on them is the damn fiberglass hood is always beat up or cracked. And if the cab is faded, its normal they faded on the dealer lots before most of them ever got sold
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Posted By: Dave in il
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2011 at 10:38pm
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If the font axle seals are leaking it could be a sign of bad bearings & shafts, check tie rod ends for play.
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