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What stuns me is how incredibly responsive Yuchai is. Did they send you that pic? When I contacted them they responded within 24 hours each time. Hard to get that kind of response from any company these days.
I just went to the Yuchai website and poked around. I think you could use:
info@ycexcavator.com or parts@ycexcavator.com
As for replacing the bands from the top.. it looks promising but I don't think you could do it. In my mind you would have to open the band by bending it to get it around the drum. I think this would result in a band that wasn't round and you might get uneven wear or a spongy pedal or both.
ah yes well I wasn't making any endorsements of the company or their product. Only to use them as an example of a company that seems to be currently bringing in Yuchai dozers.
What I've heard is that after Yuchai closed the plant and it re-opened as a private company, the prices when up quite a bit. I can imagine the added mark-up of making the engines pass EPA puts it over the top financially. Other options become more attractive.
I see Tytan Tractor is still selling their version so that means they are still coming in at least in one form or another.
Maybe one of the vendors here could post and tell us about the other Chinese tractors.
Thanks Don. Although I don't own a Jinma I think pictures of situations like you have are very helpful to the others on the board. Words can often be misunderstood but a good picture makes it obvious.
Not sure if you do or not but one thing is certain: If you have to torque the #53's the injectors MUST come out. Refer to the picture I started this thread with and you can see the head of the bolt hidden will under the injector.
I have never done a valve adjustment so take this next comment with a large grain of salt:
I watched someone doing a valve adjustment (my brother back in the 70's) and I remember distinctly that he watched the movement of the exhaust valve to assure the intake valve was fully closed and vise versa. In this way you don't have to worry about finding TDC and all that. Is this ok?
I am soooo watching this closely.
Post pictures please! Setting them “hot”? how in the heck would you do that? jam a feeler gauge in while it's slapping away? (They don't have a smiley for the shock I'm imagining right now)
(edit: I read this after I posted and the sarcasm didn't come through and suddenly I imagined pepage out there messing with a running engine.)
wow. Almost twice what I expected. Eric's manifold heater looks nothing like mine though.