Several years back I had a customer blow one of the two hoses that come straight off of the pump on a PC-150 Komatsu excavator. To begin with he blew a small hole in the line, lost a bit of oil, no big deal. So, he went to a local shop and had a new one made up.
Now this machine had a rock drill attachment on it so both lines arced up to a valve body located just to the right rear of the cab. Just so happens there is also small window in the right rear of the cab. Once he started the machine and had run about 5 minutes, the hose blew completely off/out of the new fitting. With the way it was bent the line laid over through the window and was spewing about 30 gpm into the cab. He said he felt the first few drops hit him and for a split second thought somebody was messing with him.....then he realized what was happening and bailed out of the cab.............Then, again for a split second, he said was relieved he wasn't getting any more oil on him than he already had...then he realized, "dumb a$$, you've got to get back in there to cut it off....
Turns out the fitting wasn't crimped to spec. So, needless to say, the company that made the hose had to pay for a new seat, as well as the cleaning/replacemtn of everything ruined by the faulty line.
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Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
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