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Coolio dude [emoji106]

I couldn’t find them on their site, could you put a link please?

Hi guys Does anyone have any experience with hydraulics? I have a problem with a Quadchip 160 motor getting real hot and after a while the tank does too. The chipper started off with a hydraulic leak and the lads would fill it up when low. One day when it came back a lad said a roller had stopped working so I went for the dipstick and burnt my hand, it was boiling! The leak wasn’t obvious so I rang GreenMech and they said it was common for them to leak out the shaft on a motor so I piped it out and sure enough it was leaking from around the shaft. I took the motor off, stripped it down and replaced the seals. I put it back on and the leak has been solved, but the heat problem is still there. I have no experience with hydraulics so I assumed I must have not mended the motor correctly. We have the tracked version too so I ran that to make sure it ran cool, then swapped the top motor to see if the heat went but it didn’t. My boos phoned GreenMech and they said that the flow valve was a common problem and we’d have to buy the whole thing. I spoke to a hydraulic parts supplier to see if we could get it cheaper and he said I can just delete the flow valve. I did that but the heat is still there. I don’t know much about hydraulics but have been reading and watching loads. It seems to me that the problem should be where the main heat is, but it seems to be the top motor that gets hot first and quickly, and I’ve tried a known good one so that’s not at fault. The motor has two new hoses going to it. I’ve bypassed the bottom motor and the fault it still there. Has anyone had this sort of thing happen before?

Just took the switch apart dude, well, it kind of sprung apart haha, but from what I can make of it there’s still no beep! I’ll get a new one and let you know [emoji106]

Cheers bud.

When I put the meter on the red and black it reads around 70.2 and then when I push the switch it drops to 1. Is that right?

The switch has terminals on its side that aren’t used, and it has about 6 wires coming out of it. Should I put the meter on the red and black wires and then push the switch?

No the battery is full and there’s no flashing lights?

Hello all I’ve got a hla85 hedge trimmer that’s stopped working. Every so often when rotating the head it would work for a bit so I assumed it was a break in one of the wires around that area. Ive stripped it down and tested all the wires on the setting on the multimeter where it beeps if there’s no break in a wire, and they all seem ok. So I was wondering if if could be the switch which is in the pic below How would I test it with this multimeter? When I rested the earth and live at the battery it read something like 41.5v, and the same at the back of the motor. Any help would be great thanks!

I’m not sure, I’ll ask tomorrow. When I’ve googled the 160 I have seen other blue ones and when I rang up greenMech they said the colour was blue for the serial number?!

Yeah I rang greenMech with the serial number and they gave me the paint code. It’s the same blue machine as the others but the paint code doesn’t match? I get the paint made up by a local auto paint mixing firm. I went back in today to say it doesn’t match and he made a drop more up to check but it’s still a totally different blue.

Hiya, Does anyone know the paint code for a blue 160? I phoned the maker and they said ral 5017, but it’s nothing like it!

It’s not CE marked, but I splice my own ropes so they’re not CE marked but they still pass loler.

I’ve been loving mine. I only use my chest harness when I’m walking up a stem on spikes, the rest of the time I use the handle on the chicane and just slide it up the rope, it works really smoothly and seems to make the process feel quicker. I think there’s rope out now where the splice does fit through a zigzag? Would be handy! I have a BGB which is great but not CE’d, so it’s nice now not having to worry about insurance and whatnot. The only thing I think would be nice would be a smaller version of the Petzl OK, it would make the whole system more compact, better for those with short reaches.

Mine is an older one and had real trouble with tickover, but recently I tweaked the L jet and tiny bit and it’s been sound ever since!

Nicely done dude ??

I’ve not had any problems with mine. I adjusted the h jet a tad when tuning in the wood just to the point when it stopped gurgling. The only thing that happened was once I burnt a big hole in my trouser leg, but that was my fault!

Thanks bud. I brazed it myself. I stared off with a smaller hole but after a while went to that size.

The house is surrounded by police as we speak!!

Just the exhaust port on this one Bill. It rips even more when fully warm and the chain the correct tension!

Hello Here’s a little vid of my 2511 cutting 10 inches of oak. The chain was a little tight and the saw was a bit cold, but it still cuts well.

Yeah I’ve ported the cylinder and the exhaust so thought I’d add the filter kit too. Interestingly, the first exhaust I did a duel port at the front to the side, but after reading a bit online I swapped it out for the original one which has the hole on top and just made it bigger, and it much prefers that!

Hello bud, it’s the high top I mean.

Haha, nice mine MrNick ?