Hi friends, I am looking for your kind advice as more experienced people are on this forum. I had a volvo ew 160 b excavator had a big ECU problem with it, the area in which i operate is in the middle of nowhere, NO MECHANICS, NO WORKSHOPS NEARBY . Even for any part "" have to order it from overseas"" The Volvo ECU gave me a problem and was unable to transport the machine , the technicians dint want to go that far. Any how got rid of it . Please advice any small/mid size wheel excavator or rubber track machine with is good for work and can be fixed in field . Minimum complicated electronics , No ECU . I know as the technology has changed but still ??
I think you'd have to go well into the 1980's to find a machine without any kind of computer, and any machine that old would be so obsolete it would be tough to find any kind of parts for. You'll certainly have computers for hydraulic controls by the 1990's, though ECU's came in a bit later. I guess the short answer is, the older it is the simpler it is. Though that doesn't necessarily make it more reliable
Thank you for you advice, i think the one's without electronic fuel injection system will work , they wont have ECU
Good day To the best of my knowledge the Volvo wheeled excavator has an ECU by-pass for such a case, from memory you have to move a couple of cables. Finding an excavator today without a ECU of some kind will be difficult. Kind regards Uffex
As said above, the older the simpler it will be. Straight mechanical machines will be mostly pre- 1986.
Depending on the size of the machine, there were mechanical fuel injection engines in machines up into the nineties. Micro processors for machine operations were installed in the eighties but they weren't all that complicated. Most started out without onboard diagnostics but that was incorporated in the early 2000 time frame on most excavators in some fashion or other. The facts of life are that if you want something productive in this day, you are going to have to have provision for someone to be able to maintain and repair it. The operation of machines requires the tools and the personnel that can keep it running.
Maybe find and restore a Cat 225B? It’s not going to save any money, but you can fix it with a rock and get parts for it.
John Deere 790/792/Hitachi UH series machines all no computer and most parts can be located if your good with cross referencing who actually made the part for Hitachi.
Thank you for your reply. VOLVO EW160 B year of Manufactur 2003 has a manual auto switch but switching it to manual mode takes the excavator on bypass but machine starts on full power with no shock locks and moves really slow .
Thank you for your reply, please advise any wheel or rubber track excavator , ROUGH AND TOUGH without ECU . Your help will be appreciated.
Thank you for your reply. Please advise any small wheel or rubber track excavator . Non complicated machines which could be fixed in field. Thank you again for your time
Please advise any wheel or rubber track excavator which can be fixed with rock . Thank you again for your time
A few years Indians were buying up any EX series Hitachis they could lay there hands on. You could look there
Mitsubishi MS120. You’d be hard pressed to find a simpler or tougher machine.
LMAO! I want to see that myself!
From the looks of some guys machines the only tool they have is a rock…
repower what you have with a non-computer engine..most industrial diesel engines have SAE housings that are standardized based on size and engine horsepower range..to find a excavator machine without electronic engine controls is very rare anymore..little to none left,and what is left is worn out and thats why it's left