It's ALIVE! And now I have a drain in the fuel tank.

Boy! I feel for the guys who must work on these things every day. There's
not enough room for an 8 year old Chinese girl to get her hands inside most
areas...

LLoyd

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. 3.70...
It's ALIVE! And now I have a drain in the fuel tank.

Boy! I feel for the guys who must work on these things every day. There's
not enough room for an 8 year old Chinese girl to get her hands inside most
areas...

LLoyd

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this will be an "ongoing project". Now that it starts, it's apparent
that it's a little "cold natured", and requires diddling the choke during
warmup to be stable.

Looking around reveals a fairly weak spark, but on all plugs it's, eh...,
OK... so I guess next is an ignition tuneup. Then, if I get the courage,
I'll remove the carb, and at least clean it up and check the jet (only
one, just like an old cast iron Briggs updraft carb).

Lloyd

I like forklifts too. I already bought six of them, sold one and
scrapped another at a profit. One more was a bad deal and will likely
be scrapped also. The sixth one goes to my place tomorrow.

What I learned is that there is a reason why nobody wants old
forklifts. The reason is parts availability.

i

On 2012-05-02, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:
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this will be an "ongoing project". Now that it starts, it's apparent
that it's a little "cold natured", and requires diddling the choke during
warmup to be stable.

Looking around reveals a fairly weak spark, but on all plugs it's, eh...,
OK... so I guess next is an ignition tuneup. Then, if I get the courage,
I'll remove the carb, and at least clean it up and check the jet (only
one, just like an old cast iron Briggs updraft carb).

Lloyd

On 5/2/2012 11:13 AM, Ignoramus21480 wrote:
....

What I learned is that there is a reason why nobody wants old
forklifts. The reason is parts availability.
....

I think it's mostly the folks who really use them don't want to waste
the time/money on downtime.

There are plenty of boneyards around here even in a (relatively)
sparsely populated area; can't imagine there aren't a zillion in/around
Cook County that could get virtually any part of any forklift you could
imagine.

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There are plenty of boneyards around here even in a (relatively)
sparsely populated area; can't imagine there aren't a zillion in/around
Cook County that could get virtually any part of any forklift you could
imagine.


I called the guy I got this from to ask a couple of questions, and asked
about parts.

He told me that "they aren't exactly 'on the shelf' but with three or
four phone calls, I can get any part for that lift you need."

I believe him, because this was well after the sale, and he wasn't trying
to impress me, since I was already happy with what I got for the money.

I also know (because I have the ID ticket) that Clark made a couple of
hundred-thousand of these lifts, identical in design except for a few
electrical details, and the vendors of the specific parts. So there are
lots of "bones" to pick over.

Besides, Ig. I make parts and I can fix most anything. So it's more a
labor of love and admiration for the old, tough machines than a struggle
to maintain. That 4-cyl "Connie" will probably never die at the loads it
works under.

LLoyd

On May 1, 9:03*am, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:
It's ALIVE! *And now I have a drain in the fuel tank.

Boy! *I feel for the guys who must work on these things every day. *There's
not enough room for an 8 year old Chinese girl to get her hands inside most
areas...

LLoyd

This guy has an interesting website and has rebuilt an Allis Chalmers
ACP80 (8000 lb lift) forklift as well as a 1971 Clark forklift that
sounds like it somewhat similar to yours:
http://nicholasfluhart.com/category/...lark-forklift/

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http://nicholasfluhart.com/category/...lark-forklift/

Yep, that's a CY20B... same model number as mine. They made them for a LOT
of years.

Lloyd