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can't figure it out

My forklift just stops raising and lowering sometimes, it seems to when it get's hot. same thing with going forward and backwards. It is so random that the forklift mechanic can't figure it out.....HELP!
  • Posted 23 Feb 2013 02:54
  • By chad_e
  • joined 23 Feb'13 - 4 messages
  • Georgia, United States
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We bought it used a couple years ago. I'm not sure about the battery condition, but within 7 months we had to add 8 gallons of water. When we first got it we didn't put water in it for over a year and it just stopped, so we got water put in it then, and it seemed to be fine. Do you think the battery in damaged now?
  • Posted 23 Feb 2013 06:52
  • By chad_e
  • joined 23 Feb'13 - 4 messages
  • Georgia, United States
but when the up and down doesn't work the drive will or vice versa? So he don't think it could be the peddle sensor
  • Posted 23 Feb 2013 06:52
  • By chad_e
  • joined 23 Feb'13 - 4 messages
  • Georgia, United States
If it was a battery issue I'm sure your mechanic would have picked it up,
running that long without water would definately have caused some battery damage, but enough to cause your problem-unknown
I would be testing/replacing the STS
The switch on the right pedal supplies power to hydraulics and drive
I would be suspecting switches with voltage drop under load
  • Posted 23 Feb 2013 06:46
  • By crownie
  • joined 8 Sep'08 - 151 messages
  • Victoria, Australia
We bought it used a couple years ago. I'm not sure about the battery condition, but within 7 months we had to add 8 gallons of water. When we first got it we didn't put water in it for over a year and it just stopped, so we got water put in it then, and it seemed to be fine. Do you think the battery in damaged now?
  • Posted 23 Feb 2013 05:00
  • By chad_e
  • joined 23 Feb'13 - 4 messages
  • Georgia, United States
Sounds like a thermal sensor issue,you say it does it when it gets hot What condition is the battery in?
  • Posted 23 Feb 2013 04:49
  • By kevin_t
  • joined 2 Dec'10 - 1,301 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States

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