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Shuts off intermittently

We have a Hyster H50XM lift with 5000 hours on it. For some yet to be discovered reason, it just shuts off and different times. You might crank it up and it stays on 30 seconds or you could drive it for 3 hours but it does it sometimes everyminute or two. We havea crap repair company that has been here nine times to try to fix it but they have failed miserably. Now they have resorted to just guessing and changing parts. Has anyone had a similar problem that might shed some light on this puzzle?
  • Posted 23 May 2008 00:48
  • By Pilgrim
  • joined 23 May'08 - 1 message
  • Georgia, United States
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We had a unit that would not start- found bad vacuum lines to lock-off and a bad ground wire on the top of the valve cover
  • Posted 20 Aug 2008 23:25
  • By Prentice
  • joined 25 Jun'08 - 600 messages
  • Ontario, Canada
i had one do this with no spark when it was dead
i found that corrosion at the harness junction points were causing voltage drop while cranking and running

check the harness
  • Posted 20 Aug 2008 10:41
  • By justinm
  • joined 13 Apr'06 - 604 messages
  • New York, United States
New York, New York its a heluva town..you know that The Bronx is up..and I'm Brooklyn down
Sounds like a bad ground. Remove all of the ground connections to the engine, clean them sand them and reconnect them, do the same with the harness grounds on the transmission. Check the negative battery cable for internal corrosion (thick spot under insulation). Check battery post into battery make sure it hasn't come loose internally. Most shut off problems with no other symptoms are ground issues.
  • Posted 20 Aug 2008 03:57
  • By bigGlittlestar
  • joined 12 Aug'08 - 139 messages
  • United States
no reply. but i bet it,s a good old xm wiring harness rubbed through somewhere.classic
  • Posted 28 May 2008 05:26
  • By kevin_k
  • joined 25 Nov'05 - 502 messages
  • dumfriesshire, United Kingdom
what engine?

Is there an audible alarm before shutting down?
  • Posted 28 May 2008 04:31
  • By mike_n
  • joined 11 Feb'06 - 138 messages
  • Alberta, Canada
give us more info please. serial number. fuel type
  • Posted 25 May 2008 20:57
  • By kevin_k
  • joined 25 Nov'05 - 502 messages
  • dumfriesshire, United Kingdom

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