Vehicle report

2019 MCNEILUS CONTENDER FRONT LOADER

Service bulletins

7 bulletins

Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.

MISC-IB-084-A

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing requires an inspection and replacement, if needed, to ensure the Bob Tail® Huck® bolts are fully swaged with correct thread exposure on the rear pivot cross member body mounts. Revision A updates the replacement bolt length to 90mm

MISC-IB-084

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing requires an inspection and replacement, if needed, to ensure the Bob Tail® Huck® bolts are fully swaged with correct thread exposure on the rear pivot cross member body mounts.

MISC-TSIB-081

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

According to an amended ruling in the visual inspection labeling requirement in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 304, the periodic inspection interval for compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel containers has been modified to “at least every 12 months.” McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing will support this change by updating safety decals and installing these new decals when a vehicle is inspected by McNeilus CNG technicians, and by answering questions regarding this periodic inspection interval update and how McNeilus will support it.

MISC-TSIB-079

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing provides these instructions for installing a hydraulic reservoir cork gasket. The installation of this gasket will repair leaks coming from the gasket between the in-tank filter and the reservoir.

MISC-TSIB-075-A

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

The following information describes how to purge air and release stored hydraulic energy from a hydraulic system. All manual override features are intended for emergency use, not for continuous-duty operation.

FEL-TSIB-061

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

This repair procedure describes how to reinforce the rear inner radius of the arm, the arm base, and the top arm fork lug on all Pacific (Model 85), Pacific Ultra (Model 76), and Contender (Model 87) Front End Loaders. Perform this repair procedure only on those vehicles that show signs of metal fatigue in these areas. Before performing the Control Arm Radius Plate Doubler Kit installation or any other repair procedure outlined in this bulletin, visually inspect the rear inner radius of the arm for metal fatigue and if metal fatigue is present, repair any damage in that area first per FEL-TSIB-045.

MISC-TSIB-078

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing offers these instructions for ejector cylinder bypass testing.

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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.