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    Caterpillar Diesel 40 Parts wanted

    Caterpillar did not publish a service manual for these tractors , there is a Diesel Reference book for the early machines, the operator & parts manuals are getting scarce. There is wealth of information on the Antique Caterpillar Machinery Owners Club (ACMOC) web site. You will have to join the...
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    977L 11K machine vs 977L 14k machine

    Put your good 11k engine in the 14k, the final drive leaking could only be leaking from setting a while. That 14 k undercarriage alone is worth $5000
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    D5B engine braking question

    And keep her Straight
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    Anyone interested in a good running 48a D7E with 3 blades?

    D7,s started out as a Diesel 50 in the early 30’s, the 4 cylinder D7 lasted with improvements darn near 40 yrs. They were and are the best all around tractor in my opinion , popular with farmers, loggers , ranchers . Easier to haul around , 2 less cylinders . Hell even Dale Earnhardt had a D7E...
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    D342 Head to Block Clearance - Feeler Gauges

    What you have is a D9G, with a D353 engine, I would think the specs would be the same as an D342, also liner protrusion,. Is it a spacer plated eng?
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    Overload of the Day

    Yup!
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    Overload of the Day

    Fellas you got to watch this on YouTube. I Bought a bulldozer, by Retired Dream life, He is very lucky, but stupid and so is the State Trooper! Unreal
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    Pacific trucks in the logging industy

    Pat Carson Bulldozing sure had some nice equipment & really looked after them
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    Old conventionals at work

    Cat D318 powered,Says something about those old engines. Like to see today’s engines last 30-50 years or more, one thing I won’t be around by then lol
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    Caterpillar 12 grader engine is dead - please help?

    Then put a 6-71 in it, see how far that gets ya. You are dreaming, you are wasting peoples time
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    Somebody has to do it, and nobody else volunteers: the fixing saga

    Gave up my Class 1 driver & pilot license medical’s in 2020 , it was my decision. I started flying in 1970, just got 2 expensive. Class 1 drivers in 1980, 2 many idiots out there. But I can still ride Motorcycles with air brakes lol, not happening!. Had a few bad scares with all of them, it was...
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    1955 D6 9U Dozer

    Bobby, Sweet, glad you got her going, nothing sweeter than a Smooth Running D318
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    Caterpillar 12 grader engine is dead - please help?

    Yes & oil pump in grader’s , as in cat dozers has a scavenge oil pump & pressure pump with 2 pickups
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    Any brand log trucks

    International TD-24 doing the pulling,
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    Caterpillar 12 grader engine is dead - please help?

    Also engine lube oil pump is different , also radiator & hoses are not the same
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