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Recent content by Tyler d4c

  1. Tyler d4c

    Chain size. Am I being silly?

    My personal favorite for these lifting troubles is old 9/32? Chain hoist chain kinda hard to find hooks bit most times I've found the chain for free
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    Help With Greasing Pivot Point on Cat D4C II

    There is 4 grease points on that blade 2 where the c frame pin to the cross bar and 2 on the tilt cylinder.
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    The upcoming generation

    I'll be turning 27 this coming Wednesday. Out of the people I know that's with in 5 or so years of me there's maybe 6 that I could trust to repair something I own. All but 1 are older then me. The 2 younger guys at my day job one he's a good hand but he overthinks and gets discouraged. I think...
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    Cat D5M transmission wiring repair

    Take as many parts off as need to gain easy access to make a proper repair. Or in that situation (assuming your not a cheap o) a new harnesses) personally I'd be repairing it
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    #3406C low power

    Is it a mechanical c or peec set up
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    1994 Cat 3176 engine

    We've all had one of those jobs
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    1994 Cat 3176 engine

    After a quick search I found there was the ecm with the sensors then they went to a 40 pin like a 3406e could the newer setup be fitted. Or even a 70 pin off a c12.
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    Cat skid steer product link

    At some point in time the antenna got moved from the screen over the radiator to the cab roof. Do you even use the product link?
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    1994 Cat 3176 engine

    I'll agree on you about the c12 well the rest where it's level I suppose. I wouldn't want a 8.3 in a tandem here in the pa hills even with our c12 I wish for another 3 liters and 600 ;)
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    who makes this coupler

    We do hopefully if the op takes all his buckets and coupler to a sale I can pick them up for 100 bucks each ;)
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    Caterpillar Paint

    The dozer in the first photo was painted with the standard cat paint the hardener and the the thinner in the first picture. The 259 was painted with cat paint out of a binks pressure pot with no thinner or hardener. Both done over cat or john deere yellow primer. The case and deere thinners are...
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    Caterpillar Paint

    I've always used shopping acrylic urethane thinner in it from the local ppg shop I can get you the number when I'm at the shop
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    2012 Cat 259B Should I buy it

    It has a 3044 in it it is not a teir 4 or even a 3 (maybe considered a 3 but I doubt it) it wasn't till the 259d that they had any amount of a emissions system. With that said if funds allow id look for a d much nicer machine to operate as far as I am concerned. As with all ctl and mini...
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    Cat overcharging

    And here I thought this was going to be a thread about the rate dealers charge!
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    1994 Cat 3176 engine

    Well if the rumors I've heard of them are true you probably don't want it
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