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    955L fault alarm horn

    My 13x 955L originally had a fault light and alarm horn wired into a low/no engine oil pressure switch. Since new the wiring has become disconnected and the warning system is non functioning. I would like to get the system working again and will need to buy a new alarm horn. Does anyone know...
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    955L Installing the Lift Cylinder seals inside the Head plate

    I repacked my tilt cylinder this weekend and the nut on the end of the rod is a 3 1/8 nylon lock nut. I don't know if it had ever been repacked before, but we used a 1 inch drive impact to remove and reinstall the nut. Also, put a small amount of red Loctite on the threads. Hope this info...
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    955L Installing the Lift Cylinder seals inside the Head plate

    Great thread, and great timing. I am going to be replacing the seals in the right hand tilt cylinder this weekend on the same type machine, 13x CAT 955L. Does anyone know right off what size socket I will need to remove the nut that holds the piston to the rod? Thanks, Mike
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    Digging a basement with a 955L

    Hello all. I just bought 10 ac of land here in Central NC and will be looking to have a house built with in the next few years. The lot is some what flat with a gradual slope. We really want to build a 1600 to 1800 sq ft house with a basement, but after speaking with a builder about it, they...
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    Cat 955 or 977 loader bucket?

    Does anyone know right off if a root rake from a 977L will mount to a 955L? I found one for sale locally, and would like to put it to work on my farm.
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    Land clearing tips needed

    Good to hear about using the farm tractor, cause that's how I finished up the last section I did. 66 JD 4020 with a 12' Ford 243 cutting/finish harrow and a 12' x 8" I beam drag. It worked pretty good. I tried a chain drag, but it clogged to easily. Had to get off and dump it about every 50...
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    Land clearing tips needed

    Here are a coupe pictures of my progress the other day. I used the bucket of the tractor with the teeth pointed down and in the float position in reverse. This worked pretty good as the bucket would just float over the remaining stumps. After I got the majority of the debris pulled into the...
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    Land clearing tips needed

    Thanks everyone for the tips. What most of you described is basically what I did on the last section I cleaned up; just pick thru it slow and try to keep all the sticks in front of the tractor. These areas are at the edge of a 30 acre field that I am trying to square off for pasture land. It...
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    Land clearing tips needed

    OK, thanks for the reply. I agree with trying to stay out of the ash. So if stacking brush before digging out the stumps is the preferred method, does anyone have any tips on how to do it with out hanging up on the stumps so bad? Is it better to try and get the debris up or is it better just...
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    Land clearing tips needed

    Wanted to get and opinion from some of you that may tried this before. I have an acre or so that was clear cut about 2 years ago. It is full of sweet gum and Virgina pine stumps as well as lots of debris from logging; limbs and small dead trees about 5 to 10 inch in diameter. What I am...
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    955L track adjuster help

    Sorry for the long delay on getting back to everyone about the track adjuster, but dad and I finally got back on it this weekend. He ended up getting the idler to slide off of the track frame by loosing the bolts that hold pressure on the vertical springs in the yoke. This helped, but it was...
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    955L track adjuster help

    Looked at the loader a little today, but didn't get very far due to rain. I will post updates as they come about. Thanks
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    955L track adjuster help

    OK, I'll check this tomorrow as well. I loosened four bolts on the outside of the idler clamp today and it didn't make any difference. I figured that taking the front idler apart was the next step, but I didn't want to do more work than I had to. I guess I'll just have to start taking stuff...
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    955L track adjuster help

    I'll check this again tomorrow, but I'm pretty sure I was able to see movement in the contact point of the yoke rod and adjuster. It may not be lose enough though. Thanks for the input!!
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    955L track adjuster help

    Working on a 1978 955L 13X left side track adjuster. Track started losing tension during use. It would pump up to the correct tension, but would become slack immediately after any use. Started to repair as per instructions in factory Cat manual. Removed shields, broke track, unbolted yoke...
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    955L Bucket

    I know exactly where your are at. I haven't been by that way since the spring, but I remember seeing where there had been a lot of timber cut and a couple pieces of equipment doing some land clearing; a couple dozers and the loader. I sure apprecate the invite to check it out, I will stop by...
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    955L Bucket

    Hey Man, Let me rent that rake from you!!!! I live right down 158 from you in Pelham, off of Allison Road just past Casville!!!! Seriously, thanks for the info. I'll call them next week. What kind of price will I be looking at?
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    955L Bucket

    10/4. I saw a nice brush rake on ebay and was hoping it would fit. The rake was a quick connect style, but it came with the quick coupler to attach to the tractor. Its hard to find a pin on rake for an older cat loader.
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    955L Bucket

    Will a bucket from a 1985 Cat 931 fit a 1976 955L? Thanks
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    Tips for grading with a track loader

    Thanks so much for the tips. I think my trouble has been primarly that I have not had enough dirt in front of the tractor when trying to grade forward. I will have to get somemore dirt to work with from around the farm. Glad to hear that I am not the only one thats going to have to use the...
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