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    Lighting

    Not sure lumens, and I wouldn't trust much of what the manufacturers publish. Here is the bar: https://www.amazon.com/Senlips-Driving-Waterproof-Off-road-Vehicle/dp/B00RE1ZCOW No, I don't have people working in front of me.
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    Lighting

    Added a 28" led light bar I bought off amazon for $43. Lights up the night and fits perfectly. Really solid. I hope it doesn't get water in it like ones I've heard about. I left the old light installed in case this happens.
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    Bobcat X331 leaks around and inside turntable

    I bought a X331 off a trader on craigslist. It was leaking when I tested it. I told him to fix the leaks and I'd buy it. His guy "fixed" the leaks ... possibly. He left so much hydraulic oil all over the place that it's been hard to tell how well he fixed things. I've tried to...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    I've got a lot of work done with this thing. Man, if you've gotta just have one machine (for the work I'm doing at least), this is the machine! I can knock off of work a couple of hours early each day and get a bunch of work done just by myself. The hydraulics and transmission are really...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    Got out there today and finally started digging! I'm glad I was able to find dry dirt under the muck. The family joined me after about 20 minutes of work starting to make a ramp down to the pond. I still have a day or so more of the pond draining to get it to where I can take the loader...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    Got out there today for a few minutes. Installed the injector and it runs smooth. I mostly let it idle, then moved it about 100 ft. Anyway, I don't see the coolant circulating through the top of the radiator, and the water is still cool to the touch The gauge on the left (water temp?) has...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    I replaced the fuel filter, primed, and it fired up on the first crank. Ran a little rough though. Cracked the fuel lines and I found #2 cylinder wasn't firing. I swapped the injectors between #1 and #2, then #1 stopped firing, so it seems to be the injector. The guy at the machine shop took...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    I went out there tonight with the intention of bleeding the thing til I was blue in the face ... But I quickly found a leak in the fuel filter, causing bubbles to keep coming through. I'll get a new filter tomorrow and see how it goes! And I measured the holes with a caliper. Exactly .75, so...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    Yes, they're loose in the video. It was nighttime so I couldn't really tell the color of the smoke.
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    I got it all put together-- went super-smooth. No surprises or leftover bolts, etc. Everything torqued to spec. But it won't start. It used to start instantly if the throttle was 2/3 or more. I can get it to smoke and I can feel it kicking a little bit, but it won't catch. I started...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    I got the loaded reconditioned head from the ebay guy from a 3208. He got it already reconditioned from a school system selling surplus. It seems to be in good shape, and I finally had good enough weather yesterday to get everything mostly put back together. Obviously I didn't pull the engine...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    Now my CAT dealer called with a "take off" that he can get me for exactly $660 delivered too. And it's off a 3204T. So what's better, a "take off" that comes through CAT, or a remachined one off ebay? (seems like I should know the answer) Or a CAT rebuilt one for 1200$ ....
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    Steve, the guy who rebuilt this thing, is a real piece of work. Not that he necessarily had any obligation to me originally, but after him having suggested I send him my head, I expected him to take some responsibility to get this thing fixed. Instead he turned it over to his supplier and put...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    The rebuilder requested I send him the head (at great expense of time and money to me) ... I had sent him this picture previously: He sent the head to the shop he got the head from, described as "very reputable" ... They claim the valve guide is just worn out, and it's not their fault. (This...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    I've removed all of the piston assemblies. All of the wrist pins have a similar amount of play. I plastigaged 3 rod bearings (didn't reinstall that #4 piston assembly) and they were all perfectly in the middle of spec-- 3 thousandths. All of the bearings look visually similar. My original...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    Thanks for the advice! I'm working through this stuff: I removed a couple connecting rod caps. Then I removed the #4 piston (which seemed from the audio to be the loudest knock). The wrist pin is loose. I took it into the machine shop (as I was picking up the head from there), and I showed...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    I did attempt to pull and lift the rods, I just didn't get any wiggle there. But I was going to get each piston in a position where the crank was pulling it down, then push from the top to see if it moves in at all. I'll check/photo each rod/main bearing/cap/journal. I did cover up the...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    I got out there today and dropped the oil pan. It took a little more force than I anticipated. I guess there was some silicone sealant or something holding it. The only thing I had time to do is wiggle everything a bit. My mechanic had said the knocking was likely side-to-side play in the...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    Head is off and at the machine shop! No more surprises. Everything came right off. Head gasket looked fine. Cylinder walls seem good. I did drain coolant (using the little valve pictured near cyl #4), but obviously not enough! The coolant on the pistons was just from leaking out as I...
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    Thinking of buying Cat 963 A high hours

    I went out there today. First off, I need to get my dad's full set of SAE tools. All of my tools were stolen a few years ago, and when I stocked up, I decided to buy just metric ... I didn't think I'd be working on anything this old ever again ;) So I didn't have a small enough SAE socket to...
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