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61’ AC HD6 Move
Hell im amazed that news made it to the top end of the world. Yes we got all that rain; rain comes in from the east and we get it before them. Coromandel is about 30 miles as the crow flys from auckland across a sea gulf. It alot of photos on news of the 2 main roads closed with massive... -
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Crawlers I photo'd recently.
What a absolutely awesome thread; just found this new page. As usually i only poke my nose in the Dozers and Forestry threads. Great pics and great comments from honest real people; lovely scenery pics, have read the odd bit about the Palouse area in washington and the AG crawlers used there... -
61’ AC HD6 Move
AllisHD6 is a mighty little crawler. Ive got 3 of them, 2 wet backend, 1 dry backend, all 1965 build -
Cat D6 engine serial number
First series D6C; 4.5 bore D333 engine. If its UK built is a 83A; USA build 76A. If possibly japanese build is a 96A, were good old girls. -
Hyster “yarder” winches info please
yeah; it was a hillbilly heathen scoundrel of a caveman that owned it. It got cut up for scrap a few days later R sole of a .. . . . didn,t want anyone to have it. I was after the D4N winch that was on a 7U D4 he had; but no that went for scrap too. And i offered him twice scrap value at... -
Hyster “yarder” winches info please
Hyster D8 tractor donkey winch on a 14A D8. Winch would have originally been on a 8R D8 in ww2. As name tag had a anchor emblem and US7 on it, in reference to US navy 7th fleet in the pacific. They were a friction disc clutch and band brakes to control the 2 drums. Hyster and Carco both... -
D4D Cat transmission upgrades?
OzDozer. Put up that pic of the Hot rodded D8 8R with the V8 D17000 engine, that those boys in queensland did; thats what he wants to see ! -
D4D Cat transmission upgrades?
Ignorant little r sole aren,t you. People including me and lots of others who have actually been there done that; and owned and paid for our 'experience' to try and help you have clearly wasted our time attempting to educate you. You can learn the hard and expensive way of life with bulldozers. -
76 D4D new toy with problems
powershift D4D transmissions are fairly bulletproof. Only weakness is the seals on the rotating clutch for 1st gear. Bevel gears and pinion will only fail if a bearing fails first. The dry steering clutchs are a pain. Most of the later D4D that came down under to new zealand were japanese... -
76 D4D new toy with problems
DRAIN oil from bevel gear case BEFORE you pull that rear PTO cover off. . . .Otherwise you will need a bath. . .! You will soon see if there is a PTO shaft in there. OM that shaft you point to is a skinny wee drive shaft than runs down the inside of the transmission case. Its driven off the pump... -
Help with winch identification please
Cheers OM. Do you have same spec sheet for a Hyster W6F on a D6D ? -
Help with winch identification please
Cat 56 winch. But its a 37U low geared winch as has the 4th shaft on it -
76 D4D new toy with problems
Un4gvn. To put a winch on a powershift D4D it has GOT TO have factory installed PTO arrangement. There is NO pto shaft on standard D4D powershift transmission. There was 2 types of PTO. 1st type had a disconnect dog clutch with a lever by your left heel to disengage bevel gear and then engage... -
D6D engine overheating
RC, re D6D radiators, later 31X have a much bigger oil to water transmission cooler than the earlier ones oil to water, and then oil to air. Ive got both models and both had overheating problems. Solution was clean trans coolers and new radiators. End of problems. Trans coolers only cause...