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    Old modified 631 pan to a pull pan?

    Dollies need more power? Honestly little experience with pans so I pay attention to the local big guys. They run 2 wheel ejectors and ag Deeres for pullers. Not certain on pan size. The pan mentioned is literally a removed pan from a 631, necked up to be a pull pan. I seem to recall those...
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    Old modified 631 pan to a pull pan?

    Been trying to get a scraper setup for years. Missed a couple deals and now prices are nuts. Sort of looking at a 631 pan that was modded with new neck to pull it. I'm curious if anyone has seen this setup and how it might compare to a modern pan? I think some of the CATs were really heavy...
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    299D battery drain

    I ran into a battery drain situation on the 299. Doing a little googling, it seems to be extremely common on all the DD series but of course no one ever returns to say if they resolved it. Basically I was going to see if anyone here has sourced and fixed their issue? This is certainly down...
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    299D DTC Codes / Engine Problems

    As someone that does electrical troubleshooting, I do not like the look of the wires in your photo, especially Mr. Blue. What you will find with any high impedance meter is they do not 'load' the wire. However, you said you checked 'resistance' with a value of '.4mA'....? Can you explain your...
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    Any seasoned wrenches on CTLs? CAT 299D, got a few issues.

    Appreciate the replies guys. Been super busy but got over to machine to try and get some filters done to assess machine a bit. To none of my surprise at all.......the F'n hydraulic filter seems to be missing parts. Basically I suspect it wasn't even filtering. It looks brand new but looking...
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    Any seasoned wrenches on CTLs? CAT 299D, got a few issues.

    Ah yes, had more urgent fired to put out. Trucks and other toys down. I did try to tweak the loader frame back with no success. Chained off one side and jacked on the other. It will take more force and a new plan. The link has to come out but I need to ensure I have other bodies around to...
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    How much metal in finals? Trying to assess.

    Per other threads, got a used 299 and doing oil change in finals. Oddly, one side has a magnetic drain plug and one does not? I moronically just now realized I should have checked to see if the center plug had a magnet and just in wrong spot but I can tell you that magnet is WORTH having in...
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    Any seasoned wrenches on CTLs? CAT 299D, got a few issues.

    Well...... That link has to come out. The retainer ring groove is jacked up from shearing the old one and I have no room to do much. Fought long enough trying to pick out the ring. I will probably just do a mod in that groove to accept a more beefy retainer. But in studying geometry, I...
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    Any seasoned wrenches on CTLs? CAT 299D, got a few issues.

    Honestly, NO! I can't even really tell what is bent, but I know one loader arm sits lower than the other and both arms are slightly off center when compared to the tracks. They hug one side of the machine. I am still just trying to reel in what I am seeing or I guess not seeing.
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    Any seasoned wrenches on CTLs? CAT 299D, got a few issues.

    As I examine more closely, one of the link pin retainers is certainly sheared right now and smoothed up enough that you can't even tell there ever was a retainer. That will probably prove tricky to get out. When I visited the machine, I had the arms sitting on blocking to relax the hydros...
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    Any seasoned wrenches on CTLs? CAT 299D, got a few issues.

    LOL, that is the exact pin in question. Seems to be a "pin stack" by the drawing. Obviously your description is starting to make more sense, but is there no bushing in the machine frame? If that pin is bent, I would think that bushing is trash by now. Any thoughts on this causing the loader...
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    Any seasoned wrenches on CTLs? CAT 299D, got a few issues.

    I am going to work on getting better pictorials for our machine in CAT but I am curious, if you look at the link you shared, #13 is the link, but in the lower one, you can see a pin roughly aligned with that link pin, which is confusing the hell out of me. When I feel behind the frame, I can...
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    Any seasoned wrenches on CTLs? CAT 299D, got a few issues.

    How do I get to that level of detail with CAT parts? Your link gives great detail in which it appears the bushings are what are welded into the link arms, and the pins come in from behind? I have reached back there to feel and thought "this will be fun". I will say that I remain confident...
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    Any seasoned wrenches on CTLs? CAT 299D, got a few issues.

    I think we are well on the hunt! Glad I found ya! 100% those links are contacting the boom arms on both sides. I noted immediately that those links seem to move in and out way too much. Question, do you happen to have any pics of these apart, or have PNs for that link? I am trying to wrap...
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    Any seasoned wrenches on CTLs? CAT 299D, got a few issues.

    Hmm, some of my focus has been studying the geometry of the vertical lift system. Would you happen to have a pic of the suspect pin you describe? Would this be the somewhat hidden link bar behind the main boom? Sits just behind the cab but think access to that pin is actually in the engine...
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