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Recent content by TxD5Garrow

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    New to me D5G XL

    Ah, gotcha. I hope its not a bad alternator. Im hurtin already, dont hace it currently running and no work whatsoever for it.
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    New to me D5G XL

    I'm thinking it may be fine, if it runs with no batterys at all after they have been disconnected does that mean the alternator charges good? I have a 2007 5.9 I6 cummins that doesn't leak any fuel, that stuff is gold right now so I'm gonna make sure there's not one fuel leak on that dozer.
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    New to me D5G XL

    The ground cable is attached and has a good connection. I cleaned of the cutoff switch and everything seems to be good. Looks like I may have a fuel leak from an injector line or little rubber hose. There's slot of dirt stuck to the motor and it smells like fuel. Now I'm wishing I would of...
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    New to me D5G XL

    Good info, been charging them and they lost the 3v and are bubbled on the sides so they're definitely bad.
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    New to me D5G XL

    Went ahead and bought two duralast batterys $209.51 at auto zone hope they workout. Gonna put them on in a little while. Hope it solves the shut down issue.
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    New to me D5G XL

    I checked both batteries an it shows 3 volts each. Do I buy new batterries or charge them?
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    Dozer work per hour.........

    So is the hourly rate only cover the operator? I guess you have to add transportation, fuel and maintenance into that too but where? I'm somewhat lost on how to make bids too, how do you go about making a proper bid? On a house pad or maybe fence clearing.
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    New to me D5G XL

    I looked at the fuse box by the hour meter but all fuses are good. Only 13 of them there. My hour meter doesn't work either. But the tag says it had 903hrs in January 08. It has two batteries caterpillar brand. It has two blue buttons on the left side in the battery box that have 90 on them that...
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    New to me D5G XL

    I just bought my first dozer. I bought it at an auction don't have all the paperwork yet so I don't know if it comes with a manual or not. It was running when I bought it, and today it didn't start jumped it off and ran fine but none of the gauges work on it. And the biggest problem is that it...
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    Dozer work per hour.........

    What would be average hourly rate for a CAT D5G XL here in the north Texas area?
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    2005 D4G Won't Climb Unless Throttled Down

    I bought one at an auction yesterday and now I have problems with it too. (need to get 3 post so I can thread start)
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    Don't laugh - how do I operate my D39?

    I too am in the same boat but I'm getting the hang of it. I currently have problems tho.
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