jtwthaxj
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D6C has been sitting for about 7 or 8 years and I want to get it back to daily use condition. What should I do or where should I begin?
Thanks,
J
Thanks,
J
Bear in mind too that most cats are 24V electrical systems so make sure your charger can supply 24 volts or charge each battery seperately... If it's a 12V only charger you won't be able to use it for a boost...
It's not ideal but a 12V boost can still help. Consider if both batteries are dropping to 8V when cranking. You have 16V going to the starter. Boost one and you now have 20V (12 +8) going to the starter. Crank a bit then swap which battery you're boosting. I've never tried this with a charger but I've had a few occasions where I've had to jump start a 24V machine with only a 12V vehicle available, the situation is comparable and it can work. Certainly beats push starting a dozer!
In reality, most people have a 12V vehicle available so you'd use your 12V charger on one battery and jumper leads on the other battery.
Hopefully jtwthaxj has a 24V charger, save a lot of mucking about!
Back when I got my grader, it had sat for probably 10 years without running. The exhaust and the intake were covered nicely but there were trees growing through it several inches in diameter and some almost 20 feet tall. Took a chainsaw to them and just had a good look at everything. There was a big bird's nest on the top of the fan pulley with a few eggs in it, I relocated them to a nearby tree... The oil was full, antifreeze was green, fuel tank was almost full and hydraulic oil level was good. I put in a battery and jumped the starter and she roared to life! It operated fine, and I started grading, or at least trying to, never having run a grader before. I did an oil change soon afterwards and changed the final drive and chaincase oils too. It still runs great to this day! I wish I had some pictures of how I found it... Good luck!