A stall test is a load! They load it to the point the torque converter stalls out! MAX load possible.They said that they ran it for a couple of hours and heat gauge was normal, no load though,just stall test!
A stall test is a load! They load it to the point the torque converter stalls out! MAX load possible.They said that they ran it for a couple of hours and heat gauge was normal, no load though,just stall test!
Thanks for the offer, real kind of you. I just don't know exactly what I am going to do. I am in to this way too deep now!when I got my 6D it had a rash of stuff go blooey. lost exhaust gasket backing off the lowboy when it arrived, to fix that it took a reman head, new manifold, new injectors, (turbo was shot too) water pump/all bearings in the fan drive. ran about an hour and noticed radiator was pushing coolant out, new radiator went in fixed that then injector pump had some kind of bad serious disaster that required a complete rebuild ( this was a good thing, it runs extremely well now). still had trouble with trans heat so found trans pump was shot fixed that really great then final fell apart so had to fix that in the field but all good now.. (also took new rails, segments, pads) whole bunch of leaks around the torque converter that I got to spend a lot of quality time on my head reaching in there to fix those.. anyhow just pointing out that with these old tractors you are never done. If I had any work lined up for it I would do the trans, reseal/bearings the rear cross shaft and clutches, and the other final which probably looks about like the one that grenaded, but this old girl will probably just continue to be mostly yard art now. and this was a tractor that actually looked pretty good.
I wish you the best of luck, if you were closer you could come get my D and give it a workout. you would have to give it a charge of refrigerant, however..
Yes, but how are you supposed to know which dealership is good at rebuilds? I just believe you have to trust a dealership. After all, as someone posted on this forum,"caterpillar mechanics can fix anything caterpillar makes ".So who are we,the average Joe, supposed to trust?... and lesson 3>> NOT ALL CAT DEALERS are the same..
Just because they hang a sign out front that says CAT.. doesn't make them smart enough to fix everything..
Yes, but how are you supposed to know which dealership is good at rebuilds? I just believe you have to trust a dealership. After all, as someone posted on this forum,"caterpillar mechanics can fix anything caterpillar makes ".So who are we,the average Joe, supposed to trust?
It's not like it's a 2030 tier 16 with 42 separate computers controlling it.