iowahill
Senior Member
- Joined
- Apr 18, 2015
- Messages
- 271
- Location
- Lincoln, CA
- Occupation
- Retired, owner of Thomas Fischer Company, consultant
As if I don't have enough projects and maintenance to deal with, we just picked up a well-used 1956 Cat D4 7U that I've nick named Old Smokey for obvious reasons. I got it cheap enough considering delivery up to my mining property. It runs "well enough" despite lots of smoke and blowby of oil in the exhaust but I drove it down the 1 mile dirt road to our operation. It has a number of problems that I'll deal with in order of importance and am even considering doing a rebuild of the motor eventually as long as everything else remains reasonably serviceable.
The water pump has a slow drip coming from the water pump shaft and appears to be a bad shaft seal. Is there a source for a rebuild kit or am I looking at having to replace the pump? A source for either solution would be most appreciated!
Thanks, -Tom
The water pump has a slow drip coming from the water pump shaft and appears to be a bad shaft seal. Is there a source for a rebuild kit or am I looking at having to replace the pump? A source for either solution would be most appreciated!
Thanks, -Tom