Bison
Well-Known Member
Good morning folks.
I can get my hands on a older D8H for the price of scrap.( I don't know the age or where I can find the serial #)
The cat appears in good shape but the story is that it lost oil pressure. The old girl has been sitting for 20+ years and never moved. The farmer that owned it had gotten a heart attack and never gotten around to fixing it. The old guy has died a number of years ago .Now the family are in the process of selling the equipment and land.
Back to the cat, The under carriage shows very little wear on sprockets chains idlers or rollers,..90 % good. It has a power shift and winch,..all levers are loose.
All oil levels are good, no coolant visible in the rad, no cracks in the block that I can see.
the engine is loose,..I can turn it by hand pulling the fan around.
The exhaust stack of both engine and pub are open to the world and I wonder where that rain water goes that disappeared down their tubes for the last 20 years.
The pub engine could be seized(water on the pistons) as the hand crank is missing and I had no means of turning it. oil level is good and not a trace of water in it.
My questions
What could be the most likely cause of the sudden loss of oil pressure?
Would it be worth buying.(transport to my place would be $1500) scrap value is around $1000.
Thanks.
I can get my hands on a older D8H for the price of scrap.( I don't know the age or where I can find the serial #)
The cat appears in good shape but the story is that it lost oil pressure. The old girl has been sitting for 20+ years and never moved. The farmer that owned it had gotten a heart attack and never gotten around to fixing it. The old guy has died a number of years ago .Now the family are in the process of selling the equipment and land.
Back to the cat, The under carriage shows very little wear on sprockets chains idlers or rollers,..90 % good. It has a power shift and winch,..all levers are loose.
All oil levels are good, no coolant visible in the rad, no cracks in the block that I can see.
the engine is loose,..I can turn it by hand pulling the fan around.
The exhaust stack of both engine and pub are open to the world and I wonder where that rain water goes that disappeared down their tubes for the last 20 years.
The pub engine could be seized(water on the pistons) as the hand crank is missing and I had no means of turning it. oil level is good and not a trace of water in it.
My questions
What could be the most likely cause of the sudden loss of oil pressure?
Would it be worth buying.(transport to my place would be $1500) scrap value is around $1000.
Thanks.