gasifier
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Cool! Nice job!
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My CAT 426 Project
- Thread starter edgephoto
- Start date
We have a 1988 Cat 426 out here in NV. It only had the right side door and both windows when we got it. We took all the glass out and I don't really have any use for the door or window frames. If you're interested. let me know.
edgephoto
Senior Member
@jetranger Hmmm.....I may be interested. Not sure how much shipping would be. I wish you told me before I did all the work. Ha!
I am in CT so shipping them cross country might be cost prohibitive.
I am in CT so shipping them cross country might be cost prohibitive.
edgephoto
Senior Member
Spent the day painting parts of the cab. I had primed the rusty areas last week and wanted to get color on the so it doesn't look like a spotted animal. I wanted to get more done but it was crazy hot and humid . I got what I needed done for when the glass goes in, hopefully this week. Next weekend I will finish the painting.
edgephoto
Senior Member
Been working on and off as I get time. Starting to get the interior back together.
Had all the glass made and installed.
Had all the glass made and installed.
edgephoto
Senior Member
Once the glass was in I started to put the interior back together. While doing this I am fixing a bunch of little things and adjusting all the linkages, etc.
edgephoto
Senior Member
Just for reference. Here is what I started with:
DMiller
Senior Member
Awesome repairs!!
aighead
Senior Member
Yup, looks great edge!
edgephoto
Senior Member
Thanks guys!. If I can spare some time this coming weekend I hope to get the front dash reassembled and the 2 floor plates templated.
Then I won't be able to work on it again until mid-December. Headed to my place in Florida soon
Then I won't be able to work on it again until mid-December. Headed to my place in Florida soon
edgephoto
Senior Member
Finally getting back to my project and picking up where I left off. Life got in the way and now I am motivated to get this project completed. I want to use my machine to get ready to build a house.
edgephoto
Senior Member
So today I picked up where I left off last fall. Felt good to work on her.
I made the floor templates today and will cut them out and drill holes tomorrow and get them primed and painted this weekend.
I also made a list of some things I need to do next week when I go back to work on her.
I made the floor templates today and will cut them out and drill holes tomorrow and get them primed and painted this weekend.
I also made a list of some things I need to do next week when I go back to work on her.
DMiller
Senior Member
Almost time to put to work!!
edgephoto
Senior Member
Got the two floor plates cut out, holes drilled and they are primed on one side.
DMiller
Senior Member
This is where I get impatient!
edgephoto
Senior Member
Impatient? Why?
Waiting for paint to dry so you can flip over and do the other side, then do the same for the color?
Yea, me too. This is a good weekend to do this because I won't have time to do much more on the 'hoe besides paint these.
Waiting for paint to dry so you can flip over and do the other side, then do the same for the color?
Yea, me too. This is a good weekend to do this because I won't have time to do much more on the 'hoe besides paint these.
edgephoto
Senior Member
So the floor plates are ready for installation. I am now cleaning the dirt and crud out of headliner and spraying it with color coat. Mainly to seal the remaining dust in, so I don't have dust raining on my head.
gasifier
Well-Known Member
Nice work!
Edgephoto: Great work so far, what I am wondering about is why is the floorplate so oxidized, heck the floorplate is inside the cab where it would not be exposed to the condensing elements. Did Cat really use recycled metal for their floorplates when these units were new. Keep up the great work - this is an interesting thread. ~ Orangeman
edgephoto
Senior Member
@orangeman I think there are several reasons for the rot.
1. Seems all 426s of this vintage had rot here. I looked at buying a whole cab from AZ or somewhere dry and they had rot too.
2. The machine was a town owned machine so I am guessing the operator had salty boots. They probably used this machine to load the snowplow sanders with the sand/salt mix used in the winter.
3. When I got it someone had replaced the windshield with a poor fitting piece of plexiglass glass. I leaked like a sieve anytime it rained. There was like a 1/2" gap at the top where it stuck out and water just poured in. The doors did not seal when closed, adjustments were way out and weatherstrip was damaged.
It now does not leak when it rains. The rot was only on the cab. The machine's frame is excellent. I originally was just going to just deal with the floor. Once I got started I decided to just cut out all the rotted stuff and replaced it with new metal. I treated all the cavities with Waxoyl and painted everything with a rust encapsulating primer.
1. Seems all 426s of this vintage had rot here. I looked at buying a whole cab from AZ or somewhere dry and they had rot too.
2. The machine was a town owned machine so I am guessing the operator had salty boots. They probably used this machine to load the snowplow sanders with the sand/salt mix used in the winter.
3. When I got it someone had replaced the windshield with a poor fitting piece of plexiglass glass. I leaked like a sieve anytime it rained. There was like a 1/2" gap at the top where it stuck out and water just poured in. The doors did not seal when closed, adjustments were way out and weatherstrip was damaged.
It now does not leak when it rains. The rot was only on the cab. The machine's frame is excellent. I originally was just going to just deal with the floor. Once I got started I decided to just cut out all the rotted stuff and replaced it with new metal. I treated all the cavities with Waxoyl and painted everything with a rust encapsulating primer.