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Overheating Problems in Australia!

alrman

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:D Just to break the monotony of all these COLD weather issues ...... :D

I am currently dealing with 3 seperate & frustrating engine overheating problems ATM :Banghead

Anyone care to swap ?? :stirthepot

:beerchug
 

his1911

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homer, ga
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field service mechanic
We had a high of 50 f, low of 29, that's considered pretty chilly for us!
 

FSERVICE

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indiana
low last night was 3... high today was 20!!! i wish gramps would stop sending willie all the cold weather cause it has to pass by me to get to him!!!! :) lol
 

willie59

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You darn skippy I'd swap! Too bad there's a couple of thousand miles of land and ocean between us making the logistics of the swap a bit complicated, but hey, I'll hoist a mug to that! :drinkup
 

D6 Merv

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Coromandel Peninsula. New Zealand
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Self employed bulldozing contractor with a D6D D4E
heat be no fun for man or his noble steed of steel At least in the cold you can put on more clothes; heat you can only take off so much and then risk getting baked like a lobster.
often wondered how you guys in outback oz get on for overheating in your 40+C heat. Gets bad enough in kiwiland in 30C and then theres the humidity, that alone can turn a man into a alcoholic from all the beer that gets drunk, well did for me in 40c heat in the highlands of png,; was worse than -40 in antartica !!
Seriously tho did cat or anyone else offer offer tropical cooling packages for any of there dozers.
Used to have a lot of overheating problems in summer on my D6s especially scrub clearing or towing scoops had to clean radiator every 2 days. did put a copper finned radiator in one D6; certainly cured overheating, but have doubts about how long it will last due to the natural 'sandblasting effect' from the blower fan ??
 

willd8r

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Dec 10, 2008
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Australia
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dozer operator Cat D11R
I live in north west NSW we are up around 35-40C this week.It is hot, touch any metal with out a glove you drop it quick.Walk out side in the sun instant sweat,drink 4 to 5 liters water each day.Last year it got up around 50C so more to come.I envy the under ground miners.We have a new 375 and 475 Kom They are always overheating.The 2 D10's just keep on pushing heat dosn't seem to worry them.
 

Scrub Puller

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Gladstone Queensland Australia
Yair . . . D6 Merv. Interesting comment from willd8r in the #9 post re D10's.

In the days of 8H's and Allis 21's overheating in the scrub was just a fact of life. There were certain seasons and areas where particular bushes were in flower and we could end up washing radiators out a couple of times a day . . . the guards were hinged so it was no big deal. Just had to have a reliable hand on the water tanker to meet the tractors on their way around.

Can't recall having so many issues with Nines, they maybe had a bit of spare capacity?

Cheers.
 
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