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    Cat track adjuster rebuild procedure.

    I just posted the entire procedure, with many pictures, for rebuilding hydraulic track adjusters on the HEF track loader forum. It is posted in the thread Cat 951-C in my sites. It is on page 41 of the thread. The exact same kit and procedures apply to my D4E dozer. I think the information on...
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    At the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit Michigan

    Had two great days there.
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    Another wench question

    Question for D6 Merv or anyone else. My Cat D4E dozer has a D4E Heister winch on the back. It was mounted on the machine when I bought it. The winch seems not to be connected to the PTO shaft. With the access plate on the side of the wench removed there is no rotation of the input shaft. Is...
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    Stuck! How to get it unstuck!

    This loader belongs to my brother. He decided to build a pond in front of his house. He dug three scoops and the machine sank straight down. He had a neighbor on a huge farm tractor pull it about three feet backwards but the machine did not rise at all. Getting out backwards looks like the...
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    How to grade smoothe a humpy road with a dozer?

    I dug out some stumps for a neighbor in exchange for a stock pile of gravel, crusher run. I used my 951C loader to load the gravel and haul it to my driveway. I hauled about thirty loads with my single axel F600 dump truck. The stock pile had been there for a few years and was wet and packed. In...
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    3304 Cat engine blowing oil

    Earlier, by mistake, I posted this on someone else's thread but I don't know how to delete it, so here goes again. I have the D4E dozer and it has the Cat 3304 engine in it. I also have a Cat 951C loader with the same 3304 engine in it too. Having before gotten some really good pointers from...
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    Cat 951-C in my sights

    I have some work to be done on my farm, 35 acres that I have owned and have lived on for more than 40 years. I need to clean out a 1 ½ acre lake that has accumulated about three to four foot of silt after 25 years. It does have a solid rock bottom under all of that silt. I also need to do some...
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    Hydraulic filter

    I used my D4E 27x for a few hours, two evenings in a row. The hydraulics started whining when the blade position was moved. I started operating with a full sight glass but when I shut it down and checked the fluid again it was almost five gallons low. The problem turned out to be a bad gasket /...
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    Need information on my D 4 E

    I think the order of the pictures was jumbled in cyber space but you should be able to figure out what picture goes with what text. #1 This is the UC on my D4E, are these SALT track chains or just the regular old kind? #2 Shown in this picture is the back side if the key switch, ( the...
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    Rebuilding tilt cylinder

    I am under the shade tree trying to rebuild the tilt cylinder on my D 4 E. I removed the guard plate that protects the cylinder. Next I disconnected the two hydraulic lines. The 5" cylinder cap has holes for a spanner wrench. I have a 5" spanner wrench and I tried a cheater pipe on the wrench...
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    Do you keep your dozer inside or outside, what are the pros and cons?

    I own two farm tractors. One is a 2009 McCormick and the other is a 1965 Massey. Both have spent their entire lives inside. Both are in fine shape and always ready to work. I think that the life of a machine is keeping it inside and out of the weather. I am considering building a new shed to...
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    How do you adjust the steering brake on a D4E

    I ran the dozer with the parking brake on, yep, stupid thing to do. Now I need to adjust the right steering brake band on the D4E. It is a direct drive. Does anyone know the adjustment procedure. Thanks
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    My first bulldozer purchase

    All of my life I have wanted a bulldozer. I am now 64 years old and the day will finally come. Tomorrow I am going to purchase a Cat D 4 E with a wench and a PAT blade, sweeps, ROPS and screens. It has been sitting inside for 20 years. It was only ran just enough to keep it operational. It has...
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