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    Le Touneau LW18

    we have a latter model 6/71 model CH here, having tyring finding the website??
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    Le Touneau LW18

    it has a brass plate LW 18
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    Le Touneau LW18

    can anyone help with details of this rubber tyred dozer, you sit up front like a bobcat with only the front sheet metal blade stopping from hitting anything. It has hydraulic rippers and blade and powered by a 4/71. 1800 x25 tyres all around. There is another one referenced in a clearing...
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    1959 Michigan 75 A

    what does a 75 a weigh?
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    case 580 ck backhoe oil in water issues

    I don't have water in oil I have oil in water , my sump is fine. Update , I found a radiator business in Gladstone 100 km south of me , that say they will fix it easily, after the second guy I had lined up in Rockhampton took one look and threw his hands in the air. we are going to drop a...
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    Case 580 CK stuck wheel or brakes

    ok thankyou now that makes a lot of sense , so simple once you know how. Thankyou for helping me on that , I am off to check my tractor now
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    Case 580 CK stuck wheel or brakes

    yes it could be that thankyou the cap could be my oil leakage issue
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    Case 580 CK stuck wheel or brakes

    HI Melben thankyou for your help on another post re my radiator, trans cooler. My left hand brake unit gets covered in oil , we have replaced the seal around the shaft that comes out of the transmission? , it s as though the shaft as worn and so the seal no longer fits snug , any suggestions
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    case 580 ck backhoe oil in water issues

    Hi Melben , yes it is only a transmission cooler , on another note I had often thought there was excessive condensation build up in my transmission as the dip stick showed a milky composition , albeit for 4 months of year it can be quite humid in Central Queensland here , I changed the oil a...
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    case 580 ck backhoe oil in water issues

    I went to the radiator place , dropped it off, rang back latter that day they said it would $600 to find out anything. I went to go pick it up to have it tested elsewhere , as they had not tested the trans cooler ( happy to put their fresh coat of paint and stickers all over it after a heated...
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    case 580 ck backhoe oil in water issues

    quote "I asked him if they pressure tested it and he says, no we never do and have never had one leak" that is unusual for them not to check , hopefully there is a another place nearby you can use in our town we have one only and the closest is 130 kms away
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    case 580 ck backhoe oil in water issues

    yes it Is looking that way now
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    case 580 ck backhoe oil in water issues

    well I rang the guys who did the radiator repairs , it turns out they only test the coolant side of the radiator for leaks, in other words only the area they repaired Since it may be a small hole they could pressurise the radiator and think all gd except that they may have not noticed a leak...
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    case 580 ck backhoe oil in water issues

    fan sliced above tank that houses oil cooler damaging fins , too much oil in radiator to be something minor with Head checked and resurfaced block not appearing to have a crack between number 3 and 4 pots and wet sleeves discounted as there is no coolant in the oil it would appear as...
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    case 580 ck backhoe oil in water issues

    it has a hydraulic oil cooler that runs through the bottom of the engine radiator, yet there is no easy way to test what oil it is that is getting into the radiator, so if there is a pin hole in the oil cooler that under pressure from the hydraulic pump pushes oil into the radiator as it would...
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    case 580 ck backhoe oil in water issues

    ok,given we are half way there I am looking to put new rings and bearings in , are these a wet or dry liner engine? as apparently there could be apin hole if wet liner, pushing oil into water jacket , having just refitted the radiator would rather remove all other possibilities , yet I suppose...
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    case 580 ck backhoe oil in water issues

    I think I have hydraulic oil go through radiator as there are lines that connect up with the pump that drives off the crank shaft ummm I will check tomorrow but my radiator cap didn't get blown off so ??
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    case 580 ck backhoe oil in water issues

    oil cooler there is a hydraulic cooler tank in the bottom of the radiator, the issue is the pressure the hydraulics work at would blow the cap clean off, where as the radiator became milky and therefore hot but not extreme pressure? am I wrong here?
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    case 580 ck backhoe oil in water issues

    hi Help needed , oil appeared in radiator after stick took out fan belt and bent fan slicing through bottom of radiator. radiator repaired by Radiator place , then oil appears in water , sump only has black oil in it . took head off , after much angst realising there was one bolt sitting...
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    Deas New Ride

    thankyou Ian so can anyone help with manauls ?
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