First time posting on this great site. I have a 2006 216b that unfortunately experienced a catastrophic engine failure at only 346 hours. Even though its a 2006 it has very low hours. I was working the machine which developed an unusual slight ticking sound which quickly developed to a hard knock in seconds resulting in engine stall before I could shut down. From what I can gauge from a quick (disheartening) inspection, I threw a rod off of the crank which piled against the block in the number 4 cylinder cracking the block just above the oil pan....FML. So now I need to pull this engine out. One of my first questions I need to ask is there a way to disengage/bypass the hydraulics to push this machine the 100 feet into my shop. Every where I have read seems to state there is no hydraulic release valve or anything and people just move the dead machine slowly with brute force...In my situation i would likely have to push it with my excavator. Any help with this would be appreciated!
I went down to the Local CAT shack to see if there is any chance they can throw some good will my way with at least a replacement block or something like that. They stated they will get back to me. Im not holding my breath but with that low hours I guy sure can hope! They stated a new replacement engine would be $11K Canadian....
I went down to the Local CAT shack to see if there is any chance they can throw some good will my way with at least a replacement block or something like that. They stated they will get back to me. Im not holding my breath but with that low hours I guy sure can hope! They stated a new replacement engine would be $11K Canadian....