Recent content by ballchinny

Yeah, I prob should have just hacked out a gasket. I really hate RTV. Most anything I do either has a gasket or anaerobic sealer on precision surfaces. I buy some of this stuff and it goes bad before I really use much. Obviously I don't put many old V8s together....lol I've always hated...

I am a pro wrench, but I got in a pinch on my own stuff. Not happy but.....basically had a small generator needed a valve adjust. On this one, it is a serious PITA, but it got to a point of no hot restart, and I needed it 'right now'. So I made the time to do the job, of course the gasket was...

Well, there's 56K lbs of it, what do you want to see? lol The trans weighs about 4K. Nothing that the 55K lb excavator won't manage like flea, but getting to that point will be less than exciting....at least for me. the question I have at the moment is what turned this 30W oil nearly black...

There really was no smoke screen here. The full "buyer beware" disclosure was upfront. It was a hope that they missed something but that is not the case. Good news is there is no metal detected on any screens or filters so i am hoping it is repairable. I bought it cheap enough that I can spend a...

Hi guys. I guess I try to exclude certain info in a post so it doesn't wander too much but I bought the dozer not running. Prev owner spent tons on it putting new parts into it and 60 days later was not getting proper oil pressure to trans clutches. Dealer takes it to a field and beats on it for...

Curious if you guys have any resources or data on more practical filtration of oils for reuse in a temporary test application? We have a large dozer that got coolant in the trans to a large degree. It sat for quite a while so the majority of coolant was able to be drained off the bottom, but it...