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  1. BushWackerFarmer

    Cat D6R Mystery wires corroded. What do they do?

    Its definitely 129. I'll peel back the insulation on the cab side tomorrow and see if there are any wire markings there. Thanks so much.
  2. BushWackerFarmer

    Cat D6R Mystery wires corroded. What do they do?

    I recently bought a D6R Serial #8LN00448. I have the seat and floor out to start pressure testing and calibrating before really working it in the bush. When I took the panel beside the seat just below the blade control joystick a wire was hanging with green corroded-looking wires. On the other...
  3. BushWackerFarmer

    Cat D6R Jerking into reverse? Newbie question

    It's working pushing bush. Mostly poplar/aspen. Traction seems to be a problem though. Not enough snow in the bush for packing in the tracks to be an issue right now.
  4. BushWackerFarmer

    Cat D6R Jerking into reverse? Newbie question

    I can't beat on this thing if there's snow on the ground? I'm a farmer in Manitoba. The only time I have to play with it is when there's snow on the ground.
  5. BushWackerFarmer

    Cat D6R Jerking into reverse? Newbie question

    It was through 6 inches of snow so I thought it should handle that. I shouldn't have to load it on my RGN for that short trip. I rattled the bolts as tight as possible with a Milwaukee Fuel impact and couldn't get them any tighter with a 6 foot breaker bar. Holes didn't look bad but I'll keep...
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    Cat D6R Jerking into reverse? Newbie question

    Now that I'm running it nice and hot it's shifting very smoothly. The fingertip controls with clutch and brake are really smooth. I don't think it needs calibration not that it wouldn't hurt to do it again as according to the service records it's been a long while.
  7. BushWackerFarmer

    Cat D6R Jerking into reverse? Newbie question

    Maybe the monitor module is getting too hot? It was about 20F today and with the fan on low it was cooking me out of the cab in a T-shirt. I could run the heater taps on the block half closed maybe.
  8. BushWackerFarmer

    Cat D6R Jerking into reverse? Newbie question

    Worked it hard as I could pushing trees for 30 minutes. Hottest spot I could find was at the rear bottom part of the transmission. 164 F. Gauge behaved and only got to the halfway mark. I think I have wiring issues in the dash. This machine has a heater core under the hood and a fan added on in...
  9. BushWackerFarmer

    Cat D6R Jerking into reverse? Newbie question

    Ok, I've got a Fluke infrared temp gun. I'll try to find the hottest spot and record it.
  10. BushWackerFarmer

    Cat D6R Jerking into reverse? Newbie question

    Well I have the machine home and replaced about 100 loose track pad bolts. When it's warm it doesn't jump into gear. Everything is very smooth. I used it to push some trees for half an hour twice and everything was great. Just took it to the real bush today and it says the transmission is...
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    Cat D6R Jerking into reverse? Newbie question

    Well I got 'er bought so I'll keep this updated. Talked to Finning Cat and the service orders were for jumping into park randomly. First call they swapped out the park switch in the seat. Second call a month later changed out the priority valve spool. Seems to have worked fine since then. No...
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    Cat D6R Jerking into reverse? Newbie question

    14k hours. I don't know what if anything has been changed.
  13. BushWackerFarmer

    Cat D6R Jerking into reverse? Newbie question

    It's 4 hours away now. Was quite a drive today. Transmission oil looked new.
  14. BushWackerFarmer

    Cat D6R Jerking into reverse? Newbie question

    I'm looking for a farm dozer to clear some land. I looked at a 1997 D6R LGP today. I have a 210 Hyundai excavator so I know a bit about checking tracks and these ones are pretty good. Good enough for the 500 hours I'll need this machine for. It has fingertip controls and those seem to disengage...
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