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    Komatsu D31a-16

    Is it the rod , number 8 . Part number 114-72-21720 same part is used on the "P" model
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    Komatsu D31a-16

    Probably can find it , can you show a picture of it and the Dozer model number
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    Section for komatsu d20,21 and similar grey market dozers

    Its probably a glow plug indicator , when it glows your plugs are to .
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    Komatsu D21A-6 right side track jammed

    Hour meter must have been turned off or replaced . 900 hours is very little time on a dozer . Unless the machine has been drowned maybe , it still should be in a very good condition .
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    Caterpillar D4D aligning track roller frame with sprocket.

    Have you had the dozer for an extended time and was the problem with the tracks showing when you first got it ? It could have a bent dead shaft or broken one .
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    Cat D4D Questions

    Serious collectors tractor , cheap at 10,000
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    Barn find Hyster D7N winch

    The letter refers to a series of winches , nothing to do with the model of dozer . N series were made for (early) D4's and D7's , probably D6's to . The D series were made in a range to fit at least D47U and D7 3 , 4 T and 17a. The D series pretty simple to work on . A lot of the parts from the...
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    Epic 17A dead shaft fail

    Nah , the end of the shaft sits in the housing , that is the nut between 13 and 14 though
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    Flooded cat d5g

    If the dozer was drained and started after the flooding it should be no different to any machine sitting for an extended period . Water should go to the bottom unless the things been run with water present .
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    Flooded cat d5g

    I would slaken off every drain plug on it to see it there is any water present . 20 years sitting water may have found it's way in and it needs to be drained . That can be done without losing most of the oil . That oil become the flushing oil and needs to be changed as it has a 4 year shelf...
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    Help Me Decide on New Dozer

    I think Caterpiller has been trading on its name far too long . Family who had the NZ outlet lost it for various reasons . Market share dropped head over heals and its going to be a slog to recover if it can . New Son In-law has an area he's working on doing just that . Being able to fix the...
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    Help Me Decide on New Dozer

    A quick cauculation on hire and transport of a dozer big enough to remove a D155 had me purchase another . You have enough work for two .
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    Anyone have a Komatsu D155 Cheat Sheet on the Models

    This parts book covers every model , there are many changes within a model range . Serial number range has that covered . Examples of a change is the steering levers change from console levers to side leavers , still a D155A-1 . D155A-2's start out with one motor then change to another , still a...
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    Help Me Decide on New Dozer

    What size trees are you dealing with and are they on steep ground , it can be fun hung up behind a tree you can't reverse back from with the root system caught between the back of the blade and radiator , big is better . When the tree's are gone is the ground to be cultivated . Dragging a set...
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    Komatsu K31A-16 Fuel lifting Pump

    Thats a high flow pump close to 20 times more flow than needed and expensive .
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