terex herder
Senior Member
I looked at a '96 FLD120 today. 3406, 5EK. It has seen little use for last 7 years, clock shows 420K, overall condition looks like could be correct. Engine started good and sounded good from the start. No smoke on snap throttle. I took it for a drive, rolls coal hard for a short bit on acceleration. I kinda figured that as some previous owner had a smoke mirror on driver's side. Oil was sludgy on initial check.
After test drive there was quite a bit of moisture in the vapor coming out of the oil filler tube. My first thought is lower sleeve o-rings are shot. Any other thoughts? Cheap fix, or new sleeves?
After test drive there was quite a bit of moisture in the vapor coming out of the oil filler tube. My first thought is lower sleeve o-rings are shot. Any other thoughts? Cheap fix, or new sleeves?