Thanks Kshansen. I'll try them Monday. Local hydraulic shop says they might be able to weld it. I have 3 of these now. I'll post serial numbers next week if you want to see if any were yours. Thanks Randy
Tell Mark Ken gave you his name. They are a small shop near us and they work on a lot of old equipment. They were Cat people back when your 980 was fresh from Peoria Ill.
We did have a few 980's over the years plain 980's,B's,C, Now have 980 G's and one 980K. I'm sure some of the old ones are out there somewhere, maybe overseas.
Used to have many 966's and 988's around New York State. If you have any 966's put them in an auction like Iron Planet. It shocked me how much some of the 966C's our company sold in the last couple years brought in. Not needing to run or even be assembled with tires and you could get $5,000!!