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I'm torn. I need a runner, not a project Its kinda tough to buy something 48 years old and not expect it to be a project. However the price of these classic pieces of iron can sometimes justify purchasing them over something much newer if just for personal light to medium duty work. Like many other...

This may be a dumb question. But did you check and make sure it's oil, and not the remains of a can of "stop leak" some one may have dumped in? I've used stop leak in gas engines and ran them for years and it never was as thick and black as goop I pulled out of that crawlers radiator. It definately...

I know when gas engines lose a head gasket, there's white smoke coming from the exhaust. There was no white smoke coming out of the exhaust, just black smoke, but after it ran for a good 20 min. it cleared up. It seemed to have plenty of power. I pushed two full size round hay bales (1500 lbs apiece...

Greetings all. I posted today in the for sale/parts section regarding a 2010 diesel dozer I went to look at yesterday in Sedro Wooley, WA. state. It had oil in the radiator, before starting, about three inches thick. After starting and driving around for about an hour I rechecked it and it was 4 inc...

Hello everyone. New to the forum and looking for a dozer to buy. Must be JD ...of course! I found this one on craigslist: http://skagit.craigslist.org/grq/3569722636.html Its in Sedro Wooley, WA state. I went and checked it out yesterday and here is what I found: 4cyl. diesel, 6 way blade, 12volt st...