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Before tear down, pressure test the cooling system and pull the oil pan. Look for coolant passing by (drippings, etc.) the cylinder liner packings (o-rings). If nothing, then maybe simple head gasket and head rebuild.

If dripping etc. could be an in frame rebuild vs. full engine pull, etc.

Some of us live in locations where pulling a trailer with a 350 Dozer on it requires federal carrier registration. I’m headed there tomorrow, crossing over into NWJD’s province, with $138 of permits in hand and a log book. That is the kind of trailer i’m Looking for. 17.5 rubber and 10k axles for b...

That trailer was a 20k gvrw Trail Max. 16k payload rating.

77 Ford wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 22, 2021 7:12 am

Congratulations on a project well completed.

Thank you so much sir! You were a big help and always replied! Thank you Thank you!

You can def. get that old girl up and going. I will take $, sweat, blood, and some cussing. Before you do anything, pressure test the cooling system, drop the oil pan, and inspect the wet sleeves. AKA make sure the wet sleeves are not leaking around the bottom "packings/orings" into the crank case. ...

Just wanted to say thank you all for all the help and guidance. I really appreciate it. Truly.

Check out the video below. Goodbye old girl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgF6tMnKzqU&t=6s

OP - the pictures of the drain plugs with the blue circles, you said you drained them and they are filled using the same location as you fill the transmission (the pipe with the transmission dipstick) ? are they also 1/2 drain plugs? I have the same dozer and it is over on a friends property so I d...

Update. Check out the link below! Video is from last weekend. I have installed the new amp gauge and hooked the new tach up as well. Both function as they should :D I have also installed the hard nose back on the machine, as well as the "fenders" and floorboards. Just need to clean up the hood and r...

Just my 2 cents. Get yourself a technical manual. It will really help you. Also, please perform some type of pressure test on the cooling system to verify your wet sleeve(s) are in good condition and not leaking by. The last thing you want is run the "new" machine with coolant contamination in the e...

There is no oil filter housing. The filter mounts direct to the block if there is no engine oil cooler. I think you have an engine oil cooler mounted between the oil filter and block on your engine. Yes it does have a seal washer. It is in the parts catalog, but not with the oil filter. You will ne...

If memory serves me right the blue plugs are part of the steering housing as well, for that little sump area, drain that as well. I cannot answer your questions about the turbo as I do not have one. I changed my alternator over to a Delco 10SI one wire alternator for simplicity and never looked bac...

Thank you very much B Town! The parts diagram in terms of the pump drive shaft was confusing me, but in reality it was more me not looking at it closely enough. Thank you for the clarification. I will take a photo of my exhaust elbow with the doughnut installed, see what you all think. I already hav...

Thank you sir! I will drop the two other plugs and see what comes out :shock: I will also look into the alternator you recommended. Does that mean I simply let all the other wires hang loose? Do I have to modify anything at the gauge cluster, etc. to make it work? I'll dig into this. Ok...another qu...

Thank you very much 77 Ford. I really appreciate the help. I am so glad I posted and I am so glad you lined me out. I had never drained the steering compartments. I was able to get to it this weekend and holy hell! Literally 2/3 gallons of water came out of each steering housing :shock: Plus another...

Thank you very much 77 Ford, I appreciate your help and guidance. HEF is legit. With that being said, should I fill the steering compartments separately even though I have the common sump conversion done? Or can I add everything through the trans filler tube/dipstick? The book says to add approx. 3 ...