JD 450 in Sweden

pop pop · Post by **pop pop** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:05 pm

ulf, i just remembered reading about the oversea's models that were assembled in germany and had perkins 3 cyl, engines,, i was reading your posts but now i see your at seven pages so i didn't take the time to see if you've positively identified the motor.,,,also,what does fuel cost in sweden?

D557017 · Post by **D557017** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:01 pm

Hello, my machine is Dubuque made and the engine is a T32342 202cui
4 cylinder diesel.
3 cyl. perkins in JD 450? Are you sure?
Fuel prices today are 11,47 kr /liter for diesel and 12,01 kr/ liter for gasoline.
That translates to 6,22 dollars/ gallon for diesel and 6,52 dollars/gallon for gasoline.
However, diesel was 14,50 kr / liter just last summer, prices go up and down like crazy for some reason.

Ulf

Tigerhaze · Post by **Tigerhaze** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:08 am

Hi Ulf-

Gasoline around my parts (one of the cheaper areas in the U.S.) is around $2.15/gallon, slightly less for dyed diesel and slightly more for on-road diesel.

It certainly is an eye-opener to see fuel prices in Europe

D557017 · Post by **D557017** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 10:45 am

You should consider yourselfes lucky with those fuelprices, must be at least 25 years ago that we had prices that low in Sweden.

Being a musclecar enthusiast i also envy your spareparts prices, when i look at for example Summit, prices in Sweden are twice as high.

Dare i ask how much a regular worker earns in the USA?

Tigerhaze · Post by **Tigerhaze** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:24 pm

D557017 wrote:Dare i ask how much a regular worker earns in the USA?

The Federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, but skilled Union craft labor can earn up to four to six times that amount.

hugo · Post by **hugo** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:45 pm

hi,

I live in the Netherlands and i have a 3 cilinder diesel 350 dozer.
it has a Bosch injector pump.
I don't know precisely what kind of engine i have. there is just to mutch paint on the machine thanks to the previous owner.

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hugo

D557017 · Post by **D557017** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:25 pm

Tigerhaze: that`s quite a large span, but what would be average?
I would say that a average Swedish worker makes about 3550 dollars a month, and after taxes he gets 2500 dollars left.

hugo: nice to hear from someone on my side of the Atlantic, even if Holland isn´t exactly next door.
I´m sure that if you take some more photos one of the gurus here will identifie your engine.

Yesterday i finally got the seals for the bucket cylinder, had to have them specialmade so i took a while.
Noticed that the piston was a bit bent, so i asked a friend to help me press it straight, but as soon as he put some pressure on it, the darned thing snapped into two pieces, so now i have a bunch of special made seals, and a piston in two pieces.

So i made some calls, but all i could locate was metric pistons, no inch diameter.

D557017 · Post by **D557017** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:35 am

Managed to find a used cylinder for a Cat of some sort, took the piston out of it and shortend it to fit in my bucketcylinder, so that problem is solved, still looking for a "quick mount"
This is what my old bucket piston looks like:

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