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2 years 11 months ago #233633
by Catskat
Picked up this D2 today. I've been eyeing it for quite some time now. It was in a local vineyard about 1/2 mile from my house. It was missing a track and the other had only a bolt in the track link. Had trouble getting it to roll so I went ahead and removed the remaining track. Unfortunately the main engine seems to be stuck. The pony doesn't turn ether but it does just a little bit. The pinion and engagement clutch is all stuck engaged. So I believe the pony to be free but the main is keeping it from turning. Two weeks ago I picked another wide gauge D2 parts machine. I believe I will have most everything I will need to morph something together. This has mismatched numbers and it's actually a 3j that's been converted to a wide gauge. The final drive housings are a OD green color. I drove several hours Saturday to pick up a real nice set of tracks. So far I got about $900 into this project total. I have no plans to work this machine but I definitely like having them run if they occupy yard space. I'm definitely running out of space collecting these old cats. The last two pictures are of the parts machine. A freebie!
Ten, fifteen, D2-3j, D2-3j wide, D2-5j, RD-4 4g, D-7 7m, D8-2u.
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2 years 11 months ago #233643
by rax200
Nice find,
At least one tractor will live 👍 and not both of them go to scrap
Good save
Regards
Daryl
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2 years 11 months ago #233644
by Mike Meyer
Our inhouse computer expert "Neil" has been trying to find a decent set of rollers and frames for his D2, I wonder if you will have a good set spare from your 2 tractors, it wouldn't be that hard to move them across country with Neil's many buddies on ACMOC helping.....
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2 years 11 months ago #233649
by Catskat
These are the machines he's parting out. From what he said the orchard model has steering clutch issues. I purchased the tracks off of this one.
Ten, fifteen, D2-3j, D2-3j wide, D2-5j, RD-4 4g, D-7 7m, D8-2u.
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2 years 5 months ago #238367
by Catskat
Finally got this ole gal cleaned up and running. Spent the weekend with my kids at the Santa Margarita show. Had a excellent time!
Ten, fifteen, D2-3j, D2-3j wide, D2-5j, RD-4 4g, D-7 7m, D8-2u.
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