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2 years 2 weeks ago #242363
by Jack
Over the years I've gotten pretty familiar with the inner workings of a 3T. As I recall, there are three sumps in that engine, and a stack of oil pumps, seems there were four or five, with a series of flow valves that ensure the pumps that have oil, where ever they are, will supply the system. I guessed that 80 degrees slope, nose up or down, would keep the system full of oil as long as the oil didn't spill out someplace...
Be sure your brakes are working ok forward or reverse. I've heard of Cats that would fight against you in reverse rather than assist as ey are supposed to. Mine did not do that, in part because I had to reline them to get any brake at all on one side.
Lateral stability was pretty good, but if the down-hill side dug into soft ground you could find yourself hooking a knee around the throttle pedestal just to stay in the seat.
All things considered, I think the 3T was a pretty good machine.
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