Thank you to all that helped me out on this project. I went out a measured the tracks and they were not in as good a shape as I thought they were about 50% I tried again to unstick the motor to no avail there was a d6r there and he pushed me back and I tried engaging the clutch to see if that might jar it and it did not the tracks just slid. A fellow showed up that I called last Fri. to see if they were interested in buying it to part out and he bought it. I may have made the wrong choice by doing so but a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
thanks again for all that contributed to my quest I am on to my next project who knows where that will be.
Ben

That happens a lot with undercarriage assessment.....looks good until ya get the measuring stick out:) Not a great loss....but you'd got more flak if it had been a 9U;)

I could definitly see a difference in the grousers when we were moving it around there I noticed one that was different. it turned out to be almost new and it really stood out.

I am a little dissappointed because I would have liked to see the thing running but that fellow saved me a lot of time and with winter coming on really fast I do have some other things pressing so.

speaking of other things I am going to start another thread I have problems with my d4 pony hopefully someone knows something about what it might be.

thanks again
Ben

old magnet.
you always have good advice and help many here on this site. i cannot agree
with your D6B opinion. i would throw rocks at a 9U over a B. this area is
littered with ag 9U's 47A's and 98J's. everyone of them are hot rodded to hell.
you will not find a 9U in this area under 125HP. they all have turbo's and
motor grader pumps turning 1800 RPM's. D6B's are cranked to over 140HP.
98J D5's will be 140 or up. they run there all day, day in and day out. i have
never known of a D6B to loose its bottom end or overheat without a serious
cause such as no oil or radiator issues.

i talked to my cat friend about the above. in his opinion they cannot be
compared. he said when you started running more horsepower, the B's or
the D333 would take it better than the 9U's D318. cranked D318's will wear
the timing gears due to the excessive RPM's. they are known to drop their
liners, when this happens your done. the block can be machined for an
insert but that will drop also in a matter of hours, due to a lack of material
in the block surface. if this happens, you will need to find a good block.

the B's D333 can also drop a liner as well as any engine. but cat has what
is nicknamed around here as a Z insert for the liners of the D333. i asked
my friend about the water pumps. he said he has only seen two of the
earlier style. the dealer in this area was on the spot to get them converted
to the later style before any farmers could have any problems. you drop a
liner in a B, your block can be repaired, you will not be looking for a block.

i have never known anyone who does not like the B, or the 9U as far as
that goes. there are two camps in this area. those who support the 9U and
those who favor the B. the majority goes towards the B. there are a few
idiots like myself who like the 98J, but the B wins hands down. unfortunately
not many of them still farming, challengers and wheel tractors have taken
over. you will find many repowered 9U's around here. i have seen one with
a 3306, most have detroits but i have yet to see a B repowered.

one thing they all share is the finals. the two 6's and the 5 running this kind
of HP limit the finals to 5000 hours. after 5000 hours you will be buying final
drive bearings.

found these!

What's to discuss, your comparing highly modified units, the fact the 9U's can withstand such alterations attests to their durability.

Can't even find a B in our area and there are damn few D4C's. Part of the reason is there weren't that many produced and the other is they went to the bone yard a long time ago. Not until the D333C engine version did reliability improve. The early engines with lighter castings along with the elimination of doweled bearings did most of them in.

In short, you won't find an early D330 or D333 anything in my stable:)