977L Getting New Life

977L s/n's are located on the rear face of the bevel gear case (rear of tractor), in the operator's compartment on the lower right hand dash and the plate on the left hand side of the cylinder block. If all that fails remove the hose and have it duplicated by Cat or a capable hydraulic shop.

Thank you. I did exactly that - took the hoses off and had them replicated.

Now I need to try and track down the auto-leveling valve body (P/N 8J84). Any good sources for old CAT parts?

Try here, also a good source to check for other parts..
https://www.machinerytrader.com/parts/search?page=1&partnumber=8j0084&searchtype=starts-with

@Old Magnet - thank you very much for the tip on Machinery Trader - I was able to get the parts i needed in under a week.

Another quick question - is there a way to bypass the auto leveler while I await other parts?

Hi, motoman.
2 other sources for parts are Florin Tractors in Sacramento, CA: (916)383-0317

and Tractorparts in Boise, Idaho.: http://tractorparts.com/

Just my 0.02.