Well...it can be done with nothing more than a vice, a large hammer, some lube and some choice words! I made field repairs with those Cat re-usable fittings back in the 1980s and '90s on my D6Ds & D6H LGP.
Craig
You can buy a press for a large fortune or go the easy way and have a shop make hoses.
Some Cat stores won't use those fittings anymore.
The hose and fittings are the expensive part now.
If you give Cat the hose part number out of the parts book they will build you the correct hose.
Bob
[quote="bluox post=256706 userid=2232"]You can buy a press for a large fortune or go the easy way and have a shop make hoses.
Some Cat stores won't use those fittings anymore.
The hose and fittings are the expensive part now.
If you give Cat the hose part number out of the parts book they will build you the correct hose.
Bob
[/quote]
Thank you. I might just try to make one on my own and see how it goes before heading to Cat or a hose shop. By chance do you (or anyone) know the crimp-on equivalent of the old-style reusable straight fitting 3S7165?
[attachment=76373]straight fitting.jpg[/attachment]
[quote="bluox post=256706 userid=2232"]You can buy a press for a large fortune or go the easy way and have a shop make hoses.
Some Cat stores won't use those fittings anymore.
The hose and fittings are the expensive part now.
If you give Cat the hose part number out of the parts book they will build you the correct hose.
Bob
[/quote]
Thank you. I might just try to make one on my own and see how it goes before heading to Cat or a hose shop. By chance do you (or anyone) know the crimp-on equivalent of the old-style reusable straight fitting 3S7165?
[attachment=76373]straight fitting.jpg[/attachment]
[quote="ksliger post=256709 userid=17769"]
[quote="bluox post=256706 userid=2232"]You can buy a press for a large fortune or go the easy way and have a shop make hoses.
Some Cat stores won't use those fittings anymore.
The hose and fittings are the expensive part now.
If you give Cat the hose part number out of the parts book they will build you the correct hose.
Bob
Thank you. I might just try to make one on my own and see how it goes before heading to Cat or a hose shop. By chance do you (or anyone) know the crimp-on equivalent of the old-style reusable straight fitting 3S7165?
[attachment=76373]straight fitting.jpg[/attachment]
The number you gave is not a a fitting number.
As best I can tell the one in the picture is a XT-3 -12 -12 code 61 flange if it's a 6V4651.
I've kind of an amateur at this Cat hose work, only been doing it about 55 years and own a Cat hose press that does permanent and reusable fittings.
I have never heard of anyone trying to replace one with only a hammer and a vice so let me know how that turns out.
Bob[/quote]
[/quote]
[quote="ksliger post=256709 userid=17769"]
[quote="bluox post=256706 userid=2232"]You can buy a press for a large fortune or go the easy way and have a shop make hoses.
Some Cat stores won't use those fittings anymore.
The hose and fittings are the expensive part now.
If you give Cat the hose part number out of the parts book they will build you the correct hose.
Bob
Thank you. I might just try to make one on my own and see how it goes before heading to Cat or a hose shop. By chance do you (or anyone) know the crimp-on equivalent of the old-style reusable straight fitting 3S7165?
[attachment=76373]straight fitting.jpg[/attachment]
The number you gave is not a a fitting number.
As best I can tell the one in the picture is a XT-3 -12 -12 code 61 flange if it's a 6V4651.
I've kind of an amateur at this Cat hose work, only been doing it about 55 years and own a Cat hose press that does permanent and reusable fittings.
I have never heard of anyone trying to replace one with only a hammer and a vice so let me know how that turns out.
Bob[/quote]
[/quote]
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