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Checking Engine rpm on D6 9U

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First Cat
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I would like to check the high and low idle rpm's. I have a digital tach and the tape to mark with for reading. How and where is the best place to do this and what kind of conversion would I need to use to figure. I know the service manual shows using a dial type tach at the hour meter .

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Fri, Sep 7, 2018 8:41 AM
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Can you get to the crankshaft front pulley relatively easy?
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How about opening the clutch cover on the floor board to access the driveshaft to the transmission?
Either place wouldn't require a math conversion.
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Fri, Sep 7, 2018 6:31 PM
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Can you get to the crankshaft front pulley relatively easy?
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How about opening the clutch cover on the floor board to access the driveshaft to the transmission?
Either place wouldn't require a math conversion.
Front crank pulley will be just fine.
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Fri, Sep 7, 2018 7:22 PM
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Front crank pulley will be just fine.
I have a old hand held Stewart Warner so I thought everybody did.lol My dad was not a mechanic or tool guy,but did custom harvesting back in the day when the customer was right.


If you read rpm at the hour meter it is half engine speed,on a Cat 318 as in the 9u D6.
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Sat, Sep 8, 2018 2:26 AM
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