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MetalmanD69U
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Can anyone tell me if the D13000 engine will fit into a D69U?
There are 3 of these engine coming up at an auction, but the sale is quite a distance away and I do not want to travel there just to find out that model of engine is too large for the '9U chassis. Another question; are the D13000 fitted with electric start? I have not been able to sell my Cat, so would like to repower and also have electric start.
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Wed, May 27, 2009 9:13 PM
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That would be some mechanical feat to stuff one of those in a D6 9U, really don't think that would work, seeing it's designed for a D8 tractor, stationary applications like powering a sawmill, genset and marine applications.
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Wed, May 27, 2009 9:27 PM
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That would be some mechanical feat to stuff one of those in a D6 9U, really don't think that would work, seeing it's designed for a D8 tractor, stationary applications like powering a sawmill, genset and marine applications.
I would recommend a no no as it,s too big and long to start with and a much slower RPM engine and the higher torque would tear things up in the drive train.Adaptinng the clutch to the trans. would be a nightmare.
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Thu, May 28, 2009 1:38 AM
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I would recommend a no no as it,s too big and long to start with and a much slower RPM engine and the higher torque would tear things up in the drive train.Adaptinng the clutch to the trans. would be a nightmare.
Thank you gentlemen, you have saved me a long trip.
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Thu, May 28, 2009 7:13 AM
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Lets not be to hasty here-if you add a longer roller frame & add some extra road wheels so as not to tip it on its nose you might have a real go gettin heinz 57..the rpm can be overcome w/ big gear in & little one out & a set of modern rubber tracks you could pull a big field cultivator @ warp speed..😄
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Thu, May 28, 2009 9:22 AM
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Lets not be to hasty here-if you add a longer roller frame & add some extra road wheels so as not to tip it on its nose you might have a real go gettin heinz 57..the rpm can be overcome w/ big gear in & little one out & a set of modern rubber tracks you could pull a big field cultivator @ warp speed..😄
the d318 is a common engine and is cheap to make electric start. what is wrong with yours???

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Thu, May 28, 2009 9:38 AM
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the d318 is a common engine and is cheap to make electric start. what is wrong with yours???

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Hi, MetalmanD69U.
I'm with the rest of the comments here. THAT would be one AMBITIOUS re-power. How-wevver, Tanker does have a point. It would really be something to hook a multiple plow arrangement behind and massacre a field - or 6.

It would also raise some eyebrows at machinery shows and you'd really gettem goin' at redneck tractor pulls.
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Thu, May 28, 2009 12:27 PM
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Hi, MetalmanD69U.
I'm with the rest of the comments here. THAT would be one AMBITIOUS re-power. How-wevver, Tanker does have a point. It would really be something to hook a multiple plow arrangement behind and massacre a field - or 6.

It would also raise some eyebrows at machinery shows and you'd really gettem goin' at redneck tractor pulls.
I can hear it already. .rumble rumble crunch crunch crack BANG!! 😮
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Thu, May 28, 2009 7:48 PM
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I can hear it already. .rumble rumble crunch crunch crack BANG!! 😮
Ol' Grump, Look on the bright side , The rumble, rumble would have been pretty impressive just before the crunch BANG!!.ian.
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Fri, May 29, 2009 10:45 AM
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Ol' Grump, Look on the bright side , The rumble, rumble would have been pretty impressive just before the crunch BANG!!.ian.
Hi, MetalmanD69U.
There is a gentleman not far from where I live who fitted a D17000 V8 diesel into an 8R D8. This was a conversion that Peterson Engineering did on the later 2U's and 13A's to make more powerful pusher tractors. As far as I know, it was not done commercially with the 8R series D8's. This jigger gets a LOT of interest at shows around this way.

Imagine the looks your idea would get if you went ahead and did it.

But why stop there with half a job?

Why not do as Tanker suggested, lengthen the track frames and beef them up a bit, add an extra track roller or two, beef up the front idler bearings, widen the main frame from the bell housing forward, get a bigger radiator for it and the hard nose to match, fabricate your own bell housing to match


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and then drop a D17000 in there?

'course, you would have to be careful how you engaged the master clutch each time when under any sort of load lest the transmission or the back end self-destructed but it sure would turn heads.

And it would give a rumble to frighten the daylights out of ol' Grump.

LOL.
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Sat, May 30, 2009 6:26 AM
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Hi, MetalmanD69U.
There is a gentleman not far from where I live who fitted a D17000 V8 diesel into an 8R D8. This was a conversion that Peterson Engineering did on the later 2U's and 13A's to make more powerful pusher tractors. As far as I know, it was not done commercially with the 8R series D8's. This jigger gets a LOT of interest at shows around this way.

Imagine the looks your idea would get if you went ahead and did it.

But why stop there with half a job?

Why not do as Tanker suggested, lengthen the track frames and beef them up a bit, add an extra track roller or two, beef up the front idler bearings, widen the main frame from the bell housing forward, get a bigger radiator for it and the hard nose to match, fabricate your own bell housing to match


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and then drop a D17000 in there?

'course, you would have to be careful how you engaged the master clutch each time when under any sort of load lest the transmission or the back end self-destructed but it sure would turn heads.

And it would give a rumble to frighten the daylights out of ol' Grump.

LOL.
When I was in Saudi Arabia (July 2002) I saw a D6 with a Cat truck V8. I think it was a 3408, it did not have any markings on it. They were using it to pull a weird looking trailer loaded with bags of drilling mud. The operator, an American, said it worked OK, but ate steering clutches like a kid eating M&M's. Could be because of the constant dust in the air. When it rains there it rains mud and that is an experience you can't forget.😮
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