D7 3T, Hour Meter / Track Wear

Here in California most all Cats got used and some were along the line the hour meter has stopped working and nobody cared it seems.I at one time had a big can full of hour meters and pieces as a junk yard I frequented didn't care about such parts unless they were going to sell as a running engine and I never put the right parts together to make one work correctly.Tracks can give you a idea but the soil it was used in makes a lot of difference as well as was it pulling or was it pushing and then running in reveres almost as much as forward.I was told by junkyard people ware on peddles and linkages are as good as any indicator. Farm tractors are much easier to guess than constitutions tractor I would think because they are more apt to stay in the same conditions.Now there have been some that show up here in the for sale section from the east coast that have been barn stored for 50 of there 60 plus years that show a 1000 or 2000 hours that maybe correct for that machine.But here in the west I don't here of any barn stored tractors.Good hunting for clues on how much your machine has done.

Here in California most all Cats got used and some were along the line the hour meter has stopped working and nobody cared it seems.I at one time had a big can full of hour meters and pieces as a junk yard I frequented didn't care about such parts unless they were going to sell as a running engine and I never put the right parts together to make one work correctly.Tracks can give you a idea but the soil it was used in makes a lot of difference as well as was it pulling or was it pushing and then running in reveres almost as much as forward.I was told by junkyard people ware on peddles and linkages are as good as any indicator. Farm tractors are much easier to guess than constitutions tractor I would think because they are more apt to stay in the same conditions.Now there have been some that show up here in the for sale section from the east coast that have been barn stored for 50 of there 60 plus years that show a 1000 or 2000 hours that maybe correct for that machine.But here in the west I don't here of any barn stored tractors.Good hunting for clues on how much your machine has done.

hi Team,
the meter counter can be removed by soaking the crud away from the counter body and gently levering at the cut out section on the counter end plate.
Clean the counter with kero or similar--be gentle as with age oil reacts with the paint on the counter wheels so it can soften and come off.
Lube with light oil on the counter mechanism itself and use high temperature grease on the main gear wheel and drive worm.
The drive worm shaft should just pull out--dry grease may make this task a bit harder so use loose juice.
The drive shaft spigot housing should come out of the main body of the meter by holding it gently in protected vice jaws and twisting and pulling at the same time via the main body. There is an oil seal in this part to keep oil from the Governor housing out.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Eddie B.