Reply to Tractorboy1:
Irolla: Your Caterpillar twenty two has problems that are typical to those tractors of that age.
All your problems can be resolved with some homework.
Your exhaust manifold can be fixed. Either with replacement parts that can be found either through
the bulletin board or through meeting people that have Cats. You can talk to Florin tractor in Sacramento Ca. If they don't have it they can tell you where to look!
Your fuel pump........is it on the tractor? If it is the reason why it is not hooked up is probably the rubber seal went bad. Ask Florin Tractor...... Yes the fuel pump is rebuildable! When you don't have a fuel pump working you can not climb steep hills with it because there is no way to get fuel to the carburator. Your tractor will work fine on flat ground.
The guages on your tractor are supposed to be a guage which has a beveled glass face to them.
Oil pressure and tempurature. If you want them back to original they can be rebuilt. If you don't care, you can put a smaller guage in the same hole. Yes they are available. You can check at the Cat dealer.
The gas tank..... Well back when they first came out with the twenty two, gasoline was expensive to use, so they started the cat on gas .......which is the cap coming out of the firewall. When the tractor warmed up they turned a lever which opened the big fuel tank which was kerosine and ran the cat on kerosine which was the cheaper fuel of the day!
Good luck with you project....... don't be afraid to ask questions there are plenty of people who can help.......
Tractorboy1
[quote="Tractorboy1"]Irolla: Your Caterpillar twenty two has problems that are typical to those tractors of that age.
All your problems can be resolved with some homework.
Your exhaust manifold can be fixed. Either with replacement parts that can be found either through
the bulletin board or through meeting people that have Cats. You can talk to Florin tractor in Sacramento Ca. If they don't have it they can tell you where to look!
Your fuel pump........is it on the tractor? If it is the reason why it is not hooked up is probably the rubber seal went bad. Ask Florin Tractor...... Yes the fuel pump is rebuildable! When you don't have a fuel pump working you can not climb steep hills with it because there is no way to get fuel to the carburator. Your tractor will work fine on flat ground.
The guages on your tractor are supposed to be a guage which has a beveled glass face to them.
Oil pressure and tempurature. If you want them back to original they can be rebuilt. If you don't care, you can put a smaller guage in the same hole. Yes they are available. You can check at the Cat dealer.
The gas tank..... Well back when they first came out with the twenty two, gasoline was expensive to use, so they started the cat on gas .......which is the cap coming out of the firewall. When the tractor warmed up they turned a lever which opened the big fuel tank which was kerosine and ran the cat on kerosine which was the cheaper fuel of the day!
Good luck with you project....... don't be afraid to ask questions there are plenty of people who can help.......
Tractorboy1[/quote]
Yes the fuel pump is there, just not hooked up. I have a feeling they took it out of the system due to problems. Will research the rebuild. Florin is not too far away from the tractor location.
The oil gauge is there but the temperature is gone. Will go down the path of CAT replacements. Do you happen to have part #s for the oil and temp CAT gauges? If not, I can ask the dealership.
The manifold is going to be the fun one. The bolts are very rusty. I put some oil on the threads before I left but I know it's going to take heat and a lot of patience not to break them off. The heat exchanger is also frozen, disconnected and the linkage and lever are gone. I know I don't need them where I'm located but it would be nice to replace to make it complete.
Fascinating about the two fuel tanks. That is what I love about older machines. They have linkage to days gone by and what life was like back then.
Larry