Brought another D2 to life!

Randy,
There's a guy in Hartford that has a bunch of D2 parts for sale. He has an ad on Craigslist for all of it. His name is Neil (269 998 7275) and I'm pretty sure he has a thermostat housing in one of his storage trailers. Search Kalamazoo Craigslist for caterpillar D2 and you should find the ad.

My fear is that if your thermostat housing is cracked, there could be other things cracked too.:jaw:

Hi,
scans below describe oil pressure from Yellow Fathers view point.
You have no problem with Oil Pressure as these old Cats are low RPM and low stressed with big engine bearing areas.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Eddie B.

Just up load the video to Youtube and attach the link here

Rich,
Thanks for the info! Im going to give him a call. I had wondered the same thing, but was thinking vibration could have also caused the crack? The anti-freeze was nice and green, I didnt do a hydrometer test so i suppose it could have been off mixture.

Eddie,
Thanks for the info! I know they run slow but I wanted to make sure haha.

Drujinin,
Thanks, I'll see what i can do, will that post it on the B.B? or somewhere else? I see I can get pictures on here, I think I can figure that out... hopefully 😆

Randy

If you can wrench on a Cat you can post a pic, Where r u located

[quote="Steve A"]Randy

If you can wrench on a Cat you can post a pic, Where r u located[/quote]

Haha I suppose you're right 😆 I am in Berrien Springs, Michigan

D2 water jackets are prone to freeze cracking behind the Injection Pump Housing and the Pony Cylinders from what I've seen. I've never heard of a thermostat housing crack but it's possible. Usually the upper coolant tube flange will crack from stress or vibration, that's much weaker than the housing.