Reply to edb:
Hi George,
to drain the actual Torque Con. Rotating Housing that is within the main T/C outer housing that is drained by its big lower drain plug, you will need remove the T/C scavenge pump, inside there you will find a ring of bolts that retain the big alloy T/C Impeller to the steel T/C rotating housing.
Only Two of the bolt holes are drilled right thru to the inside of the oil compartment of the housing.
Around the side of the steel rotating housing should be 2 markings, opposite each other, with DRAIN stamped into the rotating housing steel case--the 2 opposite bolts that align to the stamped DRAIN need to be removed to drain some 4-5 gallons of oil from the actual T/C Rotating Housing.
Early units had an Allen head plug or two in the side of the case but these were nasty to try and remove.
If you did not drain the T/C rotating housing previously then this is a likely source of most of the current discolouration you have as it now seems not all of the system's contaminated oil was drained previously.
You will need to de-compress the engine and turn it so as to locate and remove the two Drain bolts, set one bolt hole at around the six o'clock position to drain the case--Refit BOTH bolts after draining.
There is no need to refill the T/C as when you start up again it will refill itself safely.
BUT, be sure to put around 2 gallons of oil into the main outer T/C housing for the Scavenge Pump to pump until the T/C housing refills and starts to leak the required oil to keep the Scav. Pump lubricated so as it does not seize up.
Cheers,
Eddie B.
[quote="edb"]Hi George,
to drain the actual Torque Con. Rotating Housing that is within the main T/C outer housing that is drained by its big lower drain plug, you will need remove the T/C scavenge pump, inside there you will find a ring of bolts that retain the big alloy T/C Impeller to the steel T/C rotating housing.
Only Two of the bolt holes are drilled right thru to the inside of the oil compartment of the housing.
Around the side of the steel rotating housing should be 2 markings, opposite each other, with DRAIN stamped into the rotating housing steel case--the 2 opposite bolts that align to the stamped DRAIN need to be removed to drain some 4-5 gallons of oil from the actual T/C Rotating Housing.
Early units had an Allen head plug or two in the side of the case but these were nasty to try and remove.
If you did not drain the T/C case previously then this is a likely source of most of the current discolouration you have as it now seems not all of the system's contaminated oil was drained previously.
You will need to de-compress the engine and turn it so as to locate and remove the two Drain bolts, set one bolt hole at around the six o'clock position to drain the case--Refit BOTH bolts after draining.
There is no need to refill the T/C as when you start up again it will refill itself safely.
BUT, be sure to put around 2 gallons of oil into the main outer T/C housing for the Scavenge Pump to pump until the T/C housing refills and starts to leak the required oil to keep the Scav. Pump lubricated so as it does not seize up.
Cheers,
Eddie B.[/quote]
Hi Eddie,
Thank you for the above info... I ran it again today for 40 minutes got it warm and dumped the torque converter and the transmission plug... I estimate at least 33-34 gallons came out and it was nasty looked like baileys Irish cream... I can't believe that it was brand new to-4 50 weight and within 4 hours it looks that bad... Didn't want to chance anything and am dumping it and putting fresh in and if that is bad will dump it again until oil looks good....
Dozer is working wonderfully and I am not using my brakes and got the hang of slowing down with the decelerator and switching the power shift...
My steering clutches work but probably need adjusting... I am not sure but when I go left I pull the steering clutch lever and it needs the brake to really make it move in that direction. I want to only slightly correct steering when in gear either 1st or 2nd.. It seems that the right moves better and reverse moves the best...Not sure if the clutches need to be replaced as the age but she definitely can be steered but am getting to begin to get the hang of it... Any suggestions would be helpful and any real videos to show how to not stress the machine... I fix her so I want to be good to her...Cheers...