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Thank you V64Paul, greatly appreciated for that link.

My Cat D6b 571 pipe layer in Australia #62a375 does anyone know it's age and origin?

Hi Tony, yep, replacing seals and tapered bearing, the hard facing is worn. Thanks for the info, I'll ponder a solution to the wire, there is mountains of wire on the boundaries of my place, it is such a nuisance whether on bike dozer or horseback, gradually getting rid of it.
Cheers
Nic

Hi, I'm just replacing my final drive inner seals due to damage caused by fencing wire entanglement. Does any one have a design or ideas on the fitting of something that will prevent the entry of wire into the bellows area? Would fitting of a number of outer edge sharpened rectangular steel bars to ...

Hi Dajocat, yep I agree, it looks like it's not meant for pushing heavy material, in that it doesn't seem to swing.
Nice looking pipe laying setup eh.
Cheers
Nic

Hi Dajocat I would love to see the pics you have .
Cheers
Nick

Gday Bertus, yes I would love to see them. Did you have a nice Easter, I did, pushing a track for soil tests today.
Cheers Nic

Goodo Bertus, would you know thermal operating temperature for thos engines in F or C, I get paranoid about overheating engines, I'm fitting a Murphy temp gauge (give an audible alert when it reaches it's set temp) after Easter.
Cheers mate
Nic

[i]hi Bertus, Once again thank you for your great advice and knowledge, it's gratifying to find out the unknown about our machine (my son went halves with me), just knowing the year 1967 is a big help, apart from the othe information you gave. I'm going out to the dozer this arvo, so will check out ...