Hello -- new to forum -- helping a friend get his D9G going after sitting for 10 years. I finally got it started and it moves forward and back but believe it needs transmission fluid. Where is the dip stick and fill location on these old girls? Does it take SAE 30 weight oil? Tried downloading a manual but turned out to be another scam... Thanks in advance
most times a serial number is requested to get one the correct information
Under the seat 30 drive train oil. Bad Bob
thanks Bluox -- that's what I needed
A good NAPA store usually has it in stock...
perfect/thanks d9gdon man these retailers got the memo on inflation; i used to whine about $50 for a 5 gallon pail
https://buysinopec.com TO-4 30wt drive train oil on line delivered to your door is $89.00 a pail, I don't know where you are located but mine came out of NJ took a couple of days to arrive here in central Maine. I see you are in Denver, they have warehouses at various locations around the country so there may be one near you.
Fortunately i found it was full of transmission fluid after I got past two rats nests underneath the seat. Got the old girl running but super thirsty on hydraulic fluid Put in 10 gallons and the tank is only 15% full. It will grudgingly lock a track and turn on the left side but just barely on the right. The owner is thinking about scrapping it as not too much interest here locally in denver on craigslist. The big barrier is hauling costs --has a 15 foot blade so super expensive to get it moved. Any guesses on scrap value?
Where did all the hydraulic fluid disappear to? PM some info on it to me.
pretty bad leak out the blade hydraulic cylinders -- easily fixable; undercarrriage actually pretty decent but tensioners on the left side looks shot; tracks are loose
Just sell it for a bit under scrap price, he will then get way more than trying to scrap it. It cost labor and gas to scrap one unless you have a fancy huge chewing machine like seen on youtube. Scrapping equipment. Goes to show how not so tough they really are. Sad thing is I remember an equipment wrecking yard that would charge crazy price for some of those munched parts. I sort of liked the guys that owned it but they could be --------- on prices, even if you pulled it out of their scrap pile that was to be loaded on a truck.
If it’s been stood along time,the oil in these things tends to dissapear.With D8’s and D9’s, I’d be thinking of turning up to the party with 45gallon drums of oil.You’re lucky it wasn’t short on transmission oil.They will ruin a tranny pump in seconds if they’ve been stood.
The owner of the D9 might want to contact Jeff Anderson (Jpaydirt on YouTube). He runs an excavating business in Blackfoot, Idaho and seems to like collecting D9's since he has three of them right now.