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Old 955K engine

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16 years 10 months ago #7135 by Old Magnet
Replied by Old Magnet on topic Old 955K engine
Takes special tool (splined bolt) #5F8353 to remove combustion chambers.

Re-torque should be done after engine cools following one good work out at operating temperature. You state gaskets looked fine, I'm assuming you men head gasket. You stated earlier you were getting water in the cylinder, is that the case? Need to check out pre-com seals and check for pin hole as CC mentioned next.

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16 years 10 months ago #7137 by bob
Replied by bob on topic Old 955K engine
Driggers, belt driven pump should be a D330 4.5"bore engine. Pressed steel valve cover should be a D330C 4.75" bore engine( very similar to 3304).
The aluminium valve cover is held on by 4 long 3/8" bolts in the center, the pressed steel one is held on by many short 5/16" bolts in the outside flange.
Later Bob

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16 years 10 months ago #7142 by Old Magnet
Replied by Old Magnet on topic Old 955K engine
D330 Normally Aspirated engine picture.

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16 years 10 months ago #7146 by rusted
Replied by rusted on topic Old 955K engine
The serial # quoted indicates a '67 build, the same year the "c" series engines appeared...so it may well be.

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16 years 10 months ago #7156 by Old Magnet
Replied by Old Magnet on topic Old 955K engine
With the cylinder head off, go measure the bore...then you'll know for sure.

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16 years 10 months ago #7177 by driggars
Replied by driggars on topic Old 955K engine

With the cylinder head off, go measure the bore...then you'll know for sure.

OK guys, thanks for the help, I decided to take the head to the head machine shop, they magnufluxed it and it has a crack running all the way right thru the middle of all the pre-combustion chambers. the cylider where the water was coming out you could see the crack by eye.
So, $1100.00 they are gonna completly rebuild the head including fixing the cracks, new combustion chambers, injectors, valves guides and so on. This was a virgin head, so they said it makes it better since they cut out all the areas that are cracked, fill in then machine the head. only problem, it takes two weeks, LOL
Clint

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16 years 10 months ago #7179 by ccjersey
Replied by ccjersey on topic Old 955K engine
Ouch!

I think I would find another one and start over.

D2-5J's, D6-9U's, D318 and D333 power units, 12E-99E grader, 922B & 944A wheel loaders, D330C generator set, DW20 water tanker and a bunch of Jersey cows to take care of in my spare time:D

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16 years 10 months ago #7181 by AJ.
Replied by AJ. on topic Head
Have you found the cause of the heating that caused the cracking,bit of a waste of time and money to put a head back on and not have found the reason,while waiting for the head I would remove the radiator,take off the tanks to see if the tubes are nice and clean,if not "rod" them and put the pressure washer on each one, I'v had machines come to my place with heating problmes and been told that the rads had been repaired at rad shops only to find when the tanks were removed that too many tubes had been blocked off rather than the core replace, few tubes don't matter but there is a limit,you should also check the liner protrusion, if you have a low liner hot compression will leak into the coolant from the cylinder and cause overheating very quickly,you may need someone that has experience to check the liner protrusion for you,if you have a low one the liner will have to be removed and the seat recut.there has to be a reason for the heating so you need to find it before you put the head back.
AJ

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16 years 10 months ago #7189 by Old Magnet
Replied by Old Magnet on topic Old 955K engine
I was just assuming that there was an overheat scenario involved with the water pump failure. I don't think I would reuse that head.....a crack across all the pre-com chamber cavities is pretty severe. Yes, there are those that claim they can repair em but will they guarantee the work for longer than a tail light warranty?? There should be plenty of D330's around to chose from as they were not one of Cat's finest engines.

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16 years 10 months ago #7190 by SJ
Replied by SJ on topic Heads
Welding shops that repair cracked heads are few & far between esp. good ones but from the dealer we used to send all our heads to a place in Brooklyn NY & he even came & picked them up & over the years he did probably 100s or more heads for us & we never had one that didn,t hold up and no matter how bad they were you couldn,t tell hardly where they were fixed.We also sent bad blocks to him & he did a good job on them too.To find a good shop could be a challenge & one close by so maybe a used head would be the way to go.Cat has an exchange head program but probably is quite expensive.

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