[AT] Need TD18A moving advice

[JParks]

Jim....Sorry I missed the original message on this or could have perhaps
responded to you faster.  If you have the availability of getting something
to wrestle the machine around with, and a lowboy on which to load it, you
should be alright.  The steering clutches are probably frozen which will
restrict any steering but an old D6 or D7 sized machine with a blade will
still be able to out wrestle the TD18A and keep it squared up.  Push the
flywheel clutch lever (extreme LH lever) forward and the engine will be
disconnected from the drive train. (trans and final drives)

Do not think about disassembling the final drives to make this move.  I have
the PDF files on IH final drive removal  (all of them from TD6 thru the
TD18's) on the web that you can download.  I have them with my part number
interchanges.  To access them go to www.tractorparts.com, bottom of the page
and sign on to the Heavy Duty Part Number Interchanges access to get a
password (automatically sent to you by the server) and go the International
Interchanges.  You will see the PDF files to download for your particular
machine.

If you need any additional info or help, you can call me at work.  1 800 531
9021

John Parks
Boise, ID
----- Original Message -----
From: <D8RMAN at aol.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Need TD18A moving advice


>
> Jim, I don't have a manual to scan but I wanted to comment that you are
> probably not going to find out if anything is frozen until you start to
winch or
> push it onto a lowboy. Maybe John Parks can help you on the manual final
drive
>  scan. What state is it in? I would say the more rain that has fallen on
it
> (like  western WA.) would have helped to rust it up but if it is in sunny
and
> dry  southern CA. it may not be frozen. Good Luck, Willard Smith
>
> All:
>
> I'm a complete newbie to your list, but I'm in desperate  need of fast
> advice: I've found a TD18A dozer, sitting out in a field, that  I can pick
up
> for next to nothing. It's complete (even the headlights are  unbroken!)
> except for the starter motor, and has about 1400 hours on it.  Here're the
> problems: 1)it's been sitting for at least 15 years, and 2) it  needs to
be
> out of there in two weeks, or they will cut it up for scrap. I  can't let
> that happen!
>
> I need advice on how to move it. I've heard  that the axles connecting the
> transmission to the final drive can be  removed, but I'm not sure exactly
how
> to do that. I don't have time to find  and order a manual... I can rent
> something big to push it around, and a  low-boy to haul it, but I need the
> tracks to roll. I'm assuming that the  brakes are locked at this point,
> although I don't know for  sure.
>
> Here's my hope: can somebody out there scan an exploded parts  view of the
> final drive and e-mail it to me? I'm going back out to look at  it again
on
> Saturday, so anything that I can have by then would be  swell!
>
> Please send anything you have (or feel free to ask questions or  send
> advice!)
>
> Thanks!
>
> JIM  :)
>
>
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