[AT] repower your tractor

[H. L. Staples]

Hi John as to understanding the workings of the engine I do not.  but I don
t know how a computer works either (not fully).

Your story of the repowered loader reminds me of the guy that charged a big
fee for hitting something with a hammer. 

H. L.  
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: JParks
Date: 04/07/06 06:41:47
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] repower your tractor
 
HL
Excellent site....Thanks for posting it.....
I like the concept, but I can't say that I understand the details of the
workings of the engine, and the mere mention of "needle valves" scares the
hell-outa-me, especially when combined with water (and the visions of rust
in my mind) but that fear is based on carburetor experience (or
inexperience) and not superheated steam.  I wouldn't be opposed to
repowering an old TD6 or TD9 with something like the external combustion
engine!
 
The "repower" subject reminded me of an IH user I communicated with over in
India years ago, who had a fleet of old Cat D4's and TD9 crawlers, all
repowered with British Leyland mid-size truck engines. Efficiency can be in
the eye of the beholder.  While a truck engine may not be any more efficient
than the original, the old Cat D4's and the TD9s were certainly more
efficient running and working than they would have been sitting behind the
shop rusting to dust.
 
I don't do much repowering, but was certainly impressed with a repower job
that showed up at my doorstep earlier this week.  I got an old Michigan 75
wheel loader.  The previous owner was tired of fighting a leaking converter
pump and sold it to me.  It had been repowered with an Oliver diesel
(replacing the Waukesha 190 engine that would have been original to this
machine.)  Whomever did the repower job had some talent and put some thought
into the conversion.  It was seamless!  You had to look very close to
discover that this engine was not a factory option for the loader.  Without
some previous experience with this particular model, I probably wouldn't
have given it any notice at all and just assumed it was original.
 
(by the way.........it only took about an hour to replace the bad pump with
another I had laying around, put some more oil back into the machine, and
test drive..........It is back up and running beautifully with no leaks and
great power)
 
John Parks
Boise, ID
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From: "H. L. Staples" <hlstaples at mcloudteleco.com>
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This is an interesting approach to external combustion engineering.
 
  http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/04/updating_the_st.html
 
Take a look if you like.
 
H. L. Staples
McLoud, Oklahoma
USA
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