350 Case Crawler Service Manual
Case 350 Crawler Dozer
Sep 14, 2016 - I sourced an old original 350 owners manual and hobbs hour meter to replace the busted one. I also bought a handfull of 48W LED's however. Service Manual (SVC) - The service manual (a.k.a. Shop manual or Repair manual) tells you how to take the Case Crawler apart, fix it, and put it back together. It is written in the language of a mechanic and may include valuable detailed information such as specifications, torques, ranges, etc. Italian ib language b guide 2016. Yamaha super tenere maintenance manual.
Im going to make this my dedicated restoration thread in hopes that it may help someone. My machine started as a $1400 craigslist special. Upon the guy first starting the machine and pushing on the ground with the bucket to lift the machine; it promptly blew a hydraulic line; not exactly what you want to see on a first time purchase.
Got her home and proceeded to dangerously unload it from the trailer. The reason I say dangerously is because when you press on the brake, the bands are not adjusted the same, it grabs the right track first and then the left. In short; I went down the ramps straight, then I turned 45ยบ and fell off the trailer.
Thankfully nothing was hurt. Parts have all rolled in, total cost so far is about $1000. Not so bad IMO. There is going to have to be some creativity involved fitting the aftermarket radiator and transmission cooler. I sourced an old original 350 owners manual and hobbs hour meter to replace the busted one. I also bought a handfull of 48W LED's however once they arrived, I checked their actual power and its only 21.6W @ 100% efficient. Needless to say, I have opened a case against them.
Worst part about this is I have to work 7 days a week for the next few weeks. No time to tear it down.
Finally got some room to breathe from work and decided to break into the loader. I drove it up close to my container (shop) and started by chaining the loader up to the ROP. After getting all the big stuff out of the way, I noticed there was a little bit of milkshake on the valves, AND the bolt behind the water pump was GONE, therefore someone has very likely rebuild this engine at one point.
I got the exhaust manifold off without removing the injector lines by pulling the rear stud out and hinging it up and out. The only reason I did this was because I thought I heard a cylinder missing when it ran. Fired it up without the manifold and cylinder 1 was hissing and shooting raw fuel. I diagnosed a burnt valve.
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However with it being an N/A diesel, this was highly unlikely. Turns out it was. Ordered a valve kit, hoping the seat isn't ruined. Has anyone ever seen this failure on an NA diesel? Since I didn't get a chance to machine a liner puller today, I decided to tackle the lack of 1st gear.
I had to wiggle under the loader frame on some plywood to get to the bottom bolts (4 total) then holding the right steer handle, blink twice, pray to allah while throwing snake oil over your right shoulder; the assembly came out. Of course the shift fork was very SLIGHTLY rusted to the shaft which kept it bound. -_- whanged it with a hammer, cleaned the shaft up with a file and went to reassemble.
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I learned something today. There is a special place in hell for the person who designed this transmission. I tried probably 20 different times and 20 different ways to stab the shifter assembly back into its hole. Then I had to fight with the bolt behind the shifter housing since theres barely room for 1 finger. Thankfully its together and shifts into all its gears.
In hindsight; if I had removed the 1' hydraulic line feeding the block, it might had been easier. You can fill 55 gallon drums with water or a bigger tank and just use a small electric utility pump or even gravity feed it( if you lift the drums or tank above the pressure washer) into a pressure washer to use.I think the car wash might object to that.LOL.nothing like 3 inches of grease to stop rust.but you end up wearing much of it as you work under her.seeing whats going on is half the battle.all those clumps of dirt and grease hinder working and taking apart, the less that gets into the internals the better.1 piece of grit in the hydraulic system can be a real *&%#@%&.