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catkid
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Re: hardly used

Post #21 by catkid » Sun Oct 07, 2007 7:56 pm

I was 2 years old there!
She didnt look like that for long Father ran the D4 for 1 summer in front of an 18 ft John deere Chisel plough but it was slow grinding 3rd gear work so he approached Levertons and asked them what he could do to increase power, they said it was already up to 90 HP and that was its lot.
So he decided to convert it to 955 spec by turboing it- Levertons wouldnt have any thing to do with it but he went ahead anyway and fitted under piston spray tubes and all the turbo and manifold parts parts from the 955 and opened the fuel rack - Hey presto 120 hp D4D !
never a moments trouble with the engine or gear box in 30 years before we sold her! interesting foot note it wasnt until nearly 10 years later that Cat bought out the 125 hp D4E VHP
regards Simon


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Re: hardly used

Post #22 by Nick Drew » Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:15 pm

Hi Simon,

Thanks for sharing that story with us :thumbs_up:

That is just the kind of thing that will interest all our members here :D

GREAT STUFF !! :mrgreen:


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