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Robert,

Thanks for the info. How do you tell how much life is left in the undercarriage? Is it simply a visual inspection where someone makes an estimation, or are measurements taken of the pins/bushing, sprockets, idlers, ect to form a more educated analysis? I looked at the drive sprockets and the teeth don't appear to be severely oblong. The tracks appear to be tensioned (i.e. not much slack on the top side), although I don't know where the adjusters are. Grousers are still fairly tall. I wouldn't use it a tremendous amount, so as long as the tracks stay on it'll work for me.

I currently own an old Clark forklift with, I believe, the same Continental engine. It didn't run when I bought it. I had to rebuild the Pertronix distributor and unstick 3 valves. So, I'm mildly familiar with it. Incidentally, Continental has a great rebuild manual in PDF on their website that give a lot of great detailed information. The only major difference I can see is that the dozer has a magneto versus the Clark cam driven distributor.

Regards,
Aaron

All,

I took a look at an AG-6 this weekend with what I believe is an Anderson blade. The motor is stuck from sitting, but ran last time it was parked several years ago. I am told the tracks move freely as of 3 or 4 years ago. It's stitting on decent ground, so I would expect not much has changed since then. Is there anything to watch out for on these other than the normal undercarriage wear? The tracks and sprockets seem to be in fair shape, although I don't know how far out the adjusters are. I read in the book these weigh 7,000 dry. I assume that is a bare tractor without a blade. How much does a blade add to it? Like anything old, it needs paint and a new seat. Hydraulic lines look a bit frightening. No side shields. The rest of the sheetmetal looks decent. No pto, but has rear remote for the fire plow that it used to have. Anyone have a ballpark as to what these things go for in running-driving condition?

Thanks in advance,
Aaron