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Doesn't look like the skid plate has been off in awhile.
At least 5 years. That's when he bought it. Just glad he dug me a 6' deep trench to work in. Gotta change some hoses, seal the pumps and replace the pan gasket.
You're lucky Lou for the trench. Was Cat smart enough to put hinges on the pan or was it before they came with hinges.
Heard a few horror stories of HD mechanics getting their hands, fingers, head smashed from falling belly pans full of mud when removing them.
Not hinged but hook and loop. It's a high track D4H. Small pans.
I exploded my thumb on a TD25 when the owner assured me that the pan was hinged and as I took the last bolt out the 1000lb pan full of dirt landed on my thumb. All my thumbs guts blew out the front of my thumb. Nice hole. Looked like a 22 came out of my thumb. I lit up the owner!
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