Digging out for my garage

I bought an old 955H to dig out a 15 ft tall embankment. I ran into Murphy's Law along the way. Fixed stuff, made noise, made a mess, ect.
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[@davidzamora4423]

First piece of machinery i drove as kid. 955 skip loader!! Keep up the good work.

[@gerhardholzknechtkfzservic2052]

Nice Video nice 955 so old and so strong. i love the sound from the 4 zylinders

[@finallyitsed2191]

Hey PossumKing, I really like your work ethic and how you don't get so worked up when old machines get a little fussy. I really like that you don't give up. I've got some older stuff, Komatsu D57, A JD 410D and a JD tractor. There are actually "some" days that I can get on one without jumper cables and work all day without adding 5 gallons of hydraulic oil or fixing a broken something or another. They still work much better than a shovel with a wooden handle. BTW, I first started watching your channel because of that ole CAT. That was the last machine that my father purchased brand new shortly before he passed away. I love the sound of that thing so you better finish your garage and get working on that lower end. Maybe it's just a cracked piston. (I busted one of mine being a little too liberal with starting fluid.)

[@PossumKing]

Yeah. She is just sitting back in the graveyard right now. Idk what I'm doing with it. Local scrap yard might buy it to push scrap. It would be great for that. Undercarriage is about done pushing dirt

[@finallyitsed2191]

@@PossumKing Sorry to hear that but you're probably right. I suppose there is a time for all of us to go.

[@dennislaws5187]

I love that old 955, my dad bought a new H and I was 14 and the first to operate it, power shift pedal steer.

[@shitindawoodsbear5956]

There are bolts with allen heads that fasten the drive of the starter to the starter motor. They can be removed and the drive/mount can be rotated and clocked to match the original starter.

[@allanmain5666]

I just bought a 955H.$10Grand I have to clear the top of a hill to build a house in Northern Nevada (State of Jefferson east). Now I've got to lean all of this stuff about the 955H, as well as the case 580 Super D I bought a month ago. $18.G Hope I don't have to use it to pull the radiator. Thanks for the useful insights on the ins and outs of the 955H. Think I'll skip the skid steer. Spent enough already. You should fix that door on your Case

[@shermgohn]

Hey, call Andy Camarata. He'll have the job done in no time. Yeah, Andy-ize it.

[@jeffreyc6508]

keep digging!!!

[@PossumKing]

That's the plan!

[@kennethplunkett5476]

the nose flange can be rotated to fit

[@Lee-At-Green-Pheonix-Rc]

Love tracked loaders not as fast as a wheeled loader but way cooler 😎 it's like u have a built-in bulldozer as well as a loader

[@PossumKing]

The power of a track loader is awesome. You feel invincible on a machine like that.

[@Lee-At-Green-Pheonix-Rc]

@@PossumKing I agree like with my 5 ton forklift it's half the size of a family motor but the sheer power is incredible A lad in work wrote off a scania tractor unit and only slid into it at 5mph heavy machines need to operated with heavy respect

[@PossumKing]

@@Lee-At-Green-Pheonix-Rc things can go wrong quick with big machines. Ya gotta know the limits. Thanks for watching!

[@gerhardholzknechtkfzservic2052]

I'm sorry about the engine damage. I myself have a 951C with the same engine. I always thought the thing is indestructible. Now I prefer to do an oil change ...

[@PossumKing]

Not positive it's destroyed yet. When I have time I'm gonna work with it a little.

[@CodyFazio]

I replayed the engine running part 5 times at least lol! Definitely looks like you are gonna have to peal the onion back on that one. I'm gonna take a guess based on every bit of info you gave and the sound. Since it started to suddenly consume oil, smoke anddddd "knock" I'm gonna say something ring/rodbearing/wristpin related. I feel like if the turbo started sucking oil or you had a bad valve guide seal it still wouldn't explain the lower end knock. Sounded like cylinder #1 or #2. Looking forward to the results!

[@PossumKing]

I really should have got more of the problem solving on film. The problem with it being bearing related is that it isn't steady. The is no real rythem to the knock. Also if I play with the throttle I have had it clear up and stop knocking for a few seconds, and the white smoke really cleared up. I gonna go play with the fuel system before I start tearing the turbo off. Bolts like to break on old exhaust parts so I'll start with the easier stuff. Could just be an injector.

[@CodyFazio]

Ya that's a good place to start, do the ole crack one injector at a time and see if you narrow problem to one cylinder/injector

[@PossumKing]

@@CodyFazio prediction: cylinder 2

[@Odinaryman23]

All you had to do was rotate the nose cone on the front. Allen head i believe.

[@MrNosajwhitey]

Dozers moving some tonnage when working right

[@Onemattressatatime]

Working through all kinds of adversity

[@PossumKing]

What do you mean? It should just be one ad before the video starts?!

[@Onemattressatatime]

PossumKingVlog haha I would have sell Check , I mention adversity

[@chargermopar]

I like to solder my connections including battery terminals

[@PossumKing]

Thinking about getting a hydraulic crimp tool for battery cables. When they break you can cut just the connector and are not losing any wire length then.

[@chargermopar]

@@PossumKing I have one of those handheld hydraulic crimpers and while they are really effective, I have still gotten corrosion in the connector anywhere the battery is exposed to water when connected.

[@PossumKing]

@@chargermopar that's a valid concern. I use crimps at the shop on my rigs but never had any real issues. Works great for battery box applications.

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Crimp and solder battery cables. I didn't and one came off when hot melted solder from long crank almost set boat on 🔥 You guys upstate NY?

[@chargermopar]

@@MitzvosGolem1 I am in south Florida. Have soldered cables for my dozer, skid steers, diesel pickup and wood chipper. Have cranked some engines over and over and never had solder melt. The stock battery terminals are lead and I have seen them melt from corrosion. Remember as long as you have no voltage drop across a connection heat cannot build up and melt anything.

[@BRICEN18]

Where u located?

[@PossumKing]

PA

[@BRICEN18]

PossumKingVlog same here I’m in elk county

[@dandannels8821]

Bearings

[@PossumKing]

Injector nozzles I think. The screens were filled with crud

[@johnyreb5464]

It can be saved just going to take three things money time and shit ton of beer trust me cat still has the parts to do a over haul and if they don't finger bang the shit out of the internet I have to do that for my snowmobile hobby

[@PossumKing]

Undercarriage alone cost like $12k. Yeah parts are available but not always worth it

[@johnyreb5464]

This very true but if u look at this way that old girl is from the sixties she has been road hard and put away wet and lasted this long u put some money in her and she will work for another 60 years and out last us all and I have a very soft spot for old junk like I said I like to rebuild sleds from the eighties and nineties the one I have in the shop now is a 97 Yamaha vmax 500xt a new skid is 1200 bucks but it needs it when it's done I can get 2500 bucks for it

[@allanmain5666]

I just bought a 955H.$10Grand I have to clear the top of a hill to build a house in Northern Nevada (State of Jefferson east). Now I've got to lean all of this stuff about the 955H, as well as the case 580 Super D I bought a month ago. $18.G Hope I don't have to use it to pull the radiator. Thanks for the useful insights on the ins and outs of the 955H. Think I'll skip the skid steer. Spent enough already. You should fix that door on your Case

[@PossumKing]

Wow, for 10k you better not have to yank parts. Yeah the door on the case is least of my worries, I has no brakes, leaks all fluids, and the hydraulic pump is wore out. Also the cab is rusted out and looks like Swiss cheese. Haha

[@allanmain5666]

@@PossumKing I had it delivered last week and lost a cylinder on my uphill run. Looks like it was just a fuel injector though. The guy who sold it it real good with engines and would not feel right if he didn't at least try to have sold me a good running machine. We started it up and he loosed the fuel line till the 3rd cylinder did not respond. Bingo. Then we tested for compression. But to undo the fuel injector he broke his half inch drive breaker bar. Today he will show up with better tools. For a carpenter like myself, your videos are a good source of know how. I'm not even a decent shade tree mechanic. So I got a lot already from watching your process of finding solutions. I'll be doing a lot of this while building this house.

[@PossumKing]

@@allanmain5666 that's good to hear, I'm taking the same approach as we speak. New fuel nozzles (got all 4 for $60 on eBay). Then my primer failed and fuel line fittings are taunting me. Do you have a filter element in the fuel bowl under the injection pump? I can't find a filter anywhere on my machine. (Damn farmers)

[@allanmain5666]

@@PossumKing I should be able to learn that soon here. I already have the head on the ground and about to pull the oil pan off today. I'm at a good spot to look. That's right. It seized up when I started it up and tried to drive it. It seemed ok at first, and even seemed to improve eventually. But when I tried to move it it stopped. My dad pulled the plug and antifreeze came out. at least a quart. He poured water in the radiator and more came out the oil pan. After removing the head I was able to turn the engine. #3 piston is stationary at the top while the other pistons look look good. I suspect #3 fuel injector stopped and that's why the piston failed. Maybe the fuel was to old. Hoping that with new piston all will be well. haven't seen sleeve. The machine is on someones property on the side of the road, so it must be moved. And to get it running I'm sure you would agree is the best way forward. I'm going to watch this vid again as it's a good view of the engine. Good for a carpenter like me to educate myself.

[@PossumKing]

That really sucks! I don't believe injector failure caused that cylinder to wipe out. The good thing is if you need a new piston you can just get a kit and re-sleeve it too but they are wet sleeves. As for the piston not moving, should like a broken connecting rod, or wrist pin. Hopefully when it broke it didn't bend any valves. I would be pissed if I paid that much for that machine just to have the motor go. Of course you probably have all rust free stuff out there which makes a big difference of machine value.