New to me '74 International TD-8E

Hello everyone, new to the forum.

I recently traded for an International Harvester TD-8E dozer with 6-way blade. Although the machine looks it's age, everything works and works well as far as I can tell. Healthy engine (DT239 turbo I believe), It steers great in all gears and both directions, strong hydraulics (2 weepy cylinders), undercarriage looked in good shape.

My curiosity lies in not knowing what to look out for with this machine or any of it's perks. I have owned, operated and repaired a few crawlers over the years but mainly JD 450's. I know what to look out for on them but I know nothing about the TD-8E (good or bad). The guy I traded with didn't have manuals as he only had it for a few months before the trade so I'll be getting all the manuals but until then, can anyone give me the low down on this machine, the good, the bad & the ugly? Which manuals are best, which one would I need for a 1974 machine, any for a TD-8E, I hear Dresser bought them out during the TD-8E build years, would I be able to use a later year Dresser TD-8E manual for this early IH TD-8E?

What are all the winches that fit on this machine? How would I know whether or not this machine is even capable of configuring for a winch? I know with JD 450s, you had to have a specific winch drive coming out of the tail end but I hear these used hydraulics off the machine? Where would the connections be?

It seems like a real solid machine and I'm getting ready to pressure wash it as soon as I get off here and start going through and inspecting it, just don't know any particular areas to concentrate on. What common issues do these machines have? Do they have dry or wet clutches (assuming they have steering clutches, don't they)? Any info (good or bad) is more than what I have right now so all is welcome. Thanks

This post was edited by Koot Kraftsman on 06/29/2021 at 07:08 am.
 

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