Finally got my 1845C to move....

Well it has finally warmed up a bit here...up to -3*C from -30*C. Machine fired up on first crank after having the engine block heater, and a magnetic hyd fluid tank heater running for a couple hours. ;) And I finally got my machine to move, first I had to heat up the locking/parking pin on the LH side, once free it still wouldn't move. Open up the chain case to see if maybe there was a bunch of frozen water....nope just oil. Then I started to heat up the LH drive motor with a heat gun.....had that heating for 5-10 min....still no movement from the motor, or gear. Then started heating the planetary gear assemblies....did this for another 10 min or so and finally the LH system began to move.

So I'm guessing I have water inside the planetary gear assembly. Will have to drain the fluid and put some fresh oil in there, then run it for a little while and do it again...hopefully I can clear out all the water.

Finally got my 1845C to move....