Modding my M6800 to add a turbo

[matt86]

Almost have all parts i need to add a turbo to my M6800. Biggest issue so far is the oil return. This is where it's supposed to go...but it appears plugged. Does anyone know how to remove it? Im guessing from the inside and punch it out from the lower end?

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Yep that's the return port, from the bottom is the easiest.
but you could use a dent puller (slide hammer) to pop the plug out if you don't want to pull the pan.

 

[matt86]

Yep that's the return port, from the bottom is the easiest.
but you could use a dent puller (slide hammer) to pop the plug out if you don't want to pull the pan.

First id have to drill into it right? Not sure how a slide hammer would grab it other wise.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Screw point slide hammer.

 

[amschind]

I was pondering this for a while, but I will add my thoughts. Look at the weight for the M8200/9000 vs the M6800. The engines are the same, but the rest of the tractor is not; the M8200/9000 is a heavier machine. Adding an intercooler to an M8200 should be very doable, but adding a turbo (+/- intercooler) to an M6800 will not turn it into an M8200/9000. My fear is that upping the HP without any change to the drivetrain will simply frag parts that are expensive and hard to get at. I think that you'll succeed in getting the turbo on there and function, and then it will work great until suddenly it doesn't, probably pulling something heavy on a hill, likely when time is short.