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Forward and reverse are by the original hydrostatic controll on the dash. He must have two drive motors and the control must be some sort of proportioning valve. Not sure what you would use it for. Actually some of the other tracked toys on the right side of that link look like they would be more fu...

I think that this is a youtube video of that one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZCMhW6l ... re=related

Chuck

The crawler 3 points are built heavier than the tractor 3 points due to the extra traction and therefore the added stress. Even on a tractor you put a hell of a lot of stress on the links if you turn and are slow on getting the impliment out of the ground. All damage that I have seen is due to opera...

Digitup,

Yea, I "wood" think quite a few "tools" have taken their toll on her.

Chuck

Lavoy, I so severly edited my rant above that I may have left the wrong impression. When I said that the laws already on the books were not being followed, I originally was refering to the regulators not using the regulations effectively. If they were enforced the way that they could be, the truley ...

Those covertly taped videos are of activities that are absolutley against the code of Federal Regulations and have been for years. Do some places still do it? of course. but only because the laws and regulations already on the books aren't being followed.

Ray, Yes the printing on them is embossed I think and will therefore be removed with sandblasting. The serial number is stamped.

Chuck

The point about a sandblasted ID plate means that whoever prepped and painted it would not have been a true "restorer". Someone who was not doing it the quick way to make it "look good" would have removed the plate and carefully cleaned it to preserve the plate and the information on it and then rea...

And the most expensive place to buy anything, as they say , a boat is a hole in the water that you pour cash into. The bigger the hole in the water , the more cash you have to pour in!

Chuck

Iron, 1st- has the carb been thoroughly cleaned. Dissasembled, soaked etc? 2nd - new gaskets, throttle shaft ans seals,needle valve? 3rd- float adjusted to 1/4 inch form bowl surface (upside down with float resting on needle valve)? 4th- you can check the fuel level in the installed carb by 1. shut ...

Iron, The initial idle needle setting for all TSX carbs is 2 turns off the seat. To adjust- warm the engine up and turn the throttle stop screw until the engine idles at the slow speed that you want and adjust the idle needle (small one on top of carb) until you get a smooth idle. Remember that this...

I think "Stretch" had either 2020 decks or blocks or both. drop him a PM.

Chuck

2 bolts - must be 440 rails, not 1010 which were 4 bolt.
Not a regular pad, Are they a specialty item -anybody???

Chuck

I always thought that big heavy thing on the front that you activate with the hydraulic lever at your right hand was the parking brake!!

Chuck

Also on the Marvel-Schebler TSX series there is a packing ring that helps seal the throttle shaft. In the kit I got from Lavoy it was a white loose fiber washer about 1/8th inch thick and a retainer. This is what seals up any clearance left between the new shaft and the old hole (at least for a whil...