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didnt strike out. almost had a stroke though. JD dealer charged me $45 for the carrier sleeve. Hell of a price for a piece of exhaust pipe. Probably should have bought a bull nose tail stock center for the lathe and took a shot at turning down the OD of a piece of 1&1/2 id pipe. Thanks Anyway.

John

Lavoy, got the pressure plate and throwout bearing you sent. came on Tuesday. In my haste I overlooked the fact that the throwout bearing sleeve and the return spring are toast. Might you have these items in stock?

John

Lavoy, need pressure plate and throw out bearing for 1955 40C crawler. Clutch plate is good. Throw out bearing seized and toasted fingers on pressure plate. Everything else seams to be good. Avaibility on these items ?
John

Lever on the top left side of transmission is for the PTO. The
maln switch should control both the ignition and the lights.

John

Where in PA? I'm in NY. 100 mi above NYC. I have a set of tracks off a 40c 4 roller. Pins & bushings are total junk (worn through) rails are 2.5" from pad to bottom and I dont need them. Will take the pads off if you are interested. There taking up space so we can deal if there is an interest.

John

Condenser? A distributor is a distributor is a distributor as the name applies. It distributes spark period. If it( the Spark)comes in to the distributer, the distributor should distribute If it does not, 1, it is not coming into the distributor,2, rotor is not turning (roll pin sheared at base of u...

My oversight, I took compression as a given. Spent 20 years working on lawnmowers and because you spin them over by hand you notice the lack of it right quick.
John

Did you change the cap? Do you have spark if you hold the coil wire 1/4" away from the block (ground)? You state that you lose spark if you put the cap on the distributor. If you have it with the cap off and not with the cap on what about carbon arching? That would be a small carbon trail or possibi...

if its got 2 cylinders (2-53) and tracks and burns fuel oil its a 440 icd if its got 3 cylinders (3-53) and wheels its a pettibone skidder. Mother Deere,to the best of my limited knowledge never used a 3-53 in nothin.

if its got 2 cylinders (2-53) and tracks its a 440 icd if its got 3 cylinders (3-53) and wheels its a pettibone skidder. Mother Deere,to the best of my limited knowledge never used a 3-53 in nothin.

$5100 for a 40c is pricey. Bought a 40c 18 months ago for 3500 (too much I found out). Had to put steering clutches in the right side cost $65. used and tracks. Lucked out and found a used set with about 50% wear left with sprockets from a 420 for $550. Did all the work myself (easy to do) and then ...

bulldozerman,
where in Liberty are you? I'm in Liberty also, give me a location. I'm at Clements Road. Where you be?
John

Eric, Don't waste your time welding bushings. Not worth the effort, causes more grief than good. Leads to increased expense ie, sprockets, idlers etc. Shop around, contact Lavoy he'll splain you the right way!

John

check for a vaccum leak. Leaking intake gasket etc, carb gasket, anywhere after the carb air intake. Maybe yes, maybe no but worth a try.
John

Question, I have a 1954 40c serial #64072 and need an oil filter for it. Am unable to find a number in wix, purolator, fram, etc locally. Would anyone have such a number they would be willing to devulge so I can change the oil in the old girl ? Thanks in advance

John