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Hi, Well, I did sort-of do that as part of the troubleshooting. I used a clip cord! Oh, wait. That's fancy, too..... :lol: Actually, the twisted wires would have been fine, but I have this thing about bare wire ends. I actually used soldered-on wire terminals and heat shrink tubing over the switch l...

Hi, Yeah, it's hard to say for sure. I want to say that 1010's all had 4-bolt pads. But then I've seen some 1010's with 2-bolt. I've also seen 440's with 4-bolt. At one time, I surmised that this was a running change, but I no longer think so. I think the reality is that things wound up changed out ...

Hi, Gad! I'm going to stop chatting about crawler starting problems with you guys! Every time I do, I seem to cause some sort of starting issue with my 420c! I went out there Saturday afternoon and - no go. I needed to peel the berms alongside the long driveway we have. You know, like before the rai...

Hi, So, that's a JD 350 ice thickness gauge, then? :lol: Yep. That's the problem with crawlers: You need a bigger one you keep in the barn just for pulling the *other* crawler out of the muck! I always figured one day I'd have one of those old D8's just for unsticking things around the neighborhood!...

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Downward sag leads to faster pin and bushing wear. They must have decided that there was still too much sag, and so lengthened the idler supports as a running change. The blocks would be to do the same with the shorter supports....

later!

Stan

Hi, Good point. I have a 12 volt, 2-amp float charger on a variac to keep the 8v battery up to 8v because my 6v regulator will only allow 7.2v (by meter). That would actually be close enough, but a floated battery has a much better chance of starting the old girl without resorting to the 12v booster...

Hi, Oh, yes. The wife's cars. We didn't meet until 1996, so there are a lot of cars I don't know about. here's the ones I do. 1980-something Chrysler mini-van. Ran great. never died. Although, I wished it would! It smoked a lot, yet never blew up, and also was both daughters first car. Not that they...

Hi, I have some others that didn't really fit into the other category. These are ones for special uses, or ones that I spent some time driving but didn't actually own. 1946 GMC Pickup. I learned to drive on this one. It was our Farm Truck growing up, so it had a six-mile range on the Farm tags. I co...

Hi, Wow. I'd have way too long a list, I think. I can't say that I've had that were truly junk, though. Some have their little issues, but none that come readily to mind that I wasn't able to work around. Here's a list, in order of my having them (dates in parens is when I got them). These are all c...

Hi, There's a soft iron plate associated with each field coil in the generator. That's what you're polarizing (magnetically) when you go thru the procedure. They're supposed to provided enough magnetic field to produce an output voltage from the generator. That, in turn, closes the cut-out relay in ...

Hi, I don't have a lot of issues, but then I'm using the old trick of having an *eight* volt battery on board during the winter. The extra 2v gives just enough to spin the engine a tad faster in the face of the thickened oil. You don't have to worry about the starter or generator with the extra two ...

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Yes, the only way to know is to pull the pump and the injectors and take them to a shop where they can test them. Then, you will know for sure.

Otherwise, it's a crap shoot at best.

later!

Stan

Hi,

Never saw one of those before. Pretty danged neat! 420c Hi-Drive tree harvester!

later!

Stan

Hi, A couple years ago, my lower radiator hose from 1958 popped. What cheap junk, eh? So, I put in a new radiator, new water pump, new belt and new upper hose while I was at it. It's a PIA to pull the grille guard to do any of that more than one time, see. Well, I forgot to get new rubber mounts for...

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I think my wife thought that just last night about the clothes dryer! It's gas and lost it's igniter after 12 years. I picked up a new one this afternoon, so I'll get it back together this evening.

later!

Stan