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by Bobsawer
Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:30 am
Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
Topic: 440 frozen?
Replies: 15
Views: 15726

On mine I cleaned out the nest material from the bottom , no need to pull the engine , when I took the starter off there was evidence of nest wound up in the starter so if you take it off it could tell you what you've got
by Bobsawer
Thu Feb 17, 2011 11:29 am
Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
Topic: 440 frozen?
Replies: 15
Views: 15726

On mine I cleaned out the nest material from the bottom , no need to pull the engine , when I took the starter off there was evidence of nest wound up in the starter so if you take it off it could tell you what you've got
by Bobsawer
Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:48 pm
Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
Topic: 440 frozen?
Replies: 15
Views: 15726

I have a 440 that wouldn't turn , it was this fall when the temperatures went below freezing , there was water in the flywheel housing so I took off the front belly pan and took off the sheet metal cover from the front of the flywheel housing , the drain hole was full of mouse nesting material and a...
by Bobsawer
Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:02 pm
Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
Topic: 440 / 1010 finals
Replies: 5
Views: 5837

Thanks for the tip Tiny Crawler......I haven't been to Ithica in years !
by Bobsawer
Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:38 pm
Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
Topic: 440 / 1010 finals
Replies: 5
Views: 5837

KenP...I've heard of those guys in Antrim and have their number but had sort of forgotten about them , so that's a good idea . I'm not in a huge rush but hope to get it back together before winter and that's always looming in the distance. Lavoy...Some real words of wisdom there , nothing like tempt...
by Bobsawer
Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:39 am
Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
Topic: 440 / 1010 finals
Replies: 5
Views: 5837

440 / 1010 finals

Has anyone out there ever tried using a 1010 final drive on a 440 ? I think in an earlier post Lavoy says the case is the same but the clutch shaft is a different length , so can the shaft be changed or are we getting into that twilight zone of " maybe/maybe not " ? My final got into the " Wonderful...