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I have a 420c, and I am having what I think is carb problems. If I give it a shot of either, it will fire, and occasionaly it will fire up for a few seconds but the rpms will never climb it just sits at a lumpy 200 rpm despite where the throttle is. So I took the carb off, and it didn`t look to dirt...

Thanks for the info Lavoy. Ya I am going to stick with 6 volt. I was just wondering because this is the only thing that i have that is 6 volt so its a bit of a pain, but not bad. You run this site right? Meaning this manual is for sale? If so how much?

Hey Guys, I got out to the cabin, uncovered it, found out that a snake decided to make my John Deere its home, so after evicting him I check and it is a 420C. 1956. The battery was dead, so I'm going to pick up a new 6 volt in the city and head back out on Wednesday most likely. Has anyone converted...

Paul, If you replaced the main clutch and the machine won't move then you may have a drive line failure somewhere else.I do believe another site member had a similar problem and found that when the pedal was lifted to release the clutch that it didn't fully come up.One way to check this is to put t...

Hey everybody, I'm new to the site, but am pleased to see there are so many enthusiasts out there. I have what I think is a 50s 440. It is a 2 cylinder gas. Runs great. But I've been having this problem. Come back to it after a winter, start it up, let it run for a bit. Push clutch in put it in gear...