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That might be of some interest (LOADER instead of dozer but close / fixer upper)

Just a question - and I am not sure what all dad / Gary are buying here, but is there any reason to NOT switch to NEGATIVE ground? (So our brains won't hurt as much when diagnosing, heh!?)

Gary picked up some new parts ; we are going to switch to the 12 volt neg/ground system. He put on anew rotary-button and disconnected one plug wire to "test" for spark. When he hit the starter, it started on just the one cylinder. So, he connected the other cylinder and drove it over to the car por...

Those Champion plugs really complicate the issue- I would replace with Autolite or similar before you go too much further. Really, not hear that before, is there a specific plug? (Professing my ignorance on spark plugs, had no idea this could really be an issue?) Is there a specific "model" of Auto...

Ok, I had copied and pasted comments for pop and here is those comments/emails and his replies. (Gary is my uncle / ASE cert master mechanic, etc..) -- Gasser Ignition Problems I once jumped a Ford 8N tractor (6 volt system) with a 12 V car and blew the igntion coil. Hearing that yours got hot makes...

Sorry, needed to add, this is a 440 IC, gasser, with a freshly rebuilt carb!!

Sam

Posting this for my Dad... all thoughts and suggestions are welcome!! -- The dozer ran pretty good for about 30-40 minutes. Then it shut off just like you had turned off an ignition switch. The coil was very hot so we replaced it (it had a 6 volt coil and we replaced it with a 12 volt - but everythi...

Very sharp!!!

Do you know the official paint code for these?

I wonder how "close" they are, if many of the parts are similar or the same? (That answer is probably here on the site, will look around more) Should be a lot of fun!! Here is another project that dad picked up to help at the farm and you can see how IT turned out!! http://sites.google.com/site/1946...

JD440ICD2006 wrote:Is that a 1010C or a 440 IC?

Heh, I am apparently confused, we were looking at a 1010 and the 440 at the same time!! So I see that it was the 440 we went to buy!!

So forgive the ignorance, I will learn, but it could be slowly!!!

We traveled a couple weekends ago to Bristol, TN area to pick up our JD 440C What we are looking to use it for is some light tree clearing around our 30 acres in Caswell, NC and my 3.5 acres (future homesite!) It was quite the adventure winding out way up the few miles of 421, and then the small cre...