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That's pretty hardcore Neil. Sounds like what some might equate to missing a downshift at the top of Old Smokey in an overloaded log truck. :shock: :lol: :lol: I'll have to give the 440 a good look to see if there are any levers disconnected maybe behind the governor cover. If I find anything I'll p...

Keith, You can go ahead and pull the dist but if you don't run the timing check, you won't know which way you need to go to reposition the teeth. Just put a small pencil mark on the dist base where the #1 wire goes and set #1 piston to TDC on compression stroke. From everything you've said, I'm thin...

Don, Thanks a lot for the background and info. You mentioned something I never noticed before on mine...that being just where the emergency shut off is! I haven't seen any shutoff cables or flapper valves on the engine to engage in the event of a run away. Were some engines built without these safet...

Keith, Did you run the check I gave you in that pm I sent you? I could be off on this but it sounds like the timing is so advanced the key is needed to crank it through the firing cycle. I wouldn't think cranking the engine with timing that advanced would be particularly good for the starter. Have y...

I'm just glad the exhaust had a rain flapper on it. I'm sure for the few seconds it went backwards it was starving for air. As I joked with Lavoy, the "Automatic Reverse Running Air Shutoff" valve worked as advertised. :wink: The only other threat I can think of is the possible suction of engine oil...

Another good reason to have that rain flapper on the exhaust stack..."Automatic Reverse Running Air Shutoff valve! Of course, when the deere people hear that the price will jump from $8 to about $100.

p.s. ...ok, I'll bite...what's CRS? you got me there.

I'm with you Lavoy, I couldn't figure how such a sealed air system could run in reverse. Unless somehow the sudden negative pressure created by the blower going in the opposite direction sucked air/oil from the crankcase by way of the pistons at the bottom of their travel in the cylinders. Whatever ...

Ryan, Welcome to the site. I'm not familiar with 1010's, is yours diesel or gas? If gas, pull the plugs and do a compression check on the cylinders and record each reading. Do the check with the engine at normal operating temp. If your readings are low (60-100 psi) squirt a little oil in the cylinde...

Whatta mean?? And give up your latest victim?? Snap out of it man! Your not thinking clearly.

Funny thing happened this past weekend with my 440 ICD. My son was on the dozer (for the first time, he's 14) and was helping me pull a monster stump out of the hole while I rolled it with the backhoe. I guess he put a little too much load on the crawler because it started puffing smoke out the air ...

Are you sure the timing is correct? If you're getting good spark at the plugs and good compression, I'd look at timing next. Hope this helps.

Scott

Just goes to show that when you mention "crawlers", "threshing" and, "...some place with lots of food, good looking women, booze, gambling..." they come out of the woodwork!

p.s. Lavoy...were you ever a Chrysler salesman???

Boy, I sure hope that PaulinNY knows what he "signed up for". BTW, congrats on getting the 500th member. Now all we need is a location to set up the grills!

Thanks for the responses guys. Upon further digging through the rubble in the cab I found an old registration which says its a 1962 F350. I then called JOBLOT AUtomotive in Queens NY and they said pretty much it's a negative ground. We'll see what happens once I put a battery in it and hit the switc...

Is anyone familiar with a 1959 F350 wiring harness? I had a dump given to me and after cleaning up the carb found that the battery cable setup looked strange. There's a red cable going to what looks like a ground bolt on the tranny housing. The other cable is dark green/blue? and it goes to the star...