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Oh, didn't notice the link you provided. Looked through it quick and I don't think I'll have as much to do on mine. I'm switching from a gas engine to gas, the only thing I can see that I might do and have some problem with is switching the governor over from my 1010 engine to the 165. It might be e...

I'm hopin I'm happy with mine when it's finished too. What kind of issues did you run into doing the swap?

Well, I found an engine out of a 45 combine, it's an HA165 and got to hear it run before buying it. I paid a little more for it though, $500 but has good oil pressure, starts on the first compression stroke of turning the starter and doesn't show a puff of smoke at all when it's running. I'm hoping ...

Yep, hopefully I can find one before this crawler ends up sitting too long.

I'm on the border of nd and mn, lookin for somethin a little closer hopefully.

That's kinda what I figured as well, a combine engine isn't going to get the abuse that a crawler or tractor will get and with scrap as high as it is right now, if I can find a farmer with one in his back 40 and just wants it gone I could probably pull the motor and scrap the combine and get my $ ba...

Thanks, looks like I'll be looking for a john deere 40 or 45 combine and will just have to see what engine is in it then. I guess this crawler will get pushed into the back shed for now til I find something.

Well, my 1010 gas engine finally bit the dust yesterday. It's been smoking and using a lot of oil for some time but finally started knocking and is in dire need of replacement. I've seen there are a couple old combines and other machines that have engines that bolt right up to this dozer and might b...

Is his phone # posted on here somewhere? I should just try giving him a call.

Well, I posted on my 1010 not turning left a couple days ago. Well, today I took it over to a friends house to help clean out a pole barn, got about halfway through the job and the steering started working better and better it seemed the more I used it. The engine was smoking under load though, not ...

I'm really new to these machines. I picked up a 1010 a couple weeks ago and it steers good to the left but when I steer to the right I pull the handle and I can hear the click like I do on the other side but it barely stops the track anymore. I have to pull on it a lot harder than the other side to ...