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- Mon Nov 06, 2023 6:41 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Cracked housing repair
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11505
Re: Cracked housing repair
I think these housings are cast steel, not cast iron. Cast steel is easy to weld, although a little pre-heat would be good. Cast iron is quite a bit trickier, you'd need to preheat the entire casting evenly and weld it stick with some nickel rod. In either case brazing is also an option too. Unlike ...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 11:22 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Carco C12 winch.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6312
Re: Carco C12 winch.
My 40c has a Carco C3 that appears to be factory. However, the manual I have for it shows a Case crawler mount. Not sure how similar they are to the C12.
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 11:19 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Size
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8772
Re: Size
I'm 6'3", it's tight. However, if you have the stock seat pull the back rest pad off and just use the wood. Much better that way.
- Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:11 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Crawler 420 not starting...and worse
- Replies: 35
- Views: 527237
Re: Crawler 420 not starting...and worse
Check the carb and the points to make sure it's got fuel and strong spark. Sounds like you had a bad connection on the starter. My 40c is the best starting vehicle in my fleet. It can be zero out and even after sitting for weeks it will barely spin over twice before it fires and runs.
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 5:50 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: John deere 420c winch....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7252
Re: John deere 420c winch....
I have a Carco C-3 on my 40c. It appears to have been a dealer option. The winch is too strong for the machine, pretty sure it would rip it in half if the blade was chained to something solid. I've pulled hitches of wood that outweigh the machine with it may times. As has been stated, electric is no...
- Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:22 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Diagnose the problem??
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11078
Re: Diagnose the problem??
As others have said, sounds like a dirty carb. It doesn't take much gunk to cause an issue.
- Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:14 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: 6 volt battery for JD 440IC
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6735
Re: 6 volt battery for JD 440IC
I've had a Deka for 5 years and it's been great. Before that I made the mistake of getting an inexpensive one from Tractor Supply and it lasted a year. The original battery hold down on my 40c was missing so I made one up with a piece of angle iron and some threaded rod. The previous owner just had ...
- Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:43 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Logging Arch for my 40c?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8777
Re: Logging Arch for my 40c?
I did some rummaging and found the old roller fairlead from my rock crawler winch (I switched to synthetic rope on that which uses a hawse fairlead, the rope is incredible for recovery winches). It will work great for the side rollers but It will need a more stout bottom. I don't have any old track ...
- Thu May 28, 2020 7:32 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Logging Arch for my 40c?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8777
Re: Logging Arch for my 40c?
OK, thanks for the input. I was a little concerned about a wheel arch being cumbersome in the woods, but it seems like by far the best approach. I have an old trailer axle with some good sized wheels and a bunch of steel in the scrap pile, so I'm going to try to put one together. The hardest part wi...
- Wed May 27, 2020 8:12 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Logging Arch for my 40c?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8777
Logging Arch for my 40c?
I have a 40c that appears to have come from the factory or dealer with a Carco C-3 winch. I have not run across another one of these. I primarily use the crawler to skid firewood. It really works great, as it's small enough to get around my wood lot without making a huge mess. The one issue is that ...
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:19 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: 420 6 volt starter
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4498
Re: 420 6 volt starter
Or you could be like one of the previous owners of my 40c and just torch a hole in both sides of the toolbox big enough to slip the starter through .
- Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:39 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Greasable Blade Pins Worth the Effort?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2877
Greasable Blade Pins Worth the Effort?
I am in the process of swapping out the beat up blade assembly on my 40c for a nice 62 blade. The blade I'm swapping in looks like it had very little use, and there is virtually no pin or bushing wear. There is probably 3/8" of play in the lower bushings, and 1/4"in the cylinder lift bushings of the...
- Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:40 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Which is better 40c 0r 420c final drive housing
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7435
Re: Which is better 40c 0r 420c final drive housing
My 4 roller 40c has two different final drive housings on it, one is heavily gusseted and one isn't. I would assume the one with the gussets is a later model 420 that was swapped in. In comparing the two the gusseted one looks much more stout.
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 5:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic discussions
- Topic: Slight Cutting Edge Update
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6319
Re: Slight Cutting Edge Update
Sounds like a great fit. The month-ish of mandatory vacation we are all getting came at an inconvenient time, but hopefully it will all be over soon enough and we can all get back to normal living. Maybe it will even make us all appreciate what we have a little more too.
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic discussions
- Topic: komatsu pc10-6 mini excavator
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10973
Re: komatsu pc10-6 mini excavator
Yes, avoid any grey market machine at all costs. I believe parts are somewhat better for the grey Hitachis vs. Grey market Kubotas and Cats are a nightmare from what I understand. They are often odd colors and have funky split booms as opposed to pivoting booms. My father had a grey market Hitachi E...