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Many thanks for your blessing! It means a lot. FYI, what is also odd, was one clip was crooked on the adjacent spring. I have no idea if that was due to the incorrect spring or just another anomaly. Also, the guide pin near the crooked tab fell out when I removed the engine. Again could be coinciden...

Many thanks for your blessing! It means a lot.

Hello all, I am doing a complete rebuild of the original torsion isolator with 5 springs on my 350C. Please see picture before my rebuild. As you can see 4 of the 5 springs are mounted one way and 1 is mounted the other way. https://photos.app.goo.gl/bacWwK9MqCTDuTir8 If I am understanding things, t...

Hello all. So I am checking and fixing my torsional isolator for my 350C dozer (the one with 5 springs). It doesn't seem possible to find a flywheel from a 350D to convert to the rubber variant. So I will refurbish my 5 spring variant. Some questions. Below are pictures of my spider gear (name?) tha...

Yes, you can leave it in forward, but if it is a pressure issue, it can still slip. I would rebuild your own, then you know what you have. Lavoy Thanks. Not sure if I will do the rebuild, but the parts don't seem crazy, just the labor...But, yes, rebuild my own parts seems good. Do you have any est...

You can't disconnect the reverser, it is there and functioning unless you completely remove the unit and convert the crawler to straight gear drive. Checking pressure is free, no reason not to look into it first. Lavoy Thanks. But is it possible to leave the reverser in Forward 100% of the time and...

the heat is from the clutch pack slipping from lack of pressure from bad seals you are frying the clutch pack as you run it more Thanks for the reply. I will need to replace the entire clutch pack anyway, correct? Not saying it's great...I have all mechanical geared transmission. Do you think it's ...

Hello, I have a JD 350C with newly rebuilt engine. Due to a long story that involved a blown reverser radiator circuit, we had to install a dedicated external reverser cooler...The unit probably ran for 100 or so hours with crappy radiator fluid mixed with transmission fluid. We flushed the reverser...

Just to follow-up on this thread. It turned out that I had no compression in one of the three cylinders...Rings broken in one, partially stuck in another...Complete engine rebuild followed! Much better now. So the unit would not start due to poor compression (air and fuel were fine)...Thanks for eve...

Before changing fluid, you must rule out problems: 1) You may have a blown oil cooler (engine oil), which could reside where you mount your oil filters (it has a circuit from the radiator). If the cooling circuit gets a hole in it, you will mix coolant/water with your engine oil. CHECK Engine Oil at...

All, Thanks to all for their previous help. Well after a full engine rebuild and radiator core 1 year ago (about 100 hours of use), I have now come to the 100% conclusion that my radiator core for the reverser hydraulic fluid cooling system blew and my coolant and completely fouled up my Reverser Sy...

All, Thanks for all of your help in the past! Could not begin to deal with my machine without everyone's help (and support)... My 350C has had a recent engine rebuild (complete) in the last 100+ hours. New recore on the radiator as well. I now have oil in my radiator. I tried to pump water into the ...

All, I am going to add to this thread as the symptoms are quite the same with my JD 350C crawler... A little background on my unit (yes, no crawler is cheap!): - Less than 100 hours ago, I had a complete engine rebuild and installed a new injector pump and injectors. - Also had radiator re-cored. - ...

I hope you are right! I will monitor the situation, but I probably already have 15+ hours on the new engine...I will monitor closely by the hour and see how she does...Thanks! Bob, It could be that the rings just haven't seated yet. Give her a chance to seat in and then see what the smoke does. It m...

We all know this feeling...I have to say, after repacking my track tensioners and replacing all 8 small idler guide plates, I have never dropped a track...Both of these repairs are probably less than $200 total if you DIY...I had the plates made at a local machine shop...