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I'm not sure if it applies to the detroits at all. But on all of the newer deere diesels I work on (I'm a mechanic at a deere construction dealer) the ones with lots of idle time, or low RPM work time are full of soot when you get into them. The ones that are typically ran full out with very little ...

The 440 that my dad recently purchased has manual track adjusters, we have found that one of them is stripped out and will not tighten the track. Can these be directly replaced with the hydraulic unit?

How low of pressure is a low pressure grease gun for the rollers? Is 4500psi low enough that seems to be the lowest I can find in my area.

I was unaware that you could not use the reverser to "clutch" the machine. I am not at all farmiliar with equipment this old. Thanks for letting me know before i broke something. I guess we will also be doing and engine clutch and perhaps a rebuild, but I think i will compression test before commiti...

It is a 1958 I have checked the machine over. I am a heavy duty mechanic that works at a Deere construction dealer an while I is not measure the undercarriage it is in decent enough shape to do the work we need it to do. I feared the engine would have to come out to do te clutch and we may just oper...

My dad and I took at look at a 1958 440 this morning, we are going to try to go grab it tomorrow evening. I have a few questions though. The owner says it has had a charging problem for the last 20 years that he has had it. Are the generators typically problems on these, or is it more likely the reg...