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It's just too much. It was too much for the TD-6-62 and TD-9-92's. You can find the 60" 4-1 buckets off of Hough and later Dresser and Dressta machines. Look for TD-7 and if you can find one that hasn't been crushed- the 60" is fairly common. You're in the prime state for finding one- I've been look...

First off: Thank you for all your replies. I am in Murphy NC, sir. Thank you for asking and the information. I think the alternator I have is a one wire, it has the battery post, it has a place for a ground(I reckon that may be a mounting point), and it has a plugin that went to the charging light. ...

I wasn't sure about grounding the coil to chassis as this had been a positive ground tractor at some point. The alternator is a standard 3 wire 1 wire and when I bought it, it had some module that was wired in with it that acts to excite it and make sure the internal regulator works. It's basically ...

About 4 months ago a man in his 50's and his son in his 20's came to my farm and had an unusual amount of knowledge about the crawlers I own, my tractors, etc. The man claimed to be related to the original owner of my John Deere 420C, he did have the same last name but I couldn't verify anything els...

Popping is normally what you hear when the clutch is grossly out of adjustment. How far is your handle coming back from the dash? It should be only 3" or so at full brake lockup. A couple inches more than that, and you will be getting close to running the balls up out of their cups and that is wher...

Lavoy is the only one to deal with. Period. The rest don't know their behind from a hole in the ground, and they will get you coming or going. Lavoy puts up with idiots like me, provides this website, and has kept one of the few sources of parts for these things going over the last years. Call Lavoy...

I had managed, through following the FSM, to adjust the left had steering on my old 420C. I had great right hand steering but no left hand steering. I took and pushed out the throwout bearing towards the steering clutch, until it engaged and I then pulled back the steering handle, wired it in place,...

I found a Deere Lanz in East TN. It had been imported with a pair of others, when a German emigrated to the US and had begun a chicken/egg operation with his American brother in law. It had been sold off, and then finally ended up with this farmer in East TN. I sold one of my Superbee's to buy it, a...

I have no idea if it is a southern only thing. I've heard it in Ohio and PA, also from Canadians. To scotch or scotching refers to use of a scotch block or other device to immobilize a vehicle from moving. These jackasses have patent(or at least applied for a patent) on something that has been done ...

There was a 440 for sale on Craigslist in TN. I thought it might be the Lanz. The one for sale was a gas crawler. I wanted it, but it needed a lot done to it hydraulics wise for the loader. I went and looked at the Lanz today. The engine, center section and a bunch of other pieces are Deere-Lanz. Th...

I purchased a hydraulic winch- I think it is a Garwood- that came off of a large Army truck. I am thinking the army truck is a 5 ton. Most of these are just straight PTO driven winches, this one is a hydraulic winch. I figure I'll need 20 gpm or so to run this winch, and I don't want to screw with m...

Yes, John Deere does.

SM2063 available from John Deere on their website, in PDF for $82.

http://www.johndeeretechinfo.com/index. ... uModel=350

POR-15's product to derust is Metal Ready- it is overpriced Ospho, and because of liability concerns it has gotten weaker and weaker. With POR, you're supposed to use Metal Ready and then their paint. Ospho is the same thing as metal ready, has good coverage, much more reasonably priced. It also isn...

It's not that people on here don't think anyone is mechanically inclined. It's just with a crawler, there are enough nuances and steps, that it isn't as simple as throwing out a suggestion like you can do with a wheel tractor. The steps to repair one aren't necessarily obvious unless you've done it ...

If you decide that this isn't for you, I'll buy it from you, I don't expect you to sell it for what you gave for it. If you'd be interested in a Mopar muscle car or a Harley Davidson Big Twin, I could also offer those.

I hope it turns out to be something simple.