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Ok. Confession time. I eventually figured out that my big fat size 13 boot was bottoming out on the footrest. If I push my foot over the top so I get a little more travel it seems to work fine. Having said that however, it seems logical that I have a linkage wear problem somewhere that is messing th...

Dang! No magic bullet.
Thanks all.
Guess I'll start wrapping my head around pulling it apart. Secretly I'm reveling in the thought of it however facing the realities of time limitations and priorities. But, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

I've recently encountered a situation where I push the clutch pedal and the dozer stops but if I take it out of gear and leave it for a few seconds I'm unable to put it back into gear without serious grinding. If I shift reasonably quickly between reverse and second, directly opposite shift position...

Andrew, thanks much for the insight and I'd definitely appreciate a copy of the brochure if you can swing it. As for the weight I was figuring maybe 400 to 500 lb but I can see it being 1000lb as well. Really kind of hard to guess. I do know based on a couple of trips across the scales that the tota...

This 420C affectionately named Archie after my wife's grandfather, its original owner, has been in my wifes family since it was new. Unfortunately her father passed away a couple of years back and it was passed on to her. Needless to say I'm the one that wants to keep it in the house but thats not g...