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would like to meet you personally sometime and talk about our creepy crawlers. maybe after Obama leaves office and Hillary is defeated Just a thought!!
Bob

I found a big ugly tree on my property then put it in gear as you said and headed for the tree.As i hit the tree in low gear I felt something move and realized that it was my body flying thru the air up into the branches. My brakes however remained the same,and I am sure everyone believes my story. ...

not sure which it is so I've ask a diesel mechanic to check it out, I think it is diesel fuel. Thanks Bob

I have the same problem with my 440 crawler. Mine were frozen together so I used wd40 and another similar penetrating oil, then I used a hammer and steel chisel and separated the two pieces that were on the same shaft. I then sat on the crawler,and pulled it back and forth until it finally moved wit...

I took the top off of the injectors and started the engine and oil came shooting out of one corner and it was a lot of oil in a second or two. seemed like it was way way way too much. Would that be an injector?

Injector problems and repair I took the hood off the injectors and started the engine and the oil shot into the air about 12 inches. is that a reason that oil is coming out of muffler?

Thanks for all of the advice. I guess baling wire won't work this time.

Tomorrow I am going to repeat the test just to make sure I did it right. I just thought about a new twist when I pulled both brakes at the same time. The left clutch doesn't have a spring that pulls the brake handle back like the one on the right. I can pull it back with no resistance and have to gi...

with the crawler in gear as you asked then pulling back on both hand brakes the crawler locks the right brake and it turns to the right and the left doesn't do a thing .

the left brake will not engage to cause the tractor to turn in the direction I want it to go Do I need to get a new brake band or does most likely need an adjustment. While I'm on the subject do I need to drop the tract to replace any brake repair>

Thanks Ben I'll check that out after I look at the injectors

Thanks Lavoy I'll check in to that Bob

By the way,the diesel is a Detroit. which John Deere used when building the crawlers. Mine was built in 1960 Bob

I have a 440 John Deere crawler and it has started to throw out oil so that it comes out of the muffler. It is black even though the engine and diesel oil are nice and clean. It has a diesel engine and has seem many hours of work. I put oil additive in the crankcase and in the diesel fuel ,but it ha...

By the way I have a 440 john Deere crawler. Bob