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by kosoca
Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:22 am
Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
Topic: Ignition / distrubutor problems??
Replies: 14
Views: 12469

Re: Ignition / distrubutor problems??

GO TEAM JDCRAWLER!!! I didn't really think a bad plug would give such sporadic firing (I would have thought it would either work, not work, or be weak, not intermittent), but lo and behold, the new spark plug on the #1 cylinder fixed it. Thanks for reminding me on checking the simple things first. F...
by kosoca
Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:41 pm
Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
Topic: Ignition / distrubutor problems??
Replies: 14
Views: 12469

Re: Ignition / distrubutor problems??

Thanks for the insightful responses!

Yes, as I was typing up my question, I realized I had not changed the plugs as part of my troubleshooting. I will change them out this weekend coming up, no time this past Easter weekend, and post back on good or bad results.
by kosoca
Wed Mar 28, 2018 4:14 pm
Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
Topic: Ignition / distrubutor problems??
Replies: 14
Views: 12469

Ignition / distrubutor problems??

Hi Team! I fired up my 440 IC this past mid-winter (-20* temps) to plow some snow, and it was way, way low on power. It ran perfect when I last used it a couple months prior, in the fall, and I had done nothing with it since. Now it would hardly even get out of its own way in 3rd gear, blade up on f...
by kosoca
Mon Nov 14, 2016 6:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: Excavator: One Direction Only
Replies: 5
Views: 6477

The track throwing does not make sense to me either. I would think there would be less chance of throwing the track in reverse because you are pulling the track around (allowing it to follow) rather than pushing it? Any case, I understood to limit your reverse travel (especially over uneven ground) ...
by kosoca
Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:14 pm
Forum: Show & Tell
Topic: My 440 rebuild
Replies: 3
Views: 5983

My 440 rebuild

When I was a wee lad, my dad and I would go out hunting and we would find ourselves on some logging cut-block trail. He mentioned more than a few times that he would love to have a small dozer with levers and foot pedals and he could fool around with and build some trails of his own. Well, flash for...