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I have a 1977 John Deere 450C dozer with 6 way blade that I bought in 2012 for $8,000. A few things I did was replace the starter (starter quit shortly after I bought it) and did a complete service replacing fuel filter, oil and oil filter, air filter, radiator coolant check, hydraulic fluid level, ...

With the tracks adjusted to where they should be I still have 2-1/2" before I fall off the front nose which based on the rust on the adjuster Pistons must have been like that for the last 20 years, oh well.

Thanks for everyone's quick response I called the John Deere dealer for the OEM lubrication fitting for $5.00 Ea. At that price they'd better not blow back after installing grease. As far as the travel of the adjustment I'm sure the 41 year old machine has reached it's borderline. I have to make a c...

First post From Connecticut Issue: have a problem adjusting tracks by adding grease to the track adjustment zert fitting. While pumping grease and watching the track assembly move forward I pull off the grease gun and the grease starts coming out of the zert fitting and I'm back to where I started. ...