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How hard is a ring gear replacement? I galled mine up today. Not major damage but the starter is spinning/ grinding in that one spot. If I had crank it past I can get it to start, but if the flywheel stops where the damage is the starter won’t engage I have a shop manual on order, but want to know h...

Hey all! I’m new to the crawler world with my recent purchase of a mid 80’s JD 450E. All was well until after 20-30 min of use the machine idled down died and would not restart. Would crank but wasn’t getting fuel. No smoke nothing. I didn’t have time to mess with it that night, came back the next m...