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Well, Thanks to all with advice and parts to put the machine back together. She turns like a champ!. Big advice to all is to buy and read your manuals! The fella I bought the machine from didn't have and/or follow the manuals and caused a mild headache over small ignorances. However, its nice to wor...

Thanks! Yes indeed I will go through it all. My box of parts showed up and I have been soaking my linkages so I can get everybody playing nicely before I reassemble. Comparing the new parts to the old, I am defiantly glad I am replacing springs and such. Pressure plate was way out of adjustment, the...

Well, I pulled the finial drive today and holy smokes- I about blew a gasket! What a heavy bugger. Anyway, the clutch/pressure plate side looks good, the brakes look good, but everything is waaaay out of adjustment. Now the first wonky bit is that the cam and throwout bearing carrier look bubbafied....

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Alrighty then! Thank you very much for the swift reply. The wife isn't thrilled with having to dive into it after just getting it, but in that first 30min I ran it I cleared most of her front horse pasture with it, so I told her that its her fault it broke! Ha! Well, it gives me a reason to pick up ...

Good Day All! I have a 1958 420c with a left steering clutch issue. The machine is new to me, after bringing it home and about 30min of run time the left steering quit working. I popped the covers and cap to adjust the throwout and/or to see what was going on. Two thing immediately jumped out. First...