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Well duh, there is a tag s/n: 450CC 268050 looks like it is a 1977. Would that year have a common sump?

Thanks for the info, when it stops raining I will see what I can see.

Where is the engine tag located?

The number plate is gone from my 450C, is there any way to determine year of mfg?

Thanks for the info, I could not see anything filter-like on the accessible sides

I am doing a fluids and filters change on my 450c dozer and don't know where the filter for the winch is located. Any help?

The dozer has been sitting for a while [a few weeks] and the temps have been in the 30's most of that time. Yesterday, when I started it , it was in the 40's but as stated before, it has sat in the cold. No block heater installed. In the late summer, early fall when I was operating it daily, it woul...

I have not checked compression but the engine feels strong and does not use oil. When I got the machine from the former owner , I found a well used can of ether in the battery compartment so I guess it has had the addiction for a while

Title says it all. New batteries, rebuilt starter; engine spins over fast, blows smoke from the stack when cranking.
I give it a 1 second shot of ether and it fires up after maybe 5 seconds more cranking.
it will then start normally or the rest of the day.

2nd reman is finally installed [had a dropped bolt/buggered stud thread episode that slowed me down] and it spun over very quickly and fire right up

Fingers crossed that my starter woes are on the mend.

I just returned from the rebuilder who pulled the starter apart and rebuilt it while I waited.
It needed new armature and another set of brushes. Hopefully Hopefully it will last longer

Well less than two months later the reman appears to have died.
I get no sound or movement from the starter when i jump it connected directly to the battery.
90 day warranty so I will take it back to have them check it out.

Thank you!

where is the NSS switch located?

AS far as I can tell, the NSS has been disabled on this machine since I could just turn the key and hit the start button while standing next to the dozer.