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Got to looking around for a winch for our 650G. Finally found one on a non running 550G. Went and talked to the guy about it. He wound up pricing the winch for 8k or the whole dozer for 10k. Ended up getting the whole thing. Put the winch on the 650 as planned. Got curious about the 550 engine probl...

The starter was missing when we bought the dozer. Serial number tag on the engine is missing. Can I find out what starter I need by the casting numbers on the block ?

I bought a 550G lever steer machine with engine problems. I need to release the brakes to load it and bring it home. What is the procedure to release the brakes with engine not running ?