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Good Afternoon all. I recently dropped the engine from the 550 off at the local diesel shop. The guy tearing it down called me in to look over a few things. The biggest question that I have is what would cause every 2nd piston ring to break? Engine had good power (or so it seemed) but had tons of bl...

Someone has bypassed my cooler by putting pipe plugs in the radiator and looping the cooler lines together. I'm trying to find either an aftermarket tank or a stand alone radiator!

I don't know why when I was looking at the diagram, I saw the two sides of the same clamp and thought it was two separate clamps. Oh well, I broke one of them so I ordered the 4 replacements....

https://shop.deere.com/us/diagrams?deal ... ry=03015-1

Can anyone share a picture or description of where the control cable blocks get mounted? I have the bolt for one set up closer to the control lever, but the parts diagram and the service manual don't really show the second location. Thanks!

Go to your local starter shop. Should be a lot easier on your wallet than going through mother deere. I just pulled my starter on the 550 and the local guy replaced the solenoid in about 30 min. The removal and install was miserable.