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I have a 420C,4speed.no reverser. I was making a path to drive utility vehicles on for fixing fence today and it locked in 2nd gear but the shifter lever felt like it was out of gear. I took the lid off and lined it all back up and it is "OK" for now. I was wondering what needs done to make it like ...

My 2 cents worth. Pounds,horsepower,and traction determines how much it will push. Internationals were good machines but getting parts for an international is difficult. A John Deere is also a good machine and they're still in business and still sell parts.

I know of a 420C in Cynthiana, Ky E mail me if interested

On the diesels I put a quart of kerosene with 5 gallon of diesel fuel, works well for me. But it only gets down around 0'F here. I have heard of truckers putting transmission fluid in the fuel to start em. It got down to 30 below here one time and being I'm an uneducated scientest and my tractor fue...

I rebuilt mine including replacing the rods and I got all new parts at a local hydraulics shop. The piston cups were upgraded to modern material and rod seals and barrell seals were upgraded too and I just got a peice of chromed rod material and made new rods.

I'vr made a lot af machine slides, which have a clearance of .002"(I don't know what clearance a crank bearing has). When any grease is applied class1 or 2 it will lock it up, because grease takes up about .0025". 10W oil takes up only .0005" so it will slide. My 2 cents worth.

There is a 40C, 4roller, green color, being auctioned off near Falmouth, Ky. I was wondering if the final drive housing's will interchange with a 5 roller IC 420? I was also wondering if the tracks were the same pitch? The 40 is all there exept the lift cylinder it was started 20yrs ago and run good...

First thing to do would be to get a service manual from John Deere. Most of the time when a tranny jumps out of gear its due to gear wear or bearing not to spec.

If the front pulley on the crank is the same I have a fixture I made to hook a electric drill on and turn my 420C. I can send it if you want to pay shipping

They custom made the bolts I bought. They will plate for a fee. They also roll threads as well as cut threads about anything oe would desire

I used grade 8 I ordered extra threads (14" I think). Cost was about $35.00 ea

No, I haven't yet. I probably will try something in the future, I may have been tightening against the spring because I pulled it out last night after completing ring and pinion rebuild and I noticed both tracks were so tight one could have probably played the musical note of "G" on them there both ...

The Web address for Big bolt is http://www.bigbolt.net/
I don't know how to do that fancy stuff where you just click on it.

Non plated bolt with a cadium plated nuts. I am thinking about making some Brass nuts twice as long as a normal one. Also I talked to an old guy
that still runs a dozer for a living at 82 yrs and he said when you put them on clean and free of dirt they used to run candle wax on them.

I replaced the bolts on my 420 with a grade8 bolt I purchased from BigBolt.com . They worked well at first but after a couple trips through the barn yard they have became very rusted just like the ones I took out and very hard to move. Is there any good fix to this problem? Is there a cylinder type ...