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Bryce,
Need to look at it first, but my guess is it will die. Need to find time to go out there, will take a day and a half pretty much.
Lavoy

Yes, I talked to him a couple of days ago. Sounds like it was his grandpa's or something like that.
It is probably a 14 hour round trip from here, not including fuel, food and loading times, so a pretty good haul.
Lavoy

Bill,
Seems to me the top ones are correct as well, can't find my book right now or I could check.
Lavoy

Bill,
The gussets on the bottom are original, same as a 62 blade.
Lavoy

I should have a carb kit on hand.
Check your battery cable size, it should be at least #1 if not 1/0. Check your ground strap as well. It could be high amp draw on the starter, but usually the cables are at fault.
Lavoy

No small trannys had dipsticks, all big trannys had dipsticks. Double check your serial numbers, big trannies started at 448,001 as did the diesels.

T11396 is the late case, (big) and will not interchange with the M4256T.
Lavoy

You might have to pull the LH footrest to find the number. Reverser has no effect on the trans.
Lavoy

If the number on your case is the same as that one, it should be the same. Just because it is a 5 speed means nothing, there are two different 5 speeds, and two different 4 speeds. I commonly refer to them as "big" or "little" transmissions. All diesels, and gas crawlers built after the diesels came...

Bill, We have joked on here many times that when we hit a certain number of registered users, that particular user had to host a party, like the 500th, 600th or whatever. Obviously that was a joke, but a meeting would still be fun. One possibility would be to meet at one of the shows, like the Two C...

The winch should work, rollers will work, engine will work if you torch a hole in the hood to put oil in, otherwise it will not. Plus, if you have a late 440, there will be a HP difference.
Lavoy

The low vis Hygard will make it squeal worse, it is enough thinner. It won't hurt anything, but you will lose some more pressure. Deere does not make a straight hyd oil anymore that I know of. It is not hard to find though, any Farm and Fleet or TSC type store will have it on the shelf. I think the ...

You must run the Hygard or equivalent in the 2510 and 4020. If you run it in the crawler you will lose a little pressure compared to a straight hyd oil, but won't hurt anything.
Not sure on the 544 though, I do not know what C2 is.
Lavoy

The crawler has a winch on it, and there is a pulley block on the end of the pole. My guess is that it is for uplift when skidding logs, but I question whether the canopy is strong enough for that.
Lavoy

I would gladly trade some of the cold for some snow, really a thin Winter here.
Lavoy

Normally we try and keep it all here, but when it starts bumping the 30 below mark it spills out. Supposed to be up to zero for the highs here by the weekend, thank God there has been little or no wind so far.
Lavoy