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Thanks for the good comments Paul. Yes, The operator makes a huge difference when it comes to wear and break down. I plan to use the crawler in the woods to make some small trails and hauling trees out. I don't want to tear it down again for a while!! So I'll use it with care. This website is great....

Thanks Ben, I'm gonna use my small crane shown in the pictures. It is precise and good for 2 tons. I dismantled both 440 with it. I think the back end weighs about 1200 lbs. The causes of all these damages... I think people who bought these kind of tractors back in 1958 had to push them to the limit...

Ben,

What a job you did there! I didn't know it was apart like this when you started the project. Really Impressive! Your GrandPa must be happy to see the crawler back alive!

It's been a while I logged on here. I took a break of computer during my vacations :) but I kept wrenching to try to get bull 2 running again. Thanks Ben and Lavoy for your comments. The problems in the drivetrain were serious enough for me to think about turning this one into a parts crawler: Broke...

Hey 2006,

I watched some of your videos on youtube. It would be nice to have one of this beast in action

Very nice work.

I asked the old man about the throttle part and he doesn't have one... until the ICD he's waiting for shows up I can't help you on this one. Sorry.

OK. Now this one makes me cranky a bit... I went to work on my bull 2, motivated... I noticed a shade of green on the lower part of the transmission case. My curiosity is on... I look at the number on the case: M3552T. This case # is not in the 440 parts manual. I look on Bull 1 transmission case: M...

I ordered the tach gauge from Lavoy. It should be here shortly . I found a tach drive locally for my 440. The guy has 3 of them I think. According to him, 440 and 2010 drives are the same. The one I'll get will come off a 2010 gas. Maybe I can help.

I guess Delo 100 is not very common on this side of the border. The low ash property is very important for shure. I tested so many 2 strokes Detroit genset at 100% load, I know the oil gets hotter in them. Up to 220F. Cooling system and oil cooler have to work perfect on full load. Anyway I don't wo...

whiteclipse16 wrote: I'm having a heck of a time finding someone close to me that sells the DELO100. Would the Rotella be that horrible to run? (Straight 40W of course).

We put shell rotella 40 in all old 2 strokes detroit diesel 71,92,149 series for years. I guess 53 series would be the same.

Mine doesn't have a reverser unfortunately. I think it should just have a plate on the reverser case instead of the cover that it does have, but that's what was on there when I dug it out. Did you make some progress on bull2? You find anything out about that 440 you saw on the side of the road a wh...

Did you check in the middle of the differential Hub where the Internal splines match witch those of the drive shaft? It might be stripped. Mine ended like that. You can shorten the drive shafts to use the healthy splines on the extremities. Good hubs are hard to find, believe me! Mine is stripped in...

Hi, Here is the tool they use where I work to do track jobs on the field. I work for a CAT Dealer and the tool box will always go out with a field service technician... For Safety and to avoid misuse of tooling. I think it is not the kind of tool you can rent... It is good to remove a master pin to ...

Does the reverser work on yours?

I work on bull2 this weekend! Keep the pics coming.

Awesome job!