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Lavoy, that's it Greenville Steel Car Company, I knew it had car in it. I have broken the stops on the tilt cyclinders once or twice, acting stupid. It is a very nice loader setup. Tom

TI 420, believe it or not I have the same crawler. The loader is made by autocar I think. I have the same snow shoes and the scarifier. I only have three shanks, I would think having all 5 shanks is pretty rare. You will not believe the power of the loader, the front boom cylinders are extremely pow...

Hello, I am looking for the front engine support. It is called an accessory bracket in the manual. What year is your machine? Thanks, Tom.

I am looking for a front motor mount for a 440 ICD. It is a 1959 model. Lavoy is there a company remaking them? Do you have one? In the parts book it is called an accessory bracket. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Tom.

I am in looking for a parts crawler. Specifically a 440, it can be ic or icd. 1959 would be an ideal year or I will take what I can get. I am in the Midwest, so I would only be able to get it from states around Illinois. If anyone knows of a good bone yard or parts crawler near Central Illinois. I w...

Hello, if it were me and it looks like the adjusters have not been touched in a long time, then I would take them off and rebuild them. It takes some 1" all thread and some 1" inch nuts. About 6 feet of all thread and 8 nuts and assoc hardware. I rebuilt my 420 about 8 years ago and do not regret it...

Bill,
Thanks for the photos! I would appreciate seeing your progress. I have this week off and one of my main projects is to get my 440 in the shop for some tlc. Thanks, Tom.

Brian, just to add my two cents, I have a 420 that had a ground problem between the point set and the backing plate of the distributor. I fought this problem for a long time, new points would make it run for a while, but then no start. I finally pulled the distibutor and sandblasted the backing plat...

Fogswamp, here is something on ebay you might be interested in Item number: 7619801943, it is an air cleaner. Tom

Michael, Excellent find. If you do not have a manual there is someone on this site that sells a cd for the 440, well worth the investment. Good luck. Tom

Well, it looks like the 440's edged out the 420's by a nose. Thanks to everyone that voted. Next time I will include all models. Too bad you can only vote once. Some people have a very nice collection of crawlers. Thanks, Tom.

Sorry, I had enough trouble putting this together. The web site kept refusing the post. I had to type it in about 4 times before it took it. I will put you down for an MC vote though. Thanks, Tom.

Vote for the Model Crawler you have. Thanks, Tom.

On the subject of engines, you would think that the weak link would be the clutch. But, I know from experience that the clutch will not slip and the finals will shear the bull gear teeth. The clutch arrangement is very good. The 2-53 develops alot of low end torque. The 2-71 would just be a shreadin...

Bryce, believe it or not that filter is close, but not quite tall enough. I then went through Hastings filters and their help line found the filter with the dimensions of the old filter. The filter is a Baldwin # F922-c. Their website lists this filter to fit the manufacturer of the filter housing. ...