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Got my pump in and it is working great! now to change the oil and I can quit worrying about the hydraulic/engine oil intermix. Not that that was too big a deal(same oil) just my engine oil dipstick is 3 inches overfull!

Next step, replacing the leaking rams...

Yup, I finally got the seal, it was $8 at napa. they ate the shipping and markup 'cuz it took so long to get. the bearing is still coming from the almighty intermess... sooon I will have my crawler back into creeping around shape again!

Tigerhaze wrote:NAPA has an online system that you can look parts up, if the parts guys at the store are clueless.

yes they are. I guess those bearings are used in 99-06 harleys for the cams.
I told my buddy with a harley that his bearings will prob last 64 years or so..

So I gotta 2 piece pump that I was going to use to for my crawler. Unfortunately I have a 3 piece pump and the fittings are completely different. I removed the 3 piece pump and found the input shaft seal blown out and the bearing rollers falling out when I pulled the seal out. So all I gotta do is r...

vtjoe wrote:what about the engine oil?

I run any synthetic DIESEL oil. They have a higher zinc content and Help with flat tappet cams.

If you rebuild any flat tappet cam, make sure the oil you break it in with has the zinc so the cam won't wear out too fast.

Oil is cheap, engine parts aren't

I would also endorse the deere battery, spendy, but works good. I personally will never use a interstate battery on any of my vehicles again. worked great for 1.5 years then it quit. warranty was a pain itn the a**! they are supposed to have "free replacement for the first two years". But the rep sa...

I figgured the rust came from a couple o- places. one being the fuel shutoff being changed and I believe the screen being rattled around. the other is the air intake tube gasket was missing a piece on the top, you could see a rusty trail running down the gasket face. he plows snow with it so I could...

I managed to get up to my dads house to look at this old girl. Compression was 100lbs on each side. I checked spark- sweet on both sides. swapped plugs- same old. pulled the intake tube off the front of the carb with it running, rust evident in the bores. while it was running i sprayed starting flui...

Dude, I am totally gonna copy that. I assume you are gonna have a separate valve for the hydraulics?

According to pops he has swapped plugs side 2 side, wires side to side an he thinks its in the engine. No compression test has been done yet, dad can't find his tester. The head was literally cleaned of any gasket material and slapped on as a unit, no disassembly. Just to clarify, the crank was cut,...

Sooooo heres the deal. I'm 150 miles away and my dad tells me his 50 is only running on one. he thinks its compression. He has already tried ALL the spark stuff. he has even got shocked a few times by "testing the spark" LOL Well he popped off the valve cover to see if any valvetrain is out of posti...

All right! Call me a dummy! Left track can be pulled gradually and smoothly. Right is either on or off drive when pulled back all the way. I looked thru the mc manual I can't make heads or tails of the pics. I figure it must be a band adjustment.... Anyone got any pics ? Maybe a link to a site that ...

Just got a new-to-me pump of the ol' craiglist(gotta love the intermess). Its of a M tractor. My plan was to re-seal this pump and swap it over to my crawler. My crawler has a 3 piece pump on it, complete with previous brazing repair. an my craiglist find is a 2 piece pump. Has anyone else ever swap...

Soooo I got the parts pdf on my laptop. I want to get the service manual, but which one? should I get the "M" tractor manual then the mc addendum? Anybody know where to get the stuff? I tried pm ing lavoy but I don't think it went thru. I gotta use pay pal to pay. So ideas anyone? Thanks ! This site...