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I appreciate all the responses. The front end is most definitely overweight, the good news is I have an almost complete parts tractor with what appears to be a decent undercarriage (the engine is seized and I am so tempted to find an engine for it and see I would have a second running MC). I have fo...

I wouldn't be opposed to rebuilding how the blade attaches to the tractor, however, i would need a good picture or diagram of where 'further back' would be. I am also thinking about adding some weights to the rear of the tractor to help even out the tractor would that help keep the wear on the front...

I am wanting to build a 6 way blade for my MC. It currently has a 4 way on it. I use the tractor to move maybe 50 to 100 yds of material a year. So not a whole lot. Typically the material is dumped by 10yd dump trucks Below is a video of how it is currently I am hoping someone might have a good idea...

Ran the MC quite a bit over the weekend, used something that i built similar to a brush rack however with only one inverted plow/gouging thing to rip scotch broom out. Anyway tractor never seemed to overheat, so between changing the coolant out and swapping the caps (gas and radiator) something fixe...

Thanks for the information. I had pretty much surmised that the MC didn't have one and also that they probably were not stout enough in the rear to run one. I'd love to figure out a way to do it though without the risk of damaging the crawler. Maybe making something that could mount of the draw bar ...

Has anyone seen a three point on an MC. I live in real rocky soil and would love to be able to attach some kind of ripper type operation on the back of it for small projects.

I know a ripper and a 3 Point are different however i am curious if i can hybrid something for small time use.

Thanks

Well, serviced the trans, the final drives, the coolant system, took some track pads off an welded them back together. Took it to a weld shop and had several large cracks that i discovered in the arms for the blade welded up. They ended up plating them as well. Now I just got to get it out of the sh...

So I am running it for the second heat cycle with some cleaning agent in fresh water. I don’t have the cap on and my gut tells me it’s not heating up as fast. So o did a quick search and this is what the current radiator cap looks like however I see no hole or pressure release unless it just from th...

Hmm, i will have to heck the radiator cap. Its the one that has been on it ever since we got the machine (like 20 plus years ago), I always figured it was the right one but i would hate to make that assumption. What if i just drilled a small hole in the top of it? In side of rad looking in doesn't l...

To start off I apologize if this is one of those topics that is beat to death and I haven’t found it yet. I have a MC that warms up to 230, which is when I shut it down and let it cool off. I installed a new gauge replacing the broken one about a year ago and that when I started noticing it heating ...

Well here is at least one picture. After replacing the exhaust stack today, her hood went back on so she looks a little more appealing. She has spent the last couple of days spreading gravel. http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss164/BigKRob_album/IMG_1892.jpg (When i was a kid i was reading a book a...

I see if i can gets some action shots this weekend. Have a few trees to clean up around the place.

Its not the prettiest of critters so it maybe better if there action shots so its slightly redeeming.

Well its not windows explorer then because i dont use that so it must be windows 7. K guess i'll have to drag out one of the old computers.

Thanks

Hey guys want to thank you for all the information. I ended up replacing the points, and managed to clean out the carb without needing any rebuild stuff so i ended up not needing any new parts. However i have learned alot and now have found a good source for info. Thanks a lot.

Where are these manuals?

Ok i think i found them however its not downloading on chrome and when using Explorer it comes through as gibberish.

I am pretty certain i have a very recent copy of Adobe.

Thanks
Rob