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As a general rule, when someone says their undercarraige is 80% worn out, it really means that it is about 130% worn out. This is not an accusation of you in particular, or anyone in general. But, if you actually looked at an undercarraige inspection form, you would find that the tolerances are a lo...

Gary, Order a new pin, bearing, and two snap rings from Deere. FIx the slot as you already thought of, put in the new pin, and new bearing. Install one snap ring, and then carefully stack the second snap ring down on top of the first one. Make sure to put a little grease in the cavity when you have ...

40 and MC use the same radiator, only difference is 40 has a shroud. The shroud screws to the side of the radiator itself.
Lavoy

MC is thermosiphon, no thermostat. Early MC had the temp probe in the water outlet, and never read the correct temp. Later ones were in the back of the block, and were much better. An MC is going to run hot no matter what, just the way a thermosiphon system seems to work. If you pull the radiator, h...

I got $50 says they are bidding it in hoping to catch a sucker.
Lavoy

Shawn,
Send me an e-mail and I will get back to you when I check. I can't really do any checking until next week.
Lavoy

Oh great, one more crawler I have to own some day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lavoy

I have the gauges for 420-early 2010, and late 2010 and 350. I would love to have them reproduced, but the laser cost would be astronomical per piece with the engraving. There was a guy making them in plastic, but I don't know if he ever got to the Deere gauges, and/or if he is even still a round. T...

It isn't a Deere, but the SAME crawler look quite impressive, and they have sizes smaller than a 420 up to about 450 size I think. Even have 3PT hitch and rubber track options. I have no idea on price, but I would bet not cheap.
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Shawn,
I believe I have one, I can check if you want.
Lavoy

Two hours ago, it was a balmy 4 above here with a 20 mile an hour wind. Getting bad enough I even had to switch to long sleeved shirts. If I gets any worse, I will have to put the shorts away too.
Lavoy

There really is not much in a modern crawler in this size range. The Nortrac/Northern Tool/Bob's Crawler Company is not too good of a machine. About the only thing in the 420 size range that I know of are the SAME crawlers out of Europe. They have tried other types of machine, and for what they are ...

The crawler in the pic is going to Hawaii to work on a pineapple farm. I converted it to 12 volts and electronic ignition at their request. There are a few other non-factory mods on it, but I am setting it up so that it is a good user for them, not a show machine.
Lavoy

If the deck sleeve gasket is leaking, you will need to pull the deck. If you are going to pull the deck, you will need to pull the pistons. While the deck is out, I would surely put in new o-rings on the deck as well.
Lavoy

The best I have found if you are in an area that gets it is snow. Snow is very abrasive, plus you get the penetrating benefit of the water. If you have a place to do it, get it in some deep snow and run it for a while, then get on a hard flat surface and run it for a while. You will know you are get...