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Well at least I'm not alone and maybe it will work itself out over time. I'll just keep an eye on it and a grease gun handy.

It's probably too far for you but I found my 450c canopy (without hoe) thru Kansas Tractor Parts , my contact is Jarrett (620) 793-7858 . I looked for a two weeks , he found me one in 2 days out of Alabama. I had it shipped to Missouri for about 150 bucks. When I bought mine about 2 months ago he ha...

As some of you may remember I replaced the recoil springs on my 450c a few weeks back. During assembly I pumped grease into the tracks drove it a few hundred yards and pumped them up again. I used the little loader about 4 hours and noticed the left side was loose again, and pumped it back up. After...

On my 450 the PTO lever is by your right foot, sticks up thru the floor board with a little lever. Mine has a hole even though I do not have a PTO or the lever for it.

Looking at the John Deere Parts site it appears to me the 350 is the same way.

I cant offer anymore than the good suggestions you've already had but I will offer a story of something that happened to me. I drove my truck home from work all seemed fine. Went to start it the next day and all it would do would crank. I worked on based on the idea that it had to be something simpl...

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Well for future reference for anyone that searches here is my recoil spring replacement story. First off I bleed the adjuster off and pried the idle wheel as far forward as it could go, hoping this would be enough room to work. More on this later. I then proceeded to simply pry the broke pieces of m...

On a 450c, the all thread is only used to install the spring , it comes out after that.

I've crunched the numbers, the spring compression rate x 4inches vs the tensile strength of the all thread and it should hold to get it in.

I'm neck deep in replacing the recoil springs on my 450c. I have it all tore down, I've cleaned the threads up in the back coil spring plate with a tap. I've made an offset tool so the front head of my all thread is in the same spot as the pictures in my manual. Here is my problem, I've compressed t...

I've read a lot of stories of broken final drives that had water in them freeze up. I would absolutely get that "unfrozen", I'd try and tarp the machine, toss a heater under it and get it thawed out where it will run. Then I'd operate the machine for 20 or 30 minutes to get it all warmed up good the...

FYI you guys were right on track ( what a pun....). I went out this weekend and looked at my springs very closely. The one you see in the picture is the good one....it's only broke in 2 places. The other one is broke in 5 places, it's amazing it works at all. I used it about an hour being extra care...

I called a 2nd JD dealer and he agrees with me and the first dealer. I should just be able to buy the single bigger spring from the later model serial numbers and slide it in. He thinks the tube is merely a safety tube for if the spring breaks it can't fly out. I'm going to try a replacement and see...

You just need a Transmission and Hydraulic Oil that meets the spec's listed in the books. Most any farm supply store (cheapest), auto parts ( more) or JD themselves (most) will have it. Just look on the back and make sure it meets the specs of either J14C, and or J20A. The oil I purchased at my loca...

Thanks that makes more sense. Hopefully I can build my own grapple this summer. I assume that is running off the extra power valve right of the boom/bucket controls?