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I went back and re-read your post. Looks like I should have read it closer the first time as you have already been in the parts box. Before you start the search, raise the back of your crawler about 12” and pop the cover off so you can see what your crawler has and what you will need. By raising the...

Good evening, Paul First off you don’t need a PTO, but you will need a winch drive. Google “Deere parts” and scroll down to select “JD Parts Catalog John Deere jdpc” website. Open that website. Put “400G” in the search box. Hit search. Select “2209”. Scroll down to the sectional index table and open...

If the bearing surfaces and the rest of the castings are okay, the faces can be machined. May moons ago I rebuilt my 420 cam pump. New bearings and new gears at the time. Bolted everything together and you could not turn the pump. I had the faces machined and it worked perfect. ~1988. Best regards B...

I would start with a new set of washers. Best regards, Bruce

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Bruce

I would contact SEWL, Schaefer Enterprises of Wulf Lake. Tall order and a long shot, but worth a try. Bruce

Best way to contact Lavoy is with an email.
Best regards, Bruce

Good job. It is always nice to hear/see a good machine brought back to serviceable condition. Are you using an anti-cavitation additive or did you use the life time coolants that have the additive in them already? Bruce

Good morning, First off, I am not terrible familiar with the 350's. I thought there was a special tool to set the height of the pressure plate contacts for the throw-out bearing. I think this would be a very important step, since you are changing the height of the clutch pack with new clutches. Bruce

Ah Ha. Makes since no that we know the correct series.

Best regards, Bruce

Proper adjustment and removing as much slop in the pin/clevises are where I would start. I agree with Lavoy, the proper owners manual, parts manual and the service manual are a must.

You should not have to jack the crawler. Locate the track master pin and position the pin at approximately the 9-10 position. You will have to split the track, remove the sprocket. You can make a special hanger, pictured in the tech manual, to lift and pull the final drive off. Best regards, Bruce

Stan's trailing attachment comment is simply a different way to describe or explain a pull-type piece of equipment using the drawbar, drawbar pin and implement tongue/trailing attachment.

Sounds like you have found your problem or a least some parts of your problem. Vermin have definitely been busy. One can only guess how they got the acorn in the system, maybe the system had been open at one time? I have had personal friends tell me about nuts, seeds and nesting inside a cooling sys...

Regarding the 420C, it is original only one. Bruce