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by digitup2
Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:03 pm
Forum: Late model JD crawler technical support
Topic: 455G
Replies: 3
Views: 3849

#1 What temperature was the weather at when you started the crawler ? The reason I ask this the G series needed to be warmed up to shut down that light and on cold days it took a long time to go off and #2 This is the Return To Dig power wire if you want RTD (Return To Dig) then see if a switch is n...
by digitup2
Sun Jan 12, 2014 3:30 pm
Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
Topic: Snow Dozing
Replies: 88
Views: 64075

Hear ya on the darned Lake Affect We get heavy lake effect off lake Huron and she isn't froze over either Last week we had 14 to 16 foot banks on Highway # 21 along the lake when that storm came along It was closed for two extra days so the two blowers ( a pair of 600 Quad tracks with Kt 1150's hung...
by digitup2
Tue Jan 07, 2014 6:57 pm
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: Chain saw fuel tank cleaning
Replies: 24
Views: 21358

That is Right Stan any 2 stroke can run backwards heck if you shut a Detroit Diesel off just right and give it fuel back on at just the right time they will run backwards every time .We did that with the old whiz bang motors (8 V71 TTA's that were the 475 HP version and just after going whiz would g...
by digitup2
Sat Jan 04, 2014 11:59 am
Forum: Late model JD crawler technical support
Topic: Do 450 H tracks fit a 450 B?
Replies: 5
Views: 5028

We just put tracks that were meant for a 550 J on a 450 g so no difference .They are the same pitch and pin size just different heat treating that is all !!
by digitup2
Fri Jan 03, 2014 6:00 pm
Forum: Late model JD crawler technical support
Topic: Do 450 H tracks fit a 450 B?
Replies: 5
Views: 5028

They all fit with the same pitch pin size and width as well depending on the series of tracks you have bought there will be small differences such as the heat treatment in them and the sealed link tracks as well some are open and some are windowed in the link but over all that link has not changed m...
by digitup2
Wed Nov 13, 2013 7:13 pm
Forum: Late model JD crawler technical support
Topic: Hydraulic Seat for JD 350C ?
Replies: 10
Views: 9248

seat height is a big factor as sitting up that high also puts you out in the weather .Interesting you should mention peddle steer Deere drop that up here quickly as it was the leading cause of back problems but we got our fair share of them dam things .Digitup.
by digitup2
Tue Nov 12, 2013 1:59 pm
Forum: Late model JD crawler technical support
Topic: Hydraulic Seat for JD 350C ?
Replies: 10
Views: 9248

I don't know about hydraulic seats but air suspension was and still is an option with Deere from 450E days up Two of our new 550K's have pitch and tilt compensation as well as they are heated .Sullyt28 you got the bucks there is an outfit in Sudbury Ontario that sells most seats and all options you ...
by digitup2
Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:49 pm
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: Do you recall any diesel swaps on older JD crawlers ?
Replies: 14
Views: 13018

Funny you should mention the Perkins in the 440's for EU build we have several here that I know of I thought it may be a Perkins lover swap over but I am going to take a better look at the old 440 that my uncle has had for years I had always thought some one did an engine swap on them I am going to ...
by digitup2
Fri Oct 11, 2013 8:06 pm
Forum: Late model JD crawler technical support
Topic: Nice rebuild on a 450B
Replies: 2
Views: 3710

I found it several years ago in the truck trader .He says to me Ya when I got it I had to rebuild the power shift and the motor then the tracks were gone so I had to do them then had rear end problems and rebuilt the final drives He looks at me like I had dumped on him and says why did you sell it I...
by digitup2
Fri Oct 11, 2013 2:39 pm
Forum: Late model JD crawler technical support
Topic: Nice rebuild on a 450B
Replies: 2
Views: 3710

Nice rebuild on a 450B

Here is a nice rebuild on a family heirloom at 35 grand they did one heck of a rebuild it look as good as new I kind of agree with him as to rebuilding the machine his dad owned and he spent a lot of time running This is the same time frame as my family owned 450B dozer and I spent a lot of days run...
by digitup2
Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:29 pm
Forum: Late model JD crawler technical support
Topic: I found the leak
Replies: 12
Views: 10278

I had one years ago popped a hole in the casting not a crack but a pin hole in the case was fixed by brazing it shut and fixed several by way of a high nickle welding rod after they are cleaned up and torch heated in the weld area some cracks in housing areas are from catastrophic bearing push so wa...
by digitup2
Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:02 pm
Forum: Late model JD crawler technical support
Topic: Intermittent track problem
Replies: 1
Views: 2507

well the nice thing about an H series is it is new enough for the dealer to take interest in but look in several places #1 what dose it say in the little computer window Keep a close eye on that window when problems pop up and always write down all codes you see #2 check the drive sprocket the track...
by digitup2
Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:32 am
Forum: Late model JD crawler technical support
Topic: new to me 350 straight
Replies: 5
Views: 4773

Hay No Deere ever takes up space in a shed!!.Digitup.
by digitup2
Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:28 am
Forum: Late model JD crawler technical support
Topic: 650G tranny problems
Replies: 9
Views: 16018

what is your serial number ? There was a revision on the shifter bank and trany work as well around 2nd series .I don't know if the serial number chart shows the four series's of builds there were but 650G's had some big changes internally.over the build and I only got a second series than traded to...
by digitup2
Sat Sep 28, 2013 6:45 pm
Forum: Show & Tell
Topic: KoO to be a TV seleb!!
Replies: 4
Views: 6788

Ya that would be a job Lavoy I have helped pull a D8H from the depths of a lake and it isn't an easy task at all But I would love to do it again .Not just any one can haul a load across a frozen lake with a truck but even fewer have done it with a crawler and lived to tell about it He dose well real...