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Thanks for the input guys. I've read about the bad seals. If this were the problem why are the runaway sperts random. Wouldn't they happen all at somewhat the same time? Here is a link to the article I saw about the throttle linkage sticking. Its more based on the 4 cylinder detroits though. http://...

So as some may have read I'm attempting to put my grandpa's old 440 back together. He told me that when it was running that something was wrong with the motor. You'd just be going alone and the diesel would just runaway. He said the only way to stop it was to put it in 5th gear, bury the blade, and ...

Thanks JD440. Thats pretty much what I figured was the diesel took up more room under the hood so the stuff was put on the fenders. Glad you commented on the throttle lever, that was another ? I had. Ours is on the top left corner so sounds like its possibly a 59. Most of the pics I saw of diesels h...

If you still have stuff I may be interested in the foot plates.

Hey all, been doing some research on here and suppose it time for me to add a ? or two. I'm starting a rebuild project of my grandpa's old 440 ICD. Not sure if its a 59 or 60 because the serial tag has rusted and fallen off, going to keep looking for it though. First question is: I've looked at nume...