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Yes, on GM vehicles for one, the solenoid acts as the resistor. If I get a chance today, I will try and look at my 350, but I still don't think that they have an external resistor on them. Sounds to me like in the past, someone may have modified your crawler, but that is no suprise, I have seen way ...

One thing I just thought of, when you get it running on the starter, turn the dist by hand one way or the other, and you will find out real quick if it is the timing. I have never had the dist out of a 350, but if it is like the two cylinder Dubuques, there is only one position, it is not like a Che...

In this application they do not have it. I don't know if the 53 series had them or not, I assume so, but not sure. I know we had an 8-71 in a Terex crawler that had it, and I have seen the knob on some old semis with 318's and such.
Lavoy

Have you tried advancing or retarding the timing to see if there is any change?
lavoy

I believe oil on the inside is not correct. Usually if a Detroit gets oil in the blower, it will cause the engine to run wild and blow up. The larger Detroits had a valve that can be shut to kill the air going into the engine to shut them down when this occurs. There is an update on the blower seal,...

Do you know for sure that you have good hot uninterreupted power to the coil? If the wire or solenoid is bad, you may have good power when cranking, but loose it when the solenoid is not engaged. I know you said you ran a jumper wire, but you also said you blew the resistor, not sure what you mean b...

I don't know that I have ever seen a price list for the 440 with a loader. I would be they are selling today for close to or more then they sold for new.
lavoy

It needs to be tight, it is driven into the carrier bearing quill. It is supposed to be rigid, and the throwout bearing holder rotates and slides on it. If it is loose, it will eventually wear the bearing quill so it will never hold a tube, and then you have a bunch more work to do.
Lavoy

I just e-mailed you a file, search through it, and you will find 440.
Lavoy

The wrench is obsolete from Deere, but about all it is, is a big crowfoot wrench. If you have a junk tool place in your area, go get the correct size open end wrench, and cut the end off and weld it back on at the correct angle.
Lavoy

Search throug the posts, Brad Kahler is making a CD with all the 440 manuals on it.
Lavoy

If you are plumbed for a hoe, make sure tha the diverter valve is not partially open.
Lavoy

Hey, I never got an invitation, what gives!?!?!?!? Your final drive bearings are out, don't use the crawler further, you will damage more stuff. You will need to remove the final drive and take it apart to see how much stuff is damaged. As long as you have it off, be sure to check everything else th...

There will be a difference in the level from down to up. The ram side of the cylinder has much smaller displacement than the non ram side, so as the arms go up, the oil level goes down. That is why you check the oil level with the bbucket down, otherwise it would overflow the reservoir when you let ...

Howard,
None that I know of. I wonder what the serial number code shows it as, dozer?
Lavoy