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I was just out seeing what gauge lights worked and also how much light the 2 headlights put out. I noticed when the lights are turned on the oil pressure gauge pegs out, turn it off and then it goes down to operating pressure. Any thoughts on why that would happen? Well the gauges work off a fluctu...

I have the street grousers and never been stuck and I was dragging the belly pan just 2 days ago. It was close but I made it out. The rut was taller than my knee lol.

It's always a little hard to tell after they get the dupont tuneup. However the sprockets and pads are both excellent. I'd guess the links are good as there is a ton of travel available in the adjuster on both sides. All the rock guards and sheet metal is present. It needs about 3 tubes of grease sh...

When I did mine, like the others I had the boom of the ground and pulled the rear pins to get the rear hoses. I bought all kinds of wrenches, bent some of said wrenches and really improved my language skills. I found I had to make up new words....I smashed a finger so good the finger nail fell off.

I tilted the bucket forward and rested the bucket on a goose neck trailer so the loader arms were mostly up out of the way. I then pulled the loader lift cylinder and then you just have to muscle thru it. You can disconnect the steel lines in the walk pass thru area, then there is a bolt that connec...

I hate to do it but I feel compelled, my loader will always have 3 bar grouser pads. I cannot say with 100% certainty what john deere's position is on the matter however without question most loaders come with 3 bar grousers and most dozers come with dozer pads. Common sense tells me that a loader s...

My 450c has 4 gauges in the dash with the tach, water temp, transmission temp, oil pressure and amp gauge. The hole below the seat left side is where my hour meter is. The cap with the chain is for ether starting, I used the flexible oil pressure line to hook it up to the intake.

Hope that helps.

Sounds good, I will send you a private message with my phone number for when you find something out.

I have an injector that needs to be replaced on my 580c backhoe #A140828. I'm really surprised by the spread of the pricing. One place has a set of 4 for $170, one place has them for $245 each and everything in between. Is it as simple as USA vs import? What about the$90 injector is that the same im...

So i'm in SW Missouri and we're getting a little taste of what you get up North. It's been negative temps all weekend , windchills in the -25-30 it's brutal. Our buildings are made for this, our houses are not made for this and certainly people were not prepared. The local propane delivery service h...

Last thing I will add, getting a crawler is a bit addictive. I've said for years I would sell everything I own before my 450c she's my baby.....lol

My guess from looking at those auction pictures is someone has put sprocket on it. The bushing are heavily worn, the track adjusters look like they are at the ends of their travel, the links look short and the spacing between the track pads is seems high. You can measure the pins and see to verify b...

I don't know how I missed this thread.... That is amazing, that is some of the most intricate detail work I've seen done.

It's pretty hard to judge much from those pictures. The undercarriage is completely impacted with dirt, which I consider a lack of maintenance. The spacing between the pads seems a bit large but the pictures are so far away it's really hard to tell. What model is it? Narrow that down and there are 2...

Any chance what you described as "ball bearing with shards" is a magnet? I know some people put them in places like that to grab metal floating around. Normally they are flat but I've seen all shapes and sizes, I found a speaker magnet in an oil pan once....