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- Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:54 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: New member and new owner of a 56? 420 crawler
- Replies: 50
- Views: 43172
Lavoy , Stan , Ray , and Chuck . Thanks for all the information on swapping the tracks side to side , When I bought the crawler I did not even notice that the pads were on backwards . I am in the process of getting it home and the weather is not cooperating with the plans so far . On loading the cra...
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:00 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: New member and new owner of a 56? 420 crawler
- Replies: 50
- Views: 43172
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:37 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: New member and new owner of a 56? 420 crawler
- Replies: 50
- Views: 43172
Tracks on backwards?
Chuck , I was wondering about your statement above about the tracks being on backwards . Now this is what I am wondering about , How can I tell if the chains are on backwards also ? Since I am going to rebuild both final drives I would like to swap the tracks around if I can . I am going to order th...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:52 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: New member and new owner of a 56? 420 crawler
- Replies: 50
- Views: 43172
White stuff
Byrce , White stuff what white stuff ? :lol: Oh , you mean the snow :lol: We get that here in the winter time . I love it , gives me something to do :P would rather have it then rain . The building in the background is not his shop it is his storage building , his shop has garage doors on it . :lol:...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:24 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: New member and new owner of a 56? 420 crawler
- Replies: 50
- Views: 43172
Year ?
Since I joined here I have been reading about the 420c series in the posts here . and see there is two distinct types of this crawler . If I read these posts right the late has an oil dipstick on the right side of the engine . What or where is the dipstick on the earlier models , or does it use petc...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:01 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: Poll for what kind of crawler you have.
- Replies: 220
- Views: 198694
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:15 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: New member and new owner of a 56? 420 crawler
- Replies: 50
- Views: 43172
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:17 am
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: New member and new owner of a 56? 420 crawler
- Replies: 50
- Views: 43172
Thanks , Shinnery . Every board I am on I have trouble with something , this board it looks to be posting photo's :? . Can anyone tell from the picture which blade this crawler has ? I will get better pictures soon as I get it out of where it is at , I am trying to figure out how to load it on a tra...
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:17 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: How thick does the ice need to be?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 21184
Crawlers on ice
When I was in the Army we had Arctic training at Camp Ripley , Minnesota . One of the training exercises was to build an Ice bridge (or road) across a lake , this was for the 12B's ,Combat Engineers, they cleared the snow off the ice and cut holes into it , then they would pump so much water an hour...
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:48 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: New member and new owner of a 56? 420 crawler
- Replies: 50
- Views: 43172
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:29 pm
- Forum: Early model JD crawler technical support
- Topic: New member and new owner of a 56? 420 crawler
- Replies: 50
- Views: 43172
New member and new owner of a 56? 420 crawler
Hello to the membership of this board . I recently purchased a 420 crawler with a straight blade , it is equipped with five roller track frames and a dual cylinder lift , of course it has its problems one of which is a broken right side final drive case , I now the pinion gear is shot , and the I ha...