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I brought home a 450c recently and when I checked winch operation at the seller’s house it would pull out by hand and spool in by moving the spool valve by hand. The linkage wasn’t hooked up and the owner claimed he had never used it. He said the owner before him had put new brake bands on it and ga...

Awesome thanks Jim. This thing quit working between yesterday and today. Maybe the owner filled it up with fluid before I got there and it’s leaked down low enough now to not work. Guess I need to find the leak sooner than later.

How do you know what the oil level should be in a 3325 winch and what type of oil goes in it? I have some manuals on the way but nothing currently. See pictures. Is there supposed to be a plug in this hole? I assume so since it’s threaded but nothing is running out and there is some oil in the winch...

Thanks Jim. Is the correct procedure for loosening tracks to just remove grease fitting and run the dozer for a minute to force some grease out?

Well, she followed me home today. I have a huge amount of info to learn and process. I ran it for about an hour when I got home grading some washout in the main drive and pushing some saplings down and honestly I had a great time on it. I also realized that my skills are a little rusty :lol:. It ran...

Great. Thanks for all the help guys.

Great, thanks B town. Can someone give me a quick rundown or a link on how to operate the winch so I can see if it works? The current owner claims they have never used it because they were just using the dozer for road maintenance. They also claim this is an ex forest service machine. Not sure if th...

Thanks Bruce. Another question is would not having a 6 way blade be a deal breaker for you guys? The straight blade machines I’ve seen are more in my price range. I’ll mainly be using it to clear/maintain old logging trails, push in a driveway through an existing ag field, build house and shop pads,...

More pics of it:
https://imgur.com/a/XLnzvhN

I’ve been lurking for a little while but I’m very new to late model jd crawlers so forgive me for my ignorance. I’m going to look at a 76 450c on Wednesday and had a few questions. In my hunt I haven’t seen many 450s with the blade frame that attaches to the tracks in this manner. Is that just on ce...