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If you would send us the rain I would gladly give you narrower set of tracks .. LOL

I just wish most of the people I run into in a day with a lack of knowledge would apoligize before they speak .... LOL

Musta been ashamed it wasn't an early model!

Wow - check it out .. he's not saying its OEM though!
http://cgi.ebay.com/JOHN-DEERE-420-CRAW ... 5d2f3dd939

Its good to see the work being done by these machines!

It looks like a 50+ year old crawler, only an addict could love. Which is good.

Should those front idler bolts be that far back with that much torque on those springs?

I can guarentee that after you get the machine home you will have plenty of new surprizes. As long as it appears to steer and work you are going to have as much info as you can as a buyer. As Lavoy said -- make sure you know that gaskets and seals for one side of the finals will run you $230, steeri...

Lavoy's point is right. I would check on the undercarriage. Work it to see how cluthes hold up. A good 420 is wolrth what you arewillin.g to pay. The past few ebay ones got no bites aside from the couple of redone ones but they did not met reserve.

These crawlers break occasionally.

I hope its something simple, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Good news is ... Man can break it .. man can fix it ...

If you go search on the US Patent office, for each part that patent was issued for is available since it is after 50 years.

John Deere Crawler Parts Manuals: If you go to these links and then save the manuals you will have them for these models. MC: http://jdpc.deere.com/jdpc/pdfs/PC0848.PDF 40: http://jdpc.deere.com/jdpc/pdfs/PC0862.PDF 420: http://jdpc.deere.com/jdpc/pdfs/PC0505.PDF If you go to: http://jdpc.deere.com/...

I picked this crawler up a couple of weeks ago. This is my 3rd JD Crawler. The 1st was an MC that I reworked the tracks and clutches, 2nd was 420 that went through my hands quickly, he wanted it worse than I did. The tracks, rails, and chain all seem to be good. A previous owner has installed idlers...

I am wondering how it is looking now.