My 440 parked in the yard after delivery. The paint on the blade didn't last long
At the beginning of Fall. Back from the motocross track. I learned the machine during past weeks and found out it will need a bit of work.
Setup to move the bull in a small garage where I'll do the inspection and rebuild.
Tear down is going fine. This is after 2 weekends of work from running condition to this point. I found minor things to be done up to now.
When I worked with the dozer in the summer, I had trouble with steering. In the winter I was able to do 360 on both side, no trouble. I guess oil has messed up the clutches. Another thing was that I could hear a grinding noise some times while going in forward. I found out the starter spring that pull the pinion back was broken.
Main clutch throw out bearing is gone.
The reverser has been by passed with an home made coupling... I don't like that very much. I'll be looking for a better one.
Engine was running with poor performance exept for one afternoon in the summer! Before to tear the dozer down I did some testing. I had a bad voltage regulator, bad ignition switch, Wires had sometimes 5 joints not welded, hold togheter with only black tape! And the carb.... I don't think it is matched for the 440. Compression is good 131, 135. So, I eliminated electrical stuff by changing everything. I'm working on a carb that I hope will fit (tsx688 found on a parts 440 loader).
I'll have some more pics soon. Have a good Week!
