New 420c project

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Bnichols
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New 420c project

Post by Bnichols » Thu Dec 06, 2012 3:56 pm

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I'm new to this. I have a 420c that I don't know anything about. I'm 23 and never messed with any of these. It was my grandpas and it been apart longer than I can remember and I'm 23.He pulled the engine out 15 or 20 years to rebuild the engine and it never got back together. I'm trying to put it back together from pics I've seen. I just got the engine built and installed with a new clutch. I'm pulling on firing it up this weekend and see what happens.
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Post by jtrichard » Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:09 pm

left track is on backwards
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Post by Lavoy » Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:38 pm

What you have is a 5 roller 420 with #62 blade. Serial number will be on the LH side of the center section, kind of by the sediment bowl.
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Post by 05victorylly » Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:54 pm

I hope you get her running!! Sounds like a good project and should be a great little machine once you get her all buttoned up and working.
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420 Project

Post by Bnichols » Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:08 pm

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Thanks for telling me about the track I haven't caught that. Thanks for the info Mr. Lavory and thanks to everyone else also. So it has four foward gears. Did they do alot of 4 speed with a reverser?
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Post by Bnichols » Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:16 pm

The serial # is 130437 What does this tell me?
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Post by Tigerhaze » Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:44 pm

It tells you that your 420 is a 1958 model:

http://www.jdcrawlers.com/messageboard/ ... c.php?t=35

It is also helpful to know because sometimes parts are different within the same model for different serial number ranges or are interchangeable between different models. Lavoy or others can better tell you that for a 420, or you can do some searches of the archived posts on here for some of that information.
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Post by NNAATZ » Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:07 pm

looks like you have a good crawler to start with.

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