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After popping the head off and dropping the oil pan, the verdict is......a broken crankshaft!! Not sure how i ended up with that but its broke...in half. Now the next thing is to pull the motor. Have a lead of a few engines within 3 hrs of my house in NY so I am going to start there. Thanks for the ...

Stan,
She doesn't happen to have a motor does she.....haha

Duke,
We will be tearing into the crawler this wknd. I am located just north of Lake George NY so it would be 722 miles to get your motor. I might have too. Seems to be a hard motor to come by for a complete one. I will be in touch.

Well....skidding out some more winters wood today, the motor on my 1957 JD 420 crawler puked out. Must have done something cause now it has a loud bang everytime it spins over. Where can i get a complete engine rebuild kit? Anybody familiar with Jasper Engines? Do they have rebuilt ones? Looking to ...

Gus: It is greyish black smoke when you rev it up. Usually a whiteish grey color when at idle. Uses oil, actually the guy who has it kept it over full just to make sure he didnt run it low on oil. Water level is good.

jtrichard: It is gas with 4 forward gears and reverse located on the dash. Smokes even when at idle and when you rev it up she looks like a diesel!

cat10til2: I am located above lake george. How available are parts for the gearmatic winches?

Thanks for the info!

Hi all, i am new to this forum and after checking all the stuff out, seems to be alot of good info around here. I have a question about the value of this crawler. I have a friend who i am looking at buying there 1961 JD 1010 bulldozer with gearmatic winch. has a model 62 blade on the front with a ho...