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When working on any of these machines....best option is jacking up on concrete floor after driving both tracks over 2- 2 by planks under each track....jack up a couple inches for room underneath...with jack stands pr solid wood blocking....then pull the 2 by planks from under the tracks and you can ...

Well guys, I kinda wish NOW that i woulda kept my jd440 ic 6 way...I sure did a lot of work with it! It ended up at Lavoys who went thru it and did a beautiful job for the fellow up in Wisconsin. I now have a 420 loader, a bit harder to do the work i want, but she will do it..still a few minor kinks...

Board he sat

Became an exasperator

Well Folks...she is back up and running!! Guess she wanted some loving! Just did not want to co-operate..so I went thru pulling spark plugs, squirt shot of oil in each cylinder, put-em back in, even demounted hydraulic pump and turned engine over without plugs, reinstalled, shot a bit of carb cleane...

Not one that i like.. Still wont start .... Since i re=hosed the blown one...i think i may have hooked up my ground ass backwards...negative ground ...and put my 12 volt jump box on it....suspect i may have fried my ..voltage regulator...however...i do get spark at the plug and with proper ground et...

Now need new battery...remember..bent post!! and giving up the ghost ..so new needed

And now i'm baaack!! starter back too...a brush wire shorted..60$ to fix....gotta install it now...12 bucks for delco lead

Hank, Am not sure if you did get this figured out...in order for your dozer to turn...the steering brakes must stop the track on the side that you want to turn to...which means the clutch must disengage just before the brakes apply to stop that track..if clutches or brakes are slipping you cannot tu...

Well HANK, 1st thing...lets get your profile updated to show a location...someone may be nearby to looksee. From what i am seeing....your said you replaced the ..CLUTCH..as it stands....if this is one of the older models..420 etc...you will actually find 3 clutches in them...engine clutch....and bot...

Here we go again...Now my starter pooped out....wow..i had the thing gone thru at the auto electric shop...completely.. and blew the fuse and pooped out..So will try to see if shop can take a peek...course the old shop also died and went out of business as well...got hydraulics in and went to start ...

His old ford?

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well...hoses got...$200 bucks..had swivels added to butt end..much easier..heavy dude...now it seems it blew dang near all reservoir fluid out..so there goes another $50-$60 bucks...only took a few seconds to empty that booger..hopefully no other damage

NOT moved yet til get hydraulic

sounds like is deisel??
Or Gas?