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I didn't put anything in the sprocket to tension the chain, didn't know I had to. thanks for the tip on proper measurement! I couldn't find anything to stick in the sprocket that would survive and was close enough to the right size, so i tried tensioning it another way. not sure exactly how much ten...

Well, I have no experience with crawler undercarriages. Based on what I've found on this forum and others, I'd say ok to good, but here are some pictures and maybe you can tell. The grease fitting on the left Idler is missing, hopefully it wasn't run long without it. In the last picture, the other e...

Well, it ended up not taking much to get it running. After cleaning out crud from the gas tank, draining water from the distributor and cleaning out the carb, it's running and doesn't sound the worst. I can only steer right though. I opened up the access covers to check the steering clutch/break, an...

Hi Guys, This is my first post here, though I've been reading through the posts for awhile. I just acquired a 420c, used to be my wife's late great uncle's. His son-in-law bought the farm and didn't want the crawler but wanted it to stay in the family. Its currently not running, 5 years ago it just ...