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  1. J

    deere 690el

    Still learning my way around this forum but I posted into another thread today about a 690 deere and don't want to repeat all that here and confuse things but perhaps with this note a 690 familiar person will see it and recognize my question about the controller first check not checking and...
  2. J

    Pik of unk pump

    Can anyone identify this pump on a '64 Mack 10 yard dump driven by a chelsea pto? Thanks. ps; it leaks oil like a sieve and needs spool packing.
  3. J

    more pics D47U going together

    work continues, another 2 days and it may be moving!, then the maintenance.
  4. J

    Someone please figure this out !!

    I have a warner swasey 500 trackhoe with a 3 cyl. 2 stroke jimmy in it. I turned my back on it for an hr. and the air compressor quit. (I shut it down for the hr.)) nothing is comming out of the cylinder head on the compressor. ((i put a straw in there where reed valve is and the piston...
  5. J

    ''NEW'' D47U going together

    I traded my old D4 in on another, a couple years older but in much better shape but i have to switch over the canopy and all the hydralics for the blade.
  6. J

    4 cyl. flathead missing on #2

    switched wires, new cap, gapped & filed points, new plugs, cleaned carb, governor ok (1947 hobart welder) compression test about 95 on all 4, firing order 1342 on a '47 jeep i think.......... i switched wires, it was much worse! WHAT'S LEFT? it continues to mis-fire on #2 cyl.
  7. J

    Is there no hope?

    I am finally back home (mabey permanently) and doing 25 yrs. worth of neglected maintenance on my D47U. I think this ham I replaced 15 yrs. ago i got from a guy in western oregon was dredged out of a river!, it has a lot of muck in it but i've washed the clutch/brake housing in diesel and...
  8. J

    which to avoid?

    I'm looking for a deere 450-550 15K to 25K$. one of the deere models had a issue with xmission probs I'd like to avoid............ was it the G model? something like that, read it here but don't recall the discussion. appreciate the input. Jim, :guns
  9. J

    D4 or JD450?

    I do a lot of ditching for 10 with my old D4 but i want something now that goes backward as fast as forward. I see 1994 machines selling for around $20K but am having a ruff time deciding between Cat Vs John Deere for what i do. I also move brush and many things i do require delicate...
  10. J

    warner went off cliff

    my old warner swasey 500 went off the high road today, I dived out through the broken front window and missed the bucket as it went by!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well, it lodged against a tree and still maintained oil pressure so i shut it down and went after my old D47U and 'moved' the hill...
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    it all works but the swivel post!

    the bottom of the swivel post seems im-mobile on my 550 warner swasey hopco excavator.... it evidently broke the airlines off when i rotated it after parking for 4 yrs. after 2 days of putting kroil all over it, it still won't move... what gives?:beatsme:beatsme:beatsme
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    warner swasey swivel post

    help! parked 4 yrs. , then started my warner swasey 550 hoe and when i rotated cab the air lines on the bottom end broke off, evidently the post with the airline outlets in it did not 'freewheel or ?? it seems to me one should be able to grab that post and turn it free and easy by...
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