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    Husqvarna 324LD and other garbage 4 strokes FIXED

    There is a lot to be said for the little diesels IMO. They can be... interesting to start- but if you know how, they start EVERY time no matter how long they sit. For this reason I set up my local FD with a couple 10hp yanmar knockoff pumps. Tig welded ballbearing NST fire fittings on to pillage...
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    Husqvarna 324LD and other garbage 4 strokes FIXED

    Yeah, I kinda figured. But at least something will show up on a Google search. All I found was people smashing them with sledgehammers. And cursing. Quite a bit of cursing. XD IDK if diesels will ever really get weedeater size, but I did just drop a 3hp direct injected diesel on my janky old...
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    Husqvarna 324LD and other garbage 4 strokes FIXED

    Nothing to say to naysaying trolls. To those with the misfortune of buying a Husqvarna four stroke? My condolences, but you're welcome! ;) Posted in stoopid spot? Oops. I tried to find the best place.
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    Husqvarna 324LD and other garbage 4 strokes FIXED

    Throttle cable is long enough, screws right into the 2 stroke threads. Use jam nut to dial it in. I was lazy and used a wire nut for the ground wire as I was too lazy to find a bullet connector. Zip tied outta the way seems "good enough". Husqvarna has great ergonomics and the split shaft is...
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    Husqvarna 324LD and other garbage 4 strokes FIXED

    Good in theory bad in practice. Never runs right. Always struggling. Chrome bore OHC garbage engine put on so many of their small machines. Honda GX series? Great stuff. GC and similar? Absolute trash. So. I found a two stroke engine that is 100% bolt on. Bought as a curved shaft off fleabay...
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    International Harvester 500C /Good or bad?

    I meant no offense to operators in general. But I also don't like being referred to as a fool for giving what I believe to be valid advice. It is crude, obnoxious and in this case potentially erroneous. What is foolish is to not ask the question and wind up with a machine that is not the most...
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    International Harvester 500C /Good or bad?

    Be cautious of some of the info given in this thread. I don't have the energy to hassle with people who don't know past yanking sticks. Operators generally give very good operating advice, and some give very good mechanical advice, and some do NOT. Nothing went backwards with the integrated...
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    International Harvester 500C /Good or bad?

    Bleh, never mind.
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    International Harvester 500C /Good or bad?

    I feel sort of bad saying it, but after reading this whole thread again, maybe a dozer isn't the right choice. These machines really aren't very practical for folks who are afraid of a wrench. Steering and undercarriage is expensive and difficult work that quickly becomes impractical if paying...
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    The Ultimate Small Dozer

    If it's significantly for grins those are pretty neat. But keep in mind once that small, wheel machines can do the same jobs faster and with lower maintenance costs, noise and ground damage. Wheel machines also usually have the option of *practical* (three point) implement attachments and most...
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    International Harvester 500C /Good or bad?

    First off, I have to stress one detail. I have only done a small amount of work on dozers- and that was on big CATs My knowledge of these smaller machines comes primarily from research, and thus no hands-on experience... yet. I'll be pulling everything from the tracks to the reverser before I...
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    International Harvester 500C /Good or bad?

    500c was a good machine for it's size. Very comparable to the deere 350. Both of these machines use a clutch steer system with all the steering in levers. D2's use a similar system but the clutches are levers and the steering are pedals. Lever clutch steer systems are tricky to adjust and due to...
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    john deere 450h

    I am not familiar with that engine yet, but those are typical symptoms of air getting in the lines. I would concentrate on the tank side of the lift pump since that's the side that draws a vacuum. The other side would leak fuel rather than pull air. Starving for fuel can cause a similar symptom...
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    john deere 450h

    I'd suspect air entering the suction side of the low pressure fuel system. If enough air is getting in, it will cause stalling somewhat randomly. Some air can be handled by return lines from the injection pump and injectors, but if there's enough getting in, it will pump air out the injectors...
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    deere 350 reverser to main transmission shear (abuse) solution?

    Quote from jdemaris on "yesterday's tractors" http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=crawlers&th=65786%253E We had to fix many 350 transmissions. They do not shift well on the fly if equipped with a hydraulic reverser. That because they use sliding-gear transmission - not...
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    deere 350 reverser to main transmission shear (abuse) solution?

    Oh wow, thanks for the heads up. I will take special care on the way in to straighten it out if this is the problem.
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    deere 350 reverser to main transmission shear (abuse) solution?

    I'll preface this with I haven't yet picked up the dozer (350C), but will be hopefully this or next weekend. The machine has a sheared coupler and/or transmission shaft. The current owner has done this once before and went in through the engine side to replace the coupler. When doing some net...
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    The Ultimate Small Dozer

    Single lever clutch/brake wet system with clutchless reverser and wide ratio direct drive transmission for a couple decent working speeds and a medium and tallish travel speed. Six way blade and true direct injection. Oh wait, Deere 350c 400 series and 450 series have all that! :D Hopefully I'll...
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    Water truck: How big it too big (Fire)

    Good lord, it's small world. I had the same struggle with management years ago. They wanted to buy a thermal imager while half the fleet was suffering from brake, tire or steering failure. I wanted to get approval to replace rusted out wheels that wouldn't hold the bead seal on a tender, and the...
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    Water truck: How big it too big (Fire)

    I have been trying to put in place the infrastructure to integrate a NIMS system to add private operators. We have a D8 dozer transport and two 4000 gallon tender operators willing to come when needed, but the organizational structure in the FD is not in place to mobilize this equipment. As to...
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