Bob Rooks

Hmm. Weird. I’ll check when I get home.

The rubber tracks have excellent traction on hard surfaces such as asphalt, concrete, dry wood, and dry steel, much better than steel. But as I stated earlier, they aren't as good as steel in dry clay or dirt because of the grouser height. The drawbar pull is slightly less, but IMHO this more than offsets the other capabilities. They are no good on ice. As far as mud and slurry go, I think they are about equal, but extreme care must be taken with either track types in those conditions due to the lack of shields and adequate rock guards. One of the primary drawbacks of the little dozer is it's weight. It's not heavy enough for the power it has. I have a slope and inclinometer installed on the ROPS and I have no problems working side slopes up to about 15°, going very slow and watching the tracks. Usually the only time I'm doing that is when I'm starting a bench cut in starting a road and then it levels out.

Apparently it leaks by the valve guides. They don’t leave much clearance around the push rods.

Thanks, I'll check that. Fixed it. Wasn't aware of that restriction.

I also have the “HX” cast in my sprockets and idlers.

Distributor cap??