Recent content by toms44

wow, did that turn into a real Job, had to take the front panel off and the front floor board to get to a hydraulic line that would not allow the new belt to pass over the pulley on the hydraulic adjustable set it literally turned into a all day job from about 9 till6 eating lunch by the skid...

We are starting on the drive belt replacement this morning, should be fun, I have some kind of heavy rope I will try to spread the sheaves apart with before I remove the clamp on that shaft, I guess we have to take the hydraulic line off the motor end shaft to get that belt over it, what I...

Yes, it is supposed to be a clutch drive , I do not know what a 610 is like, I know which is the variable speed lever, the lever i'm talking about is mounted on the part under the front seat, anyhow, there is no parking brake on this machine, I thought maybe it was supposed to break when the...

Hello looking for abit of help with about a 1976 OMC Mustang 440 sid steer (stick on each side of seating) it has the large variable speed belt setup I was told this was like a JD24, so I got a manual for the JD 24 as I could not find one for the 440 of my era, all I could find was hydrostatic...

hehehe for some reason I can see a hold my beer watch this moment

that would had been much better im sure, but Mine is beltless it snapped while I was moving it, I knew it was about to go when I bought it, but I had to play with it, only for about five minutes! and snapola.... it snapped when I was moving a rock where I was going to park it till I could get...

"loop a rope around the sheave leaving it big enough t" That is a good idea, I wonder how tight those spprings really are, I have not tried to mmove them yet, my belt should be here in a couple of days, it was supposed to get shipped today, perhaps I can work on it this weekend still looking for...

I was concerned about damaging the surface where the belt rides, someone had done that on a mill I had purchased

I know old thread, but did anyone ever mention the tip for spreading the varible pulley? I have a old omc mustang 440 the drive belt broke on yesterday thank you

Can someone tell me how I can tell the date of manufacture of my OMC Mustang 440?, I know it is pretty old, 70's possibly I sent mustang a email and they said they have no manuals for it, I sent the ID tag serial number but they did not tell me the date of machine, I guess they don't have record...