d4 7u

Its sad when a sale comes up like that! I attended one in the Spring that was an absolute sale due to the guy dying. The stuff sold cheap because none was going to be left behind. I mean its good for the buyers but bad for the sellers as everyone wants true value for their equipment.

I started cleaning tractor up today and went down to caterpillar to order points and condenser and mag cap . Caterpillar said they could only find one cap in the state of PA and that it would cost 150$ plus shipping but they could get points and condenser the next day .So I told them the get points and condenser.
Any suggestions on where to get a mag cap?
I checked tranny oil ,crankcase oil , final drives gears, radiator, crank case oil on pony motor. can anyone think of some other stuff to check before I try a start.
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I took a bunch of pictures and am having a hard time up loading them , will keep trying.

Up in the top of this Forum is a Thread with a "Sticky" on it. In there you should be able to find at least one guy that rebuilds/carries old stock magneto parts.
If all else fails, then put a 4 cylinder cap from any Farm Tractor with the same Mag on it. I had a Pony Motor on an RD7 that had a 4 cylinder cap with a Ground Bar across the 2 unused terminals to the base.

As far as pictures go, you need to reduce the size of them down to "Web Page Large" or 600 by 480 format.
Then you slog through the picture uploader and hopefully have success.
If that fails, then go to the bottom of this Forum(Administrtors?) and find the one thread on photo reduction/resize for uploads.

d2 caps are the same. i got a couple extra caps, pm me ur addy and i'll send u one. check with standard magneato about their price if u must have new. mine is used but works. good luck.

Well I am still cleaning the d4 up . Grease and dirt build up is 3 inchs thick in bottom pan , took firewall off and most of the sheetmetal under feet padels and sides of motor. the pony motor gas tank had a small leak and in side was rusty as hell so i cleaned it out and used the gas tank sealer to keep rust from moving around. The hr meter numbers are missing out of the houseing. I dont know why . I have seen some repairs that were done over the years but all in all the main motor looks ok . Must have had some head work done at one time as the head is clean of yellow paint. The pony is nice and clean and I will start to work on it now. The crankshaft on the pony motor has 3/8 to 1/2 end play though. Still has good compression. I will update you guys in a few days. I forgot how fun it is to bring a machine back to life after so many years of sitting around. I will be buying a new digital camera this week so i can take pictures my old cam took a dump.

Eric, with that much end play in the the pup engine crank I would pull the pup off and dismantle the top. You will probably find that the small dowel pin is mising from the crank bearing. The crank bearings may need to be replaced or properly installed with the locating pin in place. It may help to Loctite the bearing in place. The thrust plate may also require replacing. If you do not repair the problem you may end up either cracking or breaking the crank. These things are not easy to come with these days. Cheers, Larry.

ok Larry I will check that and get back on what i find
thanks

eric did u get my pm, asking if u got a bosch mag or aftermarket? ck ur pm's.
thanks

[quote="ag-mike"]eric did u get my pm, asking if u got a bosch mag or aftermarket? ck ur pm's.
thanks[/quote]
yes thanks mike my mag is a wico model x
i pm'ed you with my address and i will pay you the shipping costs. thanks let me know if you send one thanks again