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After studying Old Magnet's information and a great deal of help from TyS, I took the leap of faith and punched a hole in the side of the flywheel housing and installed a direct electric starter. I have now bumped the starter,with a small battery and am just waiting to finish the coolant lines, refill the coolant and complete the battery cables. They we are off to the races. (So to speak.) BTW, the hole was a one beer hole, it took one beer for the drill to cool off a bit so I could finish the hole. I had an old bi-metalic holesaw in my junk, and it punched through with on problem as long as I did not run it too hard. (Thus the beer.)

If anyone would like to flip the photos upright I would appreciate it, for the life of me I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong.

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Sat, Aug 26, 2017 10:52 PM

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Hi, Jumbo.
I have NO experience of taking photos with cell phones. (I go the extra mile and use an 'ackshull' camera.) But I have been told by an (allegedly)(LOL.) reliable source (7UPuller) that it is all in the way you hold your mouth while taking the photo. Get that right and your photos will come out at the 'kee-wrecked' orientation. Get it wrong and you end up with what you have there. If you have a 1/2-way reasonable photo manager program on your PC, you can download them to your PC, turn them to the 'kee-wrecked' orientation and save them and they should then post properly.

Uh-oh!!!!! I just remembered, it's not how you hold your mouth but how you hold your phone. Apparently, the 'smart' phone is not smart enough to know where the horizon is or should be. Sorry 'bout that.

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Sun, Aug 27, 2017 6:38 AM

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Hi, Jumbo.
I have NO experience of taking photos with cell phones. (I go the extra mile and use an 'ackshull' camera.) But I have been told by an (allegedly)(LOL.) reliable source (7UPuller) that it is all in the way you hold your mouth while taking the photo. Get that right and your photos will come out at the 'kee-wrecked' orientation. Get it wrong and you end up with what you have there. If you have a 1/2-way reasonable photo manager program on your PC, you can download them to your PC, turn them to the 'kee-wrecked' orientation and save them and they should then post properly.

Uh-oh!!!!! I just remembered, it's not how you hold your mouth but how you hold your phone. Apparently, the 'smart' phone is not smart enough to know where the horizon is or should be. Sorry 'bout that.

Just my 0.02.

Hi, Jumbo.
Your photos 'kee-wrecked', Sir.

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Sun, Aug 27, 2017 7:02 AM

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Hi, Jumbo.
Your photos 'kee-wrecked', Sir.

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Just my 0.02.

Thank you. Now I don't look so dumb. (kinda)

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Sun, Aug 27, 2017 6:17 PM

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Thank you. Now I don't look so dumb. (kinda)

Hi, Jumbo.
Yer welkum, Sir. anything for a brother in 'suffering' afflicted with 'Yellow Fever'.

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Sun, Aug 27, 2017 6:31 PM

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Hi, Jumbo.
Yer welkum, Sir. anything for a brother in 'suffering' afflicted with 'Yellow Fever'.

Just my 0.02.

Looks nice. I like your 2x4 drill press, my kind of energy saver.

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Mon, Aug 28, 2017 11:28 AM

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Looks nice. I like your 2x4 drill press, my kind of energy saver.

There was another photo on the forum that gave me the fulcrum point idea, they had opened the covers and poked the 2x4 into the block. I had no guts, so I got a piece of 2x2 tube and some all thread. The nice thing about a "poor man's" drill press is that it is fairly universal, I just copied Archimedes, too lazy to do things the hard way.

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Mon, Aug 28, 2017 8:51 PM

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There was another photo on the forum that gave me the fulcrum point idea, they had opened the covers and poked the 2x4 into the block. I had no guts, so I got a piece of 2x2 tube and some all thread. The nice thing about a "poor man's" drill press is that it is fairly universal, I just copied Archimedes, too lazy to do things the hard way.

Nice looking work. Did everything line up as expected?

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Tue, Aug 29, 2017 10:54 AM

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Nice looking work. Did everything line up as expected?

Yes, everything seems to be lined up. I had to do a bit of jig adjusting because the holes that OM indicates for layout for the jig do not exist on a 212 grader. TyS was quite helpful with that, he even made the jig for me to use. I drilled a 3-5/8 instead of a 3-3/4 hole; I had to use a die grinder to dress the space so the nose could fit in. After drilling out the bolt holes, I took time to get a 12X ½-13 pulley tap which made it much easier for tapping out the mounting hole next to the engine block. I have been bumping it over the last few days with a small battery and the compression release open, I’m not sure if my excuse to make sure the water is circulating is legitimate or I am just admiring my work…. I keep poking my handy dandy (cheap) borescope in to watch everything engage. I get my new battery this week and then I just need to fabricate new cables, I am using 3/0 welding lead (an idea picked up here on the form,) Once that is complete, plug the water jacket heater in and wait 30 minutes or so and give it the big nudge. The one thing that I had to fiddle with was my water jacket heater, which had to be moved to the rear of the machine to accommodate the solenoid. For an all thumbs mechanic, I am starting to feel a little smug. Now I am just waiting for my balloon to be deflated….

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Tue, Aug 29, 2017 6:04 PM

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I'm in the process of doing the "DES" conversion on my HT4/D4 track loader. How did you remove the pony clutch/pinion housing? We're making the alignment jig right now based off of OM's sketch too. Did you go with the 11 or 12 tooth bendix. So far I've got the correct nose and a reman Delco 42MT but haven't ordered the drive yet.

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Fri, Aug 24, 2018 1:52 AM

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I'm in the process of doing the "DES" conversion on my HT4/D4 track loader. How did you remove the pony clutch/pinion housing? We're making the alignment jig right now based off of OM's sketch too. Did you go with the 11 or 12 tooth bendix. So far I've got the correct nose and a reman Delco 42MT but haven't ordered the drive yet.

Based on my vast mechanical knowledge, I just started to pick at it. I removed no housings, just the pony, clutch, pinion gear and levers. It took me about a day to remove everything because of my lack of knowledge. I bought a complete unit from CC Battery. Again, because my lack of knowledge made me doubt buying the parts and putting everything together.

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