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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7496618 04/25/19 04:52 PM
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OK, I did the parts research. Amazon of course is the place, Genuine Kawasaki parts for less than re-branded JD parts, plus they have a JD 445 cam gear set with almost everything you need. I added new aluminum valve covers, water pump/gasket set, spur gear set, and four push rods, $498 and change. Parts are on the way.


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7496637 04/25/19 05:24 PM
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For manuals, forget JD manuals for dollars. Kawasaki offers free downloads. Just gotta search FD 620.


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7497059 04/26/19 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Cast
Well, as I said earlier, this thing racked 690 hours over 20+ years and this is the second time it quit. Run it like you stole it. I ran this one over 60 acres of native grasses before I bought the 4720 to do that job. I really took it out of its element into those virgin grasslands. Those plastic gears held up.

Your engine won’t have a plastic cam gear unless it’s an old ‘98 or earlier engine. Find the bar code sticker on the engine.

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Mine is a BS01 model. The parts guy can tell you if you have plastic gears.


Mine is only 3 years old with just over 90 hours on it so even if it has some plastic gears I've probably got a while.


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7497082 04/26/19 01:27 AM
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Yep.


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7498359 04/27/19 08:48 PM
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Oh man, I hate cleaning parts and I have a kerosene filled parts washer. I’ve got everything cleaned up except the short block. Tomorrow I’ll do it and blow out the tractor chassis and radiator. It’s getting there.


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7498396 04/27/19 09:35 PM
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Wish I was closer, I've always loved building engines!


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: TEXASLEFTY] #7498614 04/28/19 02:40 AM
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I must be lucky . My Kohler on my mower is 13 years old with 690 hours. My onan on my welder has 1800 with no major issues. I’d be pissed about a major failure at 700 hours.

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Originally Posted by Old_Town
I must be lucky . My Kohler on my mower is 13 years old with 690 hours. My onan on my welder has 1800 with no major issues. I’d be pissed about a major failure at 700 hours.


That is just spiteful....

No help whatsoever.




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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Old_Town] #7498701 04/28/19 04:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Old_Town
I must be lucky . My Kohler on my mower is 13 years old with 690 hours. My onan on my welder has 1800 with no major issues. I’d be pissed about a major failure at 700 hours.

We've been very luck with the Cub rider, with the Courage 19 AKA the self destructing engine.
228 hours so far no problems m


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7498791 04/28/19 01:36 PM
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Today I clean the heavy piece. Nasty short block. Then I need to leak test the heads using the redneck antifreeze method. Then blow the chassis and radiator clean and it starts going back together.


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: TCM3] #7498806 04/28/19 01:59 PM
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I must be lucky . My Kohler on my mower is 13 years old with 690 hours. My onan on my welder has 1800 with no major issues. I’d be pissed about a major failure at 700 hours.

We've been very luck with the Cub rider, with the Courage 19 AKA the self destructing engine.
228 hours so far no problems m


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7498888 04/28/19 06:11 PM
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Well, it is clean and we wait on parts.

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We are looking for green coolant to appear in the intake/exhaust ports. Hoping we don’t see any.


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7498889 04/28/19 06:14 PM
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When I reach this stage in a rebuild, I begin to enjoy myself more. Just seeing everything clean gives me a lift.


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The second round of the NBA playoffs is just starting. It's my understanding that they last slight longer than eternity. Think you will get it done before the championship?


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7498927 04/28/19 07:30 PM
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Yeah it will be easier going forward. It would go back together if the parts were all here. They will arrive mid week. And, so far the leak test looks good.


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7505307 05/06/19 04:41 AM
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How's the JD coming along?


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7505418 05/06/19 01:18 PM
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All the parts are here. It starts going back together this afternoon.


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7505461 05/06/19 02:06 PM
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Great!!
Be sure you prelube everything, rod journal,crankjournals cam bearings and the cam lobes.
Which I'm sure you know to do.
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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7505495 05/06/19 03:05 PM
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Yep, engine assembly grease arrives today. Thought I had some from the last rebuild. Got caught thinking.


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7505815 05/06/19 08:39 PM
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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7507323 05/08/19 04:27 PM
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Had a heck of a time getting it put together last night. The cover would not fit flush. Tried running it down with the bolts and the crank jammed up.

My stupid alarm finally went off and we just stopped and stared at the cover. We had stripped the new cam out, stripped the new oil pump gear, everything we could remove and the damn cover would not fit.

We both saw it at the same time. The oil pump has a strangely shaped plate under it that was 90° rotated. We fixed that, high fived and put it on. Still would not fit. Stupid alarm is blasting now.

We stared at it some more. This time the wife saw it. My stupid alarm is never wrong.

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Yep. There it is. I did that. Well it is now on and tourqed down. The crank rotates freely. Then I realized that the head gaskets did not come in the cam gasket set. Don’t quite understand that as a cam failure will generally bend a valve stem or two.

So, Saturday we bolt the heads on, bolt up the intake manifold and torque the heads. Then it is pretty much done.


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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7513075 05/15/19 10:49 PM
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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7513113 05/15/19 11:47 PM
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It is running.

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Re: DANGIT! The JD445 is down. [Re: Cast] #7513115 05/15/19 11:52 PM
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There was never a doubt in my mind it would not live again. Granted, I knew who had their hands on it up


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Good deal!


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