I recently looked at a 440IC dozer, nonrunning. The engine seemed seized but the owner had said it was moving just last year and had been under cover, so he pulled it out of the shed with a skid loader, and wanted to try to see if it could be persuaded to move a bit.
It didn't seem like the clutch was working. With the transmission in gear and the clutch in, it wouldn't moved. This one had a reverser, and this was with it in forward. I didn't think there was supposed to be a neutral position on the reverser, but it seemed like there was. You could feel on the reverser an "in between" and it would free roll in this position regardless of the clutch pedal. The pedal felt good.
I've never operated one of these, and this was an estate item so these guys weren't sure either. The question is if there is a neutral type position in the reverser or if this indicates a problem with the reverser.
P.S. We figured out why it was seized after it wouldn't budge. It had initially moved a partial stroke with the starter, so we thought it might have had a stuck valve or something. Never seen anything like this. They pulled a spark plug and one cylinder was full of sand. Seemed like someone's kid dumped sand from the nearby sandbox down the exhaust manifold. Lots of it.
It didn't seem like the clutch was working. With the transmission in gear and the clutch in, it wouldn't moved. This one had a reverser, and this was with it in forward. I didn't think there was supposed to be a neutral position on the reverser, but it seemed like there was. You could feel on the reverser an "in between" and it would free roll in this position regardless of the clutch pedal. The pedal felt good.
I've never operated one of these, and this was an estate item so these guys weren't sure either. The question is if there is a neutral type position in the reverser or if this indicates a problem with the reverser.
P.S. We figured out why it was seized after it wouldn't budge. It had initially moved a partial stroke with the starter, so we thought it might have had a stuck valve or something. Never seen anything like this. They pulled a spark plug and one cylinder was full of sand. Seemed like someone's kid dumped sand from the nearby sandbox down the exhaust manifold. Lots of it.