Todd. Yea, we looked at just about all of the undercarriages after we found that this one appeared a bit short. We tape measured all of the length factors and they all measured the same except for two of the carriages. The one was that white one you said was for your 982 I think(?). The other one we didn't consider and didn't measure was one that had the welded brackets on it. It looked like the fork had been broken and repaired with the brackets. I chose not to consider it because of that apparent "fixed issue". We never measured it as a result.
There is nothing that you could have done, or did wrong. It's just something that happens on stuff when things get to this age and come from various PO sources.
Don't feel bad. Tomorrow's Wednesday and I'll get it done. Without looking at the parts look-up neither of us would have known that the carriages changed from tractor #400,000 and before to tractor #400,001 and later. Who woulda thunk. I don't know what the first 149 serial number was, so we can't even tell if all the 149s had the same carriage, or if they also changed in mid-production.
Let your heart not be troubled.
Mike
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