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Deere's separates the 350 crawler tractor from the 350 crawler loader. Start with those headings when reading its specifications. A figure copied without its machine, assembly and coverage note can answer a different question from the one you intended.
The two-page sheet can help describe the original 350 in Deere's document. It does not establish the engine or equipment installed on a particular surviving machine. Use the worksheet below to keep a useful description, an unresolved application and a row for different equipment separate.
Find the machine heading, then the relevant entry
On PDF page 1, the engine section lists gasoline and diesel entries under John Deere's 300 Series. Both entries describe three-cylinder engines. Record the fuel variant beside any engine row you copy; the model name alone does not select between them. If the engine actually fitted remains unidentified, leave that connection unresolved.
Other entries concern a particular system rather than the whole crawler. The transmission description on page 1 refers to manually selected sliding gears with directional reverse. That is a description from the sheet, not an instruction for changing direction or a statement about a machine's present condition.
Page 2 includes loader, bucket and boom entries, followed by a separate backhoe subsection. Keep the relevant assembly name with the row. A backhoe heading in a technical summary does not prove that the attachment fits a machine you are considering.
Make a record for the row you want to use
Fill this out for one technical entry at a time. Copy the row label and its qualification together rather than collecting figures in a list headed only “John Deere 350.”
| Field | What to keep with the entry |
|---|---|
| Source | Document title, PDF page and printed document mark, if present. |
| Machine heading | The exact tractor or loader designation above the entry. |
| Variant or assembly | The stated fuel variant or system, such as transmission, loader or backhoe. |
| Row | Its label and the description or value as printed. |
| Coverage | A serial annotation or other qualification attached to that row. |
| Missing context | Unidentified equipment, omitted reference material or an ambiguous unit pair. |
| Decision | Attributed description, unresolved application, or entry for different equipment. |
For the transmission entry, record PDF page 1 and the 350 crawler tractor heading. Name the system as transmission and keep the directional-reverse description beside it. The record establishes what this sheet describes. It cannot verify the transmission now fitted or supply a shifting procedure.
The same format leaves an engine question open when the fuel variant is unknown. Recording “gasoline or diesel unresolved” is more useful than copying one engine entry and losing the condition that selected it.
Keep a serial note beside its own row
The sheet attaches serial annotations to individual entries, including engine slow-idle information and loader-related rows. Those annotations concern different rows. Do not turn one of them into a single changeover rule for every engine, bucket, boom or other component in the document.
When copying a row with a serial qualification, keep that qualification in the same record. If the relevant machine or equipment identifier is unavailable, the application remains unresolved. No idle, pressure or adjustment target is supplied here.
Leave missing or inconsistent information unresolved
The lubricant letter codes on PDF page 2 refer to front matter outside these retained pages. The letters alone do not supply a fluid recommendation. Obtain the applicable reference and matched instructions instead of expanding a code from memory.
The sheet also contains inconsistent unit pairs in transport-length and loader-refill entries. This guide does not choose one number, repair the other or convert either into transport or service advice. Keep the original row available when asking for clarification, and mark the value unresolved.
Page 2 carries the printed mark 24MAR97. Record it as a document mark; it does not establish the production year of an individual crawler. The sheet is a short technical summary, not a substitute for instructions matched to the machine and assembly.
Finish with a decision for that entry
Use one of these outcomes in the record:
- Attributed description: retain the source wording with its heading and conditions. This describes what the document says; it does not certify installed equipment.
- Unresolved application: state the missing variant, coverage or reference. Request the matched manual or clarification before relying on the entry for service.
- Different equipment: set the row aside when its model or assembly is outside the question you are trying to answer.
Keep 350B information in its own lookup. If that is the designation on your machine, the 350B crawler identification guide covers the separate identification record. This page does not transfer specifications between the original 350 and the 350B.
Keep the exact row with the unanswered question. Name the missing coverage note or manual reference before treating an uncertain figure as a setting.