Recent content by Biotex

I agree with ToolJunkie. The factory uses full synthetic off the line on most engines these days. I pesonally haven't heard of any break-in issues with the newer blends. I see no reaso not to change it at 5 hours. A bit overkill, but better safe than sorry huh!

Thanks for the detailed explanation Jerry. Any idea why the lever doesn't move? Seems to be frozen in the unlocked position. I haven't "leaned" on it yet. Wanted to know what it did first.

What is it, how does it work? I can't get the lever to move and I don't have the operator manual. I'd like to know the proper way to use it. LA402 on a B7800 Tractor is my first!

I ended up tweaking the lever. I put a crescent wrench on the flat part of the lever in a way that the handle of the wrench was resting on a solid piece of metal. Then I forced the shift lever to the rear while the wrench kept the lever held in place. A couple of trial and error tweaks and I can...

Will do guys. Will look at it again and take a picture or two.

I never thought about perhaps the fender being off a bit. I'll check that out. Since the lever is sooo long, it wouldn't take much of a bend to get the thing realigned. Probably what I should do. I sure hope it is not the internal shaft being bent.

I see no two bolts???

Yes it does look like your diagram. I did trace it all the way back. I removed the rear wheel to get a close look and it really didn't look like anything amiss. The N closer to the L/M is really L. So it appears to me that if the lever was pressed forward very hard towards H range and it bent...

Sorry for the late reply. I was out of town. There is a single cotter style (but beefier) pin that holds the lever to the shift shaft. There can only be one way to instal it with no adjustment. I do not see evidence of any previous field repairs being done.

My new to me B7800 has 550 hours and is in nice working order as best I can tell. The only mechanical issue I have is that the shift lever doesn't align with what is printed on the fender label. I'm talking about the (L-N-M-N-H) emblem. When the lever is pointing to the Medium range, the...

I took your advice and purchased a quick hitch. Thank you! A must have. I did clean those caps. I'll post up some pics soon.

Seems it does come off by simply pulling the pins and unfolding the legs to set it on. Pretty easy now that I know how to do it. So I pulled the loader and all hydraulics off the parts tractor and reinstalled them on to the working tractor. Everything works as good as new. Spent a couple of...

First timer here and I have just purchased 2 B7800's. I need to take the loader off of the one tractor and re-install it on the second one. I did some searching and see that a lot of models have the quick attach loaders, but looks like the 7800 HST is not one of them. Is this correct? If so can...