Recent content by mfljr

Rowlem, This is not "as designed" behavior but not terribly strange. There are little valves in the hydraulic system called 'load check valves' and the one on your boom lift circuit is not working right. As you slowly try to lift the boom, you open the hydraulic circuit between the boom...

If that was my machine, I'd bend it back with whatever method is easiest/fastest and get back to using my machine. After bending it back it will hold up just fine, right up to the point where one side of the QA comes loose again and then it will bend again. Don't make a mountain out of a...

While I will agree that lawyers are generally the source of all stupid in the world, most of the complaining that we are doing here is not lawyer related. For example, Oil filters that mount facing down so all the old oil runs out all over whatever you're working on - not lawyers Starter...

Looks like a nicely done repair. Quick question, why build the bracket in the fist place? Wouldn't a simple bolt with a couple of flat washers and a nyloc nut hold far more and be simpler than fabricating up the brackets? I'm sure there is a reason for the brackets, but it escapes me so I...

If this is really the goal here, then just replace the bevel gear and go on with your day. It's a tractor, not a highway axle. Would it be "best" to replace them both, absolutely. Will it work for a reduced lifetime if you don't, probably. Run it in 2wd as much as possible, and just replace...

It is not normal for newly rebuilt engines to be "tight" to the point that they seize up during initial operation. Not even close to normal... I'd get an oil analysis run on this engine ASAP, this will tell you for sure 100% if you are really seizing up the engine or not. An engine does not...

Check the battery cables very carefully. The fact that removing and replacing the cables gets power back to the dash makes me think your cables are not making very good connection. Might not be at the battery though, check the wire into the terminal and the ends where they mount to the ground...