Recent content by Rosher18

Reviving a very old thread. They continued to carefully use it for a few more months until it blew up the 4 wheel drive in the front end. It went to a shop where $6k of repairs were done, which included replacing the bell housing, re-sealing the water pump to the engine after extracting a...

Hi all, I disappeared for quite a while because life got busy and I wasn't really doing anything amazing on my tractor. This Sunday I blew one of my old, rusty curl cylinder hoses and have new ones waiting for me at a local hydraulic shop. I wanted to check with everyone that has a 1200 loader...

Spread 31 tons of 3/4 minus to bolster up our arena parking area and start a road from there to my shop roll up door. (road will be under pile when done) Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Very good point. I hadn't considered that everybody thinks of PTO rpm as that, rpm! Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

N is a notation for a quantity of things, in this case revolutions, as others have pointed out. It seems like they're reminding you that you're not looking at engine rpm by using units of n/m instead of rpm. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

OP, I suggest you run a quick Ohm's Law calculation based on the wattage of all LEDs that will run on the switch. Divide total watts by voltage to get current. Example, my light bar is 120W and if I assume 12V while running (it will be higher due to the charging system running) I get 10A, which...

This, 100%. If you find a wire that's only hot when the key is on for the "low current" side of the relay, you won't be able to leave your lights on when you shut down. I ran my high current wire straight off the always hot heavy gauge wire coming into the glow plug switch, since I have a 120W...

My L185DT does the same and I have no problems with it. I have to think it's just a hole through the block with not much as far as shielding goes. In fact, if I angle the dipstick back in just the wrong way, I can feel it getting hit by the crank! Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

My L185DT is from '77 and I use the compression release (along with holding the fuel rack to shutoff position with my foot) to crank until the oil pressure light goes out. Gives me peace of mind that I'm going to start at low idle with oil pressure where it needs to be. Sent from my SM-G960U...

I have a '77 L185DT that did this shortly after I got it (2nd or third hand at around 1k hours) Never really looked into it beyond removing the shift cover and not seeing anything obviously amiss. It stopped doing it after a few heat cycles. I keep checking the fluid level and it's okay whenever...

That sounds a lot like the crankshaft stopping its rotation and bouncing back and forth between compression cycles of the cylinders that are on that stroke. It's the same sound my L185DT makes (2 cylinder), but mine doesn't have the clank sound, it's more of a wiggle. Maybe an accessory pulley...

Moved a pair of bales of alfalfa for the hay burners this morning. Due to poor planning last night I had the truck and horse trailer blocking my access back out of our manure pile so I parked it out in the open with a snow storm on the way. I came out this morning to 2-3 inches of powder and...

Hand throttle, I'd say. I've had to stop and think several times in my L185DT, and make sure I hit the clutch before stepping on the lock lever. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

I'll second this. I haven't done it but I hear engaging your differential lock with one wheel spinning can result in a loud noise and the rapid, chaotic disassembly of the differential. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Thanks for your support everyone, I'll throw some more details around now that I'm home and done with the immediate work. It's an '83 1010-4, making it the gear drive model. It does look like a recent crack, judging from how clean the edges are. After I got it running I moved the loader up and...