Recent content by claya1

Local hydraulic shop said bring the pistons in. They do not want to measure old seals. I cannot be that hard, can it? Mine measure the same 25 x 35 & 30 x 40. My only question is: Do the shaft end seals have wipers and the piston seal no wipers? Are McMaster urethane U-seals compatible? McMaster...

I knew standard UTD oil was good enough, but I am not the one re-filling/moving it. I am also concerned about the HST as I know the issues of running them low/dry.

A friend of mine owns an L3700SU and cracked the FWD shift lever shaft housing. All the fluid drained out. I was able to MacGuyver seal the crack using JBWeld, enough to get the loader to move 2 inches with about 1 gallon of fluid added. I do not want to dump the entire +6.2gal load again if the...

One detail I forgot. The fuel tank was low. Was on a strep incline, and it sputtered like it was out for a second, leveled it out, and refilled the tank. A bit later had the low power/throttle dip. So the fuel starvation in the line seems a culprit.

Motors run on magic smoke. Once the smoke gets out, they are done. I just replaced mine with a reduction gear starter. Starts way better than it ever did.

L235. 4wd. Was pulling a stump out. After one of the attempts, heard a high pitch whine at idle, (first time ever) then went away. (Hydraulic pump?). Discovered low hydraulic fluid. Re-filled. 20min later, running fine, Pulled the stump out. Put in the bucket, and drove 200yards to dump. At High...

Replaced the OE starter with a reduction gear version. Tractor fixed and out of my neighbors field. Thank you everyoe!

The drawing does not match the actual starter. There is a very short + cable between the starter & solenoid + terminal. That is the short cable getting hot. Agreed, the starter is cooked. New one ordered. Thanks for everyones quick responses. My recently hired farm hand likes to run the starter...

Battery cable was NOT hot. They both are relatively new cables. It was the short + wire from the solenoid to the starter that was hot. (And the motor case). Replacing the battery with a brand new one, AND using compression release, the starter still spins way too slow. I fear the starter...

My tractor currently has tubes installed, front tires 6-12. There is a lot of rust inside the wheels, and the tube stem holes are rusted out pretty bad. I can re-install tubes, but water is going to keep getting inside. I can certainly weld repair the rim to accept a tubeless stem, but not 100%...

Drill was offset enough at depth that there was too much wall thickness, to shear easily. Bigger hammer, banging from both ends was enough to break them free eventually. Problem finally solved. Curious how much loader abuse was needed to shear the bolt heads off in the first place.

Pipe wrench/vice grips on the remnant was a big fail. The bolts are VERY stuck. Drilling them out, from the bottom is the only option left. I just do not know how deep the threads are engaged

I am adding a P-shaped turnaround at the end of our driveway. The turnaround is at the low point on our property, but re-connects at NOT the lowest point of the existing gravel driveway. I added a culvert across the turnaround at the low point. The neighbors property is 3' higher at our...

So, the 14mm bolts are secured to the large front rod with a 14mm nut welded to a flat bar then welded to the rod. I have drilled through the bolt past the nut threads. The bolt still will not shear off. Is the flat bar also threaded? I also drilled down the top of the broken bolt shank, and...