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    B7100 Piston Installation

    Did you take your cam opening/closing measurements at the valve? Was the valve clearance set correctly - wherever you got the desired valve timings should have given the clearance, which isn't necessarily the same as what's used when running. If you had taken your readings with more clearance...
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    L4540 backhoe hydraulics rebuild

    Hi all, new member here with an L4150 + L4540 backhoe. After about six months of owning the tractor the curl cylinder stopped working in the middle of a job. I opened it up and found that the nut on the rod had backed off, hit the end of the cylinder, and stripped the nut & rod. I was able to...