Recent content by James Williams

My B7100D is 10 years older than yours, but it has no feathering ability on the three point hitch. It goes up full speed until the mechanism you repaired stops it or you return the lever to neutral. You can also use that to set it to only drop to a certain height. If it is working...

There was no battery holder on my B7100 when I bought it either. I checked online one time and what looks like a small piece of angle iron cost $30. I will try to attach a picture from the pdf parts manual I downloaded. James

My B7100 had a size 56 battery on it when I bought it, but it is just a little to big for the space. I checked on the internet for battery sizes and it looks like a size 51 should be right. I think that any reasonably sized car battery should be able to start a B7100 if it is fully charged. I...

The steering gear box fluid is very important on these machines as parts are very hard to come by and very expensive if you can find them. Also couldn't hurt to change fluid in all three gearboxes in front axle. I put 80-90 weight gear oil in mine. Others may have different opinions. There...

There is Wildfire's way and then there is my way. Is it better than it was before I worked on it? This happens to me only occasionally.

I have a lot of problems with my B7100 I need to ask about, but this question is for my neighbor. He bought a used B26 a few months ago and everything worked fine until a week or so ago, then the loader bucket got to where it would not curl up. All other functions work fine. The problem seems...

I will leave it to more experienced people to help you solve your problems, as I am not that good a mechanic myself. I can give a little moral support though, as I have a tractor that is pretty much a twin of yours. It is a 1979 B7100DT with a B219 fel that was pretty neglected by previous...

I just wish that losing the chain out of the bucket was the dumbest thing I have done. I have driven off several times and found later the brakes were locked on. But, probably the worst is reaching up and grabbing the exhaust pipe as a handhold. With the tractor running (twice). James

I used the FEL on my 1979 B7100 to move a fairly large limb that had broken off of an oak tree and then pushed it onto my burn pile. Then I put the chain in the bucket and went to do something else and promptly lost it. Had to look awhile, but finally found it in a pile of leaves. James

I recently bought a B7100 that does not run. In trying the starter today, I noticed that the fan was turning counter clockwise as you are facing the front of the tractor from the seat. I assume that there is no reason this is not possible, but I have never seen this before. Is this the way it...