Recent content by mckemie

An update: The selling dealer was giving me poor service so I gave the tractor to another, near the same distance, dealer. The report from them was that a piece of sealant had been circulating in hydraulic fluid and clogged a port, keeping the PTO from engaging. A warranty failure. The...

Thanks for the comments! 1) the sound the mower makes when engaging seems normal. A lot of rotating stuff coming up to speed. The absence of such sound is notable. 2) As mentioned, a hydraulic liine (to the loader) had to be replaced. Fluid had been drained by the leak and was replaced after...

The "lift" controls both the mower deck height and the 3 point. The lift works. The PTO turns the shaft that might be used to power 3 point implements and the mower deck. The PTO does not work. Normally, you select the destination of PTO power: mid, rear, or both. Another lever engages the...

Apologizes, I was unable to figure out how to search on "BX1870 PTO problem" or similar. The search kept dropping significant words such as "pto". I developed a hydraulic line leak to my front loader. Once the faulty line was replaced, I found I had no PTO function. Loader works, lift...

April 2017, I just bought a new BX1870 from dealer Ewald in Seguin Texas. When the need arose, I found I was unable to fold my ROPS. I queried my salesman and I got no response. I just wasted several hours tracking down the problem. Thanks for the posts! I determined my tractor had also been...