Recent content by RD Bell

Having paid the "stupid tax" on more than one occasion, regarding tractors and other facets of life, I value advise:-)

Thought about that but by the time I get someone to haul it to a repair shop and labor, I think I'd be better off just upgrading. My worry is the tractor sat a year before I bought it and has had minimal maintenance (significant absence of grease in all areas, oil never changed etc) So my...

Hey folks, thanks for your help. I am not only chased by the wolves..but they caught and ate me. It was a bearing issue with the tractor not cranking. Replaced top and bottom bearings on connecting rods #3 and #2 cylinder, torqued everything to specs.. reassembled..ran beautiful, smooth quiet...

I will recheck connections, everything started fine prior to pulling piston and replacing head gasket but things change. No water in the oil when I drained it this time. Bearings look ok. I have not rechecked valve clearance since first setting, just pulled rocker arms to see if that allowed...

Ok, back again. Cylinder head gasket was blown. Damaged #3 piston. I replaced piston, new rings, honed cylinder wall, all piston moved freely. Replaced head gasket, adjusted valves, reassembled everything; turned key, got clunk. No starter power. Charged battery, jumped; starter turned engine...

Thanks again, will do that Wedn. when I get back to the farm.

Thanks for the reply; actually it is a coolant line, runs by/through oil filter. I lost coolant but no oil. Still could be a bearing though, hadn't considered that. Never had an indication oil pressure dropped. Of course I did not have an overheat indication either.

I had the misfortune of blowing the oil cooler hose on my L5030. I did run the tractor about 3 minutes after this occurred. Following this, my tractor seems to have a knock in the #3 cylinder. I have replaced the injector nozzle assembly and cleaned all the fuel connections but the knock...