Recent content by Van Isle

Thank you all for taking the time to reply. Current plan of attack is to do a rad flush and replace the rad cap. If that doesn't solve it then probably look at just putting a cheap oil pressure gauge on and then either use a laser temp gun or put a coolant temp gauge on too. Then I will be...

Short and sweet (long story to follow): -Tilling my wife's grandma's garden with her B7100, I can work for about half an hour (maybe) before the oil pressure lamp starts to flicker on, increase in frequency, and it starts to feel very hot. When it does this I shut it down and let it cool down...

Well that was actually a pretty simple ram to take apart (my first foray into hydraulics was luckily an easy one). The local hydraulic shop got me seals and he didnt' have a quote but figured it would be $35-$40 so that was good news. I'll have the parts later today and put it all back together...

Thank you both very much. I'll hopefully have time in the next day or two to get started on this. The diagrams are a huge help!

Hi everyone, this is actually my first post. I'm not new to mechanical forums, so I know the rules, and did some searching and checked the stickies. On my wife's grandmother's tractor that I use to maintain her driveway, till her garden, clear snow for her etc., the right side boom lift...