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Someone has a very nice parts washer Jealousy.

Just thinking. If the pump is at the motor and the reservoir is the tranny. Is there a seal from tranny to rear end housing the could be leaking/ Could cause the pump to run low when going uphill. Worth exactly what you paid for it!

tractordata.com is your friend. Rear tire width 58=68"

A followup. Closer examination after chipping off the JB Weld revealed a beautiful arc welding job under the cracked JB Weld. The box itself is fine. It been holding cleaning fluid for 3 days now. I went online and ordered the parts needed to repair it. Turns out the problem was the bottom...

I did a little more digging. I chipped away some of the JB Weld and lo and behold at one point in it's life the box had suffered a major break. All of the JB Weld is covering a very good job of cast iron welding. It appears that some of the weld was porous and caused the cracks in the JB Weld...

I have an L285 with a cracked steering box. It has been JB Welded but that didn't work, it cracked again in one spot. I need it welded/repaired/rebuilt. Anyone have anyone have any recommendations . Pictures attached. Messicks shows they can order one but I haven't called to see if they can...

Tell me more, I'm new to working on tractors. Who makes them or where to find out more. After the tinware hit every tree on someones property it wasn't used much. Probably spent it's life outside. It shows less than 1k hours and is stronger than horseradish.

Has anyone figured out a workaround for a loosey-goosey L285/345 steering gear box?? The wornout OEM are expensive if they can be found. Surely someone has found another box that with a little southern engineering can be made to work. Be nice if an 8N/9N box would be a close fit as they are...

Please find me one for an L285. Non-existent. If you consider $400 and up reasonable I guess ebay is a place to get one for an L225.

If I find that tag on a tractor I purchased I have seriously screwed up.

And what equipment you have available.

You would be correct.

Mine got accidentally thrown away about the third time I was trying to hook up and that sleeve wasn't co-operating.

Thanks, just gotta love these old maintenance manuals. I guess I start over.

In doing maintenance on this new to me I changed all the fluids. Engine went fine. Transmission not so. Drained from the plug under the shifter and got out a little over 5 gal. It's supposed to hold just over 7 gal. I figured it was just low and refilled it. At just over 5 gal it was running out...

I bought one of the 15321 pumps for $35 and will find out if it fits and post it here. I just checked Messicks and looked up the pump for an L245 (3 cylinder engine) and guess what, 15321-73032. Grrr. I tried looking up the 15321 on their site previously but it didn't indicate what it fit. Now...

There is some slop in the steering box but it has so much JB weld on it it's not funny. The adjustment screw doesn't help. The steering arms where they connect to the spindle is where most of it is. Top of the spindle is square and the arm sits over it with a bolt to tighten but it won't...

So I'm slowly fixing up this L285. Noticed the water pump although not leaking was very loose. I went to searching for a replacement. I started with the parts manual I have and it shows 15401-73030(1,2,3 for last zero). Went to Merricks & Ebay and got confused. Merricks shows the 15401 number...

Re: L345 2wd scrapping - advice, requests What parts are you looking to sell?? I think the steering box would fit my L285?

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