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Unclebuck257
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John,
That new steel tank is working out real fine for me. The only thing that I'm going to have to go back and do, additional to what I've done already, is to take some of that 3/8 inch black rubber matting I used for cushioning and sound control and put some of it on top of that thin part of the tank, at the rear of the tank, by the U joint. I have it lining the actual U joint itself already. As I stated in an earlier post, that part of the tank is held up by a big U joint that bolts on the top to the frame of the tractor. Since putting in the new steel tank, I've mowed about 100 pasture acres and I've noticed sound coming from under the tractor at about that point, and it sounds like the top of the metal tank hitting on the frame in the rough pasture areas. Once I do that, there won't be anymore sound at all. Otherwise, the steel tank is working out fine for me.
Ironically, my buddy who bought a 2006 5740C after borrowing mine a couple years ago, called me this weekend and he has the infamous "tank leak" too. Same problem, from the same source, and he lost 13 gallons of diesel in his stone and dirt driveway over it too. He called Montana and they offered to sell him a new tank, that supposedly had the problems eliminated from it for half cost, or approx $150.00, since his tractor is out of warranty too. It would still be hard plastic though and he's kind of like I am about that situation. Right now, he used epoxy to fix his old one temporarily and is making some other adjustments like eliminating the guard plates where they are now, etc. He's seriously looking at having a metal tank made for his too, in the longrun.
That new steel tank is working out real fine for me. The only thing that I'm going to have to go back and do, additional to what I've done already, is to take some of that 3/8 inch black rubber matting I used for cushioning and sound control and put some of it on top of that thin part of the tank, at the rear of the tank, by the U joint. I have it lining the actual U joint itself already. As I stated in an earlier post, that part of the tank is held up by a big U joint that bolts on the top to the frame of the tractor. Since putting in the new steel tank, I've mowed about 100 pasture acres and I've noticed sound coming from under the tractor at about that point, and it sounds like the top of the metal tank hitting on the frame in the rough pasture areas. Once I do that, there won't be anymore sound at all. Otherwise, the steel tank is working out fine for me.
Ironically, my buddy who bought a 2006 5740C after borrowing mine a couple years ago, called me this weekend and he has the infamous "tank leak" too. Same problem, from the same source, and he lost 13 gallons of diesel in his stone and dirt driveway over it too. He called Montana and they offered to sell him a new tank, that supposedly had the problems eliminated from it for half cost, or approx $150.00, since his tractor is out of warranty too. It would still be hard plastic though and he's kind of like I am about that situation. Right now, he used epoxy to fix his old one temporarily and is making some other adjustments like eliminating the guard plates where they are now, etc. He's seriously looking at having a metal tank made for his too, in the longrun.