Soundguy
Old Timer
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2002
- Messages
- 52,238
- Location
- Central florida
- Tractor
- RK 55HC,ym1700, NH7610S, Ford 8N, 2N, NAA, 660, 850 x2, 541, 950, 941D, 951, 2000, 3000, 4000, 4600, 5000, 740, IH 'C' 'H', CUB, John Deere 'B', allis 'G', case VAC
I just got done bushhogging for about 5 hourse in heavy heavy brush ( 7' tall dog fennel and ragweed.. with about 2.5' of briars underneath! )
Anyway, while parking the tractor I noticed a residue of oil under the left front of the operators platform.. about where the clutch pedal is.. or to be more exact.. right inthe area of the ser# tag. Oil was the 134d rerend/hyd oil.. not engine oil.
Level showed ok, and I checked both before hogging. No steady drips.. just a residue that had built up. Not sure where to look.. don't see anything other than the joint of the tractor casting that could be leaking.
After looking under the tractor later, there were no drips ( good sign I guess ).
Could the hyd oil have seeped through a seal or overflow somewhere?
Ideas?
Also.. an annoyance item, but looking for ideas.
While hogging in this jungle brush, I have to stop every 20 minutes to clean the prescreen on the radiator. I just watch the temp needle, and when it hits red, I stop, remov ehte filter, clean and blow out the compartment, reinstall, restart, and let the engin cool while running at 1500 rpm for about a minute, then resume being the plant grim reaper for another 20 minutes.
Anyone have any luck cobbling up a prefilter outside the hood using like an air conditioning filter, or bug screen?
I've got at least another 6 hours of hogging to do, and stopping every 20 minutes is getting old.
Soundguy
Anyway, while parking the tractor I noticed a residue of oil under the left front of the operators platform.. about where the clutch pedal is.. or to be more exact.. right inthe area of the ser# tag. Oil was the 134d rerend/hyd oil.. not engine oil.
Level showed ok, and I checked both before hogging. No steady drips.. just a residue that had built up. Not sure where to look.. don't see anything other than the joint of the tractor casting that could be leaking.
After looking under the tractor later, there were no drips ( good sign I guess ).
Could the hyd oil have seeped through a seal or overflow somewhere?
Ideas?
Also.. an annoyance item, but looking for ideas.
While hogging in this jungle brush, I have to stop every 20 minutes to clean the prescreen on the radiator. I just watch the temp needle, and when it hits red, I stop, remov ehte filter, clean and blow out the compartment, reinstall, restart, and let the engin cool while running at 1500 rpm for about a minute, then resume being the plant grim reaper for another 20 minutes.
Anyone have any luck cobbling up a prefilter outside the hood using like an air conditioning filter, or bug screen?
I've got at least another 6 hours of hogging to do, and stopping every 20 minutes is getting old.
Soundguy