320 garden tractor

[JB4310]

some pix of the filter replacement

 

[bontai_Joe]

Nice tractor! I believe it shares a frame with the GT265 if that helps with finding attachments.

 

[JB4310]

Broke down and bought a new plow, just waiting for the manual from the seat angle kit, here's some pix.

 

[JB4310]

The little green bushings (I painted them) were missing from the lift kit,but deere had them at my door the next day, they call them shaft bearings. the install only took about an hour with assembly of the plow included, now the plow will go on and off in a minute or two, the lift kit stays on and does not interfer with the mower deck.

 

[Grrrr]

Looks like a great tractor. Those things are built really heavily, shoud have loads of life left with just 370 hours.

I would have been tempted with the package deal on the other tractor too

I wish you could get GT's like that in the UK but they just don't exist, let alone for sensible prices

 

[JB4310]

update on plow angle kit, got it today and installed, seems like it will work good, big improvement over the bailing string angle set up on my old bolens.
Here are the PIX

 

[MartinWNY]

I have the same tractor, bought it 1994 with the snow blower and the tiller. Have had very little problems over the years. Use the blower every winter on a gravel driveway--works great except for the very heavy slush.
One problem I did find is that you can not idle the tractor for a long time, the plugs get fouled up and the tractor will not start. I actually took it back to the dealer for repair, they found nothing wrong but the plugs. On the way out the service tech mentioned that you should not idle the tractor for long peroids. Which my wife was doing when she used the 320 to hull water for watering some pines. Never had any other problems now that we run at full throttle.
Martin

 

[JB4310]

I have the same tractor, bought it 1994 with the snow blower and the tiller. Have had very little problems over the years. Use the blower every winter on a gravel driveway--works great except for the very heavy slush.
One problem I did find is that you can not idle the tractor for a long time, the plugs get fouled up and the tractor will not start. I actually took it back to the dealer for repair, they found nothing wrong but the plugs. On the way out the service tech mentioned that you should not idle the tractor for long peroids. Which my wife was doing when she used the 320 to hull water for watering some pines. Never had any other problems now that we run at full throttle.
Martin

Hi, and welcome, glad to see some one else with the same tractor, do you change the steering link when you put the snow blower on? I saw in the manual that you can move the steering rod up to the other hole in the steering arm and it makes it easier to steer, I don't think I should need to with just the plow on but the snow blower weighs a lot more so it's probably necessary.
Also, does yours smoke a little at start up? mine does but the dealer said that's normal for this engine. JB,

 

[viking65]

I sold my 320 a few months ago. I wish I had kept it. Great tractor, only 470 hours on it. More 320 info can be found on mytractorforum.com

 

[JB4310]

I sold my 320 a few months ago. I wish I had kept it. Great tractor, only 470 hours on it. More 320 info can be found on mytractorforum.com

Looks nice, you even had the chrome hub caps, I'll check out that site, did you have any other attachments? and did yours give a little puff of blue smoke at start up when cold? Thanks, JB