Maintenance

[piperc744]

Hey everyone,
I have a Farmpro 2425, it is a 3-cylinder Diesel with 4WD. I have a FEL, as well as a box blade and rough cut for the 3-point on the back. The tractor is a 2005 and I recently purchased it for work on our property as well as plans to start a business. So far we have been using the FEL and box scraper to move a fair amount of dirt. I would estimate about 30x50 ft. we dug and lowered about 2-3 ft. and about a 30x50 has been raised about 3 ft. and that is the "bulk" of the work we have done so far. I have not done any real maintenance on it and think that its time, but I have no idea what to do.... well, I have an idea, I know that I will need a grease gun to hit all the grease points, and hydraulic fluid, along with oil change, and perhaps tranny fluid too??? I have no manual and do not know where all the points are, or anything of that nature.... I could really use a maintenance guide of some sort please. I mean basically pretend I dont know anything and give me a rundown on tractor maintenance please.

Thanks,
Chris

PS- sorry if i posted this in the wrong place...

 

[yooper1]

I am not 100% sure, but I believe I heard that your Farm Pro is similar (or the same) as the Jinma tractors.

I could be wrong.

I found this pdf version online of the Jinma 200 series manual

http://www.atlanticimports.ca/jinma_manual.pdf

It should give you a general idea of what to do for maintenance

I do not know exactly which jinma would match up to your farmpro.

I am sure that if I am wrong, someone will come along and correct me.

Also....welcome to TBN

and...you may want to ask this in the Chinese Tractor Sub-forum here
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/chinese-tractors/

 

[yooper1]

and this search

TractorByNet.com - Search Results


shows a ton of info on the tractor

I hope it helps

 

[Soundguy]

yep.. should be a jinma.

In any event. I'd run a C rated 15w40 oil in the crakcase unless in cold areas than I'd run 10w30 C rated oil.

In the hyds, if it has seperate hyds sump.. then use UTF fluid.

in trans and diffy and any creeper or drop boxes , and front axles run a gear oil like 80w90.. if you don't know what grease was being used.. just grease the joints till all the old grease is out.. beware.. on 2wd models.. don't overgrease the front hubs..

mind you these are just general tractor maintenance tips.

Of course change and service all filters and strainers.. air tires.. check fasteners and nuts.. body bolts.. look for leaks.. check hoses, belts, coolant, service it to set a baseline.. use a sca/dca precharged fleet coolant or buy the addative at napa... service battery water.. clean cable ends.. etc.. etc..

soundguy

 

[Don87]

yep.. should be a jinma.

In any event. I'd run a C rated 15w40 oil in the crakcase unless in cold areas than I'd run 10w30 C rated oil.

In the hyds, if it has seperate hyds sump.. then use UTF fluid.

in trans and diffy and any creeper or drop boxes , and front axles run a gear oil like 80w90.. if you don't know what grease was being used.. just grease the joints till all the old grease is out.. beware.. on 2wd models.. don't overgrease the front hubs..

mind you these are just general tractor maintenance tips.

Of course change and service all filters and strainers.. air tires.. check fasteners and nuts.. body bolts.. look for leaks.. check hoses, belts, coolant, service it to set a baseline.. use a sca/dca precharged fleet coolant or buy the addative at napa... service battery water.. clean cable ends.. etc.. etc..

soundguy

Golly gee...........all he wanted to do was get some seat time..........

You just shut him down for a month:laughing::laughing:

 

[piperc744]

awesome, this is good stuff guys! lemme get through all this info and i think ill be good to go...

but, one more thing, i ran the tractor for about 3 hrs today and planned on pressure washing the machine afterwards, but upon doing an inspection first, i noticed that there was a fair amount of fluid that had flowed down the back of the tractor, above the 3 pt, it seems to be coming from the hydraulic service valves? (if thats what they are called). and it was a kinda clear liquid so im pretty sure it was hydraulic fluid. what would cause this? would it backpressure out the curved valve? am i running it too rough?

@Don ive had lots of seat time lately, and this will be the first maintenance im doing on the tractor, as we just got it recently, so im parking it until this gets done neway, gonna be busy for a couple days!

also, keep the tips coming, ill take any info u can give!

 

[Soundguy]

Golly gee...........all he wanted to do was get some seat time..........

You just shut him down for a month:laughing::laughing:

Naw.. that's a before lunch type of job..


soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

clean it up back there and pinpoint the leak. if you have quick connects back there, see if it is coming from the couplers.

soundguy

 

[Don87]

awesome, this is good stuff guys! lemme get through all this info and i think ill be good to go...

but, one more thing, i ran the tractor for about 3 hrs today and planned on pressure washing the machine afterwards, but upon doing an inspection first, i noticed that there was a fair amount of fluid that had flowed down the back of the tractor, above the 3 pt, it seems to be coming from the hydraulic service valves? (if thats what they are called). and it was a kinda clear liquid so im pretty sure it was hydraulic fluid. what would cause this? would it backpressure out the curved valve? am i running it too rough?

@Don ive had lots of seat time lately, and this will be the first maintenance im doing on the tractor, as we just got it recently, so im parking it until this gets done neway, gonna be busy for a couple days!

also, keep the tips coming, ill take any info u can give!

Be careful with a pressure washer. Sometimes they can force water into places it shouldn't be. And never use a pressure washer on the radiator, it can bend the cooling fins over causing an overheating situation

 

[piperc744]

Don,
k, well aside from hand scrubbing the whole thing at the end of every day, what would u recommend? i definitely agree that i could force water in bad places, but what would u recommend?