What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY

[MoMower]

Couple from this past week

And finishing the deck at home.

 

[PJRAM]

Finally finished extending my drainage trench. Just need to add the gravel and pipes.

 

[Dmacleo]

used bucket to yank a cub cadet 46" mower deck in air so I could replace all 3 spindle assys and blades on it. had to do spindles cause blades would not come off spinle even with a torch.
fwiw I HATE cub cadet mower deck assemblies. talk about fking retarded setups....
I mean why the hell would you NOT have your drive belt from engine being centered, nope cub cadet makes the belt come from left side to electric pto. fking retarded.
oh well, its not mine.
sad thing is I got another to work on next week.

 

[GeneV]

used bucket to yank a cub cadet 46" mower deck in air so I could replace all 3 spindle assys and blades on it. had to do spindles cause blades would not come off spinle even with a torch.
fwiw I HATE cub cadet mower deck assemblies. talk about fking retarded setups....
I mean why the hell would you NOT have your drive belt from engine being centered, nope cub cadet makes the belt come from left side to electric pto. fking retarded.
oh well, its not mine.
sad thing is I got another to work on next week.

That's how I do mine too when changing blades. At first I used straps like in the pic, but now I just drive the front wheels into the bucket and haul it up that way.

 

[GeneV]

Did the full service on the Massey yesterday. MAN, you guys are so right about that suction filter, I shouldn't have even screwed with it! I was wondering why it was so hard to screw it out, the first few threads were all wrecked. Luckily, I was able to just break them off, and it seemed alright still, and the thing screwed back in w/o problems.

 

[GeneV]

Guys, what's the deal with changing the fuel filter, bleed the line or nah?

Agco's youtube vid (click on that if you like annoying music) for the GC shows no bleeding involved...just turn off the shutoff valve at the filter housing, drop the old filter, put the new one in, turn the valve back on, good to go. That's what I did a few years ago, haven't had any problems.

But yesterday when doing that whole maintenance thing, I looked up fuel filter change in the manual, and they got you bleeding the line in 2 spots. I remembered Redneck Ed's youtube vid showing that as well.

Then I saw 2 other youtube vids of massey owners, and they don't bleed the line.

So what's the correct way, or does it even matter?

 

[kenmbz]

Did not bleed the line and was fine. Maybe some people need to do that if there is too much air let in?

 

[Dmacleo]

done service on GCs 2400,1710,1723,1725m and all I had to do was shut fuel off, replace filter, turn fuel back on and wait a second.
on the MF1532 I do have to bleed.

 

[GeneV]

Yeh, I swapped out that filter yesterday w/o bleeding, it's fine. What I did do though is fill up the housing with fuel before screwing it on, to minimize air in there.

 

[tibadoe]

Did the full service on the Massey yesterday. MAN, you guys are so right about that suction filter, I shouldn't have even screwed with it!................

Going to be changing out the hydraulic fluid & filter sometime soon. Keep reading about the suction filter issues with cross threading. Any tips or tricks anyone can pass along before I start? Thanks in advance.

 

[hube2]

Going to be changing out the hydraulic fluid & filter sometime soon. Keep reading about the suction filter issues with cross threading. Any tips or tricks anyone can pass along before I start? Thanks in advance.

I didn't have any issues when I did mine, but that was 2 years ago. I could be making a mistake by I've decided I'm not gong to change it every year when I only put 60 hours a year on the tractor.

Anyway, the suction filter turned out by hand after loosening it up and then turned in all the way by hand and just needed to tighten in up.

Very curious about the cause. I tried to do a search to find other references but didn't have much luck. The way the threads are only damaged at the one end makes me wonder if the housing isn't tapped properly.

 

[GeneV]

I didn't have any issues when I did mine, but that was 2 years ago. I could be making a mistake by I've decided I'm not gong to change it every year when I only put 60 hours a year on the tractor.

Anyway, the suction filter turned out by hand after loosening it up and then turned in all the way by hand and just needed to tighten in up.

Very curious about the cause. I tried to do a search to find other references but didn't have much luck. The way the threads are only damaged at the one end makes me wonder if the housing isn't tapped properly.

My man I think you may be right about that there. Cross threading would have damaged the whole length of the thread. The way the first few threads were crushed and fairly easily peeled off with pliers points to an id thread runout. What's curious is that I don't remember seeing this the first time I took out that filter a couple years ago, possible I just didn't notice it then.

Tibadoe, if this is your first time doing the hydro oil change, I'd say it's a good idea to remove that filter just to see if there's anything in there. This is my second time doing it, plus the previous owner having his done at 50 hrs. Both times I did it, I found hardly anything on there. I'm now siding with the other guys here that it's not worth removing it with every hydro oil change.

As for tips, one I have is that there are 5 parts to this whole thing, the suction filter itself, the suction pipe, and transaxle the suction filter screws into, and 2 seals. The suction pipe is sandwiched against the transaxle housing when you screw in the filter. So looking at the diagram here, when you remove the filter (1), the suction pipe (2) might separate from the transaxle in the process, in which case be careful not to lose that seal there (3, on the left side of the suction pipe) which sits there between the suction pipe and the transaxle housing (not shown on diagram).

 

[GeneV]

Oh btw, I got the diagram from here: Search masseyferguson/79035668/l | AGCOUS Site

I have it saved as a bookmark.

 

[hube2]

What's curious is that I don't remember seeing this the first time I took out that filter a couple years ago, possible I just didn't notice it then.

The other possibility that I can think of is that there was a fair-sized bit of debris laying between the threads in the housing when someone put it back in.

 

[Dmacleo]

I'm due to do mine very soon. yay.....between all the gc series I've maintained i've 9 times or so. hope #10 aint the deal breaker.

 

[MoMower]

I'm due to do mine very soon. yay.....between all the gc series I've maintained i've 9 times or so. hope #10 aint the deal breaker.

It was the sixth time that got me……lol

 

[MoMower]

The other possibility that I can think of is that there was a fair-sized bit of debris laying between the threads in the housing when someone put it back in.

This is what I’m thinking my issue was.

 

[hube2]

Given what's been said, the advice/tips I would give is on the suction filter are

1) Stick your finger in the hole and try to make sure there's no debris in the threads

2) Do not force it. You should be able to turn it in until snug with just the socket and your hand and only need a wrench or ratchet to tighten it up. If you get any resistance repeat tip #1

 

[Dmacleo]

It was the sixth time that got me……lol

stop trying to jinx me LOL

 

[Dmacleo]

1) Stick your finger in the hole and try to make sure there's no debris in the threads

ummm... yeah....
thats damned good advice for any male...
ok I digress...