Recent content by 1911diehard

I'm not sure what that is, but I will look into it.

Thank you, I been looking for someone who could come look at it for me, but haven't been able to find anyone. The local John deere ag pro said it is industrial and old so they don't deal with it, and wouldn't really even talk to me about it. At this point, I got it back to running pretty well...

Update, draining the hydrualic oil now...it was a lot of gross, milky brown. Do I need to drain it from both drains or is one drain okay? I adjusted the fuel needle on the carburetor and now, it doesn't turn off when I am moving around on any gear! It still powers down a little when I'm using...

I feel like I need to give the full background to what happened so far. i bought the backhoe, the guy said it overheats when you use it for a little while, and I will know because radiator cap area will smoke. I brought it home and it worked fine..this was like a week ago. I used it to dig...

Honestly my hunch is also that the hydrualic issue is separate from the engine dying from a load being put on it. I'm trying to see if there is a fuel restriction somewhere but not sure how. When it is not in gear and moving..I can rev up as high as I want and it stays on perfectly. You are...

Oh nevermind. You sent the picture. Thank you so much! That is very helpful! What manual are you using? My manual didn't have that picture

Thank you for the welcome! This forum is awesome! So should I change it with cheap hydraulic oil and then later fill with hygard? I'm not sure if I saw a breather in the filler cap, so I will check that today. I will replace the hydrualic filter. Where would the hyd oil suction screen be...

Thank you I didn't even think of that to be an entry point. I'll get some new ones. Should I use hygard or low vis hygard? Looks like $125 for 5 gallons, any better suggestions on where to purchase? Also it says in the manual hydraulic capacity is 15 gallons but then later in the manual about...

Coolant is full. It was overheating but I cleaned the radiator and filled the coolant and it doesn't seem to be overheating now. Is the shifters the two levers for gear and number? Yes those rubber things around them are cracked

Thank you for the suggestions! The previous owner put on a new fuel tank so it looks clean. I did take the bottom bolt out of the carb bowl to drain that. I'm going to change the hydraulic fluid because when I opened the dipstick, hydraulic fluid just spilled out of it for a good...10 minutes...

Hello, I recently purchased a JD300 backhoe/loader. First industrial heavy equipment I've purchased. Issue is, when I need to start the backhoe, I need to pull the choke in and out and in and out and "pumping" the choke while turning the key for like 5 to 10 seconds to get it started. Once...