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Power beyond port of the loader valve hooks to the hoe inlet (P) Power beyond of the hoe hooks to the 3PH control valve. T on hoe valve hooks to the return to sump. When removing hoe the line from the loader MUST be hooked to the 3ph if hooked to the sump you will not have 3ph. If left unhooked...

Tractors built before the 80's were built simply and easy to maintain by the owner, tractors then started to get "electrified" and became harder to self maintain, currently tractor contain computers water and rodents along with normal wear and tear can make the unreliable and expensive to...

If the cylinders are leaking internally the loader will not hold position, that is the frame will drop or the bucket will dump with the control in neutral. If you suspect it is an internal leak use a piece of pipe, screwdiver, or what ever place it against the cylinder and you will hear the oil...

Proper troubleshooting begins at the battery. Take a volt reading before attempting to start. Should be 12.75 for a fully charged battery. 12.25 or less is a dead battery. Take reading directly from the posts not the cables. Now take a reading from the cables. Less voltage? clean the...

Thins to consider. A hydro is a hydraulic drive it consists of a pump and a motor. Being a hydraulic unit they take more power and fuel than a gear drive. Since it is a hydraulic drive there is a limit it can work often controlled by a relief valve. If you operate in a higher gear the unit can...

Dad sat on a tractor mounted picker harvesting corn for many years. When he finally got a combine with a cab (no heat or air conditioning) he thought that was the cats meow. The tractor he bought had a roll guard on it and we kids bought him a heat houser for the winter, he was happy with that...

There is arepair shop in Florida that uses two post lifts and will often state how the vechicle has to be positioned. He has three in a small shop. If curious search for Rainman Rays repair

Manuals go to: https://www.agcopubs.com/default.aspx?model=1739e&brand=44096&keywords=&language=44415&mediaType=&category=44283&searchForm=1 Just a word of advise if you purchase the service manual purchase the packet-- the assembly includes a very expensive binder! Also note the service...

https://www.masseyferguson.com/en_us.html Mf has had some great utility tractors 135, 165, 175 Then made some mistakes when the went to the 235 as the new "heavy duty" steering box was weak and had a lot of failures then came the 230 and 245 with hydrostatic steering. the 265 and 275 were also...

To be honest I haven't read some of the comments. White before they changed to the White branding and (silver) offered tractors and combines in sumac red (Cockshutt), Meadow green (Oliver) or power yellow (MM). Often the same exact machine but may have had different model numbers. I often...

Went to a sale years ago where they had a JD 420 two cylinder that had been used around the dealership with a loader on it. Of course it did not have the loader on anymore, but they said don't know the serial number as the torque tube has been replaced three times!! Loaders for farm tractors...

EPA is busy "fixing" polluting engines. Yet they say nothing about the rubber dust from tires as you drive down the highway, heating our homes with wood now requires a catalytic converter, they seem of little concern for private jet pollution, or for that matter even commercial jet pollution...

My 3 1/2 cents (adjusted for inflation) The industrial tractor is built for industrial type work, usually heavier where needed. The front axle should be non adjustable and made to take more punishment than an adjustable ag model. The loader should be built heavier to handle digging in the earth...

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Lessons learned from over 20 yearsof working on farm machinery. Cold is not a friend of a diesel. If the engine temperature is not brought up to operating tempersture it will produce smoke mainly unburned fuel. Ever watch a highway in the winter? You will often see turns churning out clouds of a...