Recent content by Creekpaddler

After letting it sit for 10 days due to heavy rains, I fired up my F925 front-deck mower yesterday and let it warm up 2 minutes. The engine ran normally. I drove about 200 hundred feet, engaged the mower deck, and cut for 150 feet in thick, foot-high grass. Then the Yanmar 3-cylinder diesel...

After much shopping around for a front-deck mower, I bought a used JD F925 72-inch mower this week. Seven acres to mow and I want more speed than my LX188 and JD5225 mowers can provide. Have to replace several items but it is functional.

When I removed the radiator yesterday, I found the problem. The bottom surface of it was heavily abraded where it contacts the neoprene-foam deflector which is attached to the engine deck. Something abrasive (sand) must have worked its way between the radiator and the deflector and wore out...

I was bushhogging last Saturday when I noticed that the needle on the temperature gauge was quickly moving to the red zone. Inspection shows that the radiator has a leak just above the pipe which connects to the lower radiator hose. I was hoping that the leak was at the clamp or in the hose...

Yesterday my 5225 stopped moving forward while I was mowing my lawn. I could get it to move a few feet in both directions for about a minute before it would stop. Then I'd change direction, it would move a few feet again, then it stopped moving completely. When I put the shifter lever into...

I'm replacing the radiator hoses on my 5225 and have drained the radiator and the water pump. But I think some of the old coolant is still in the block. I've found one small threaded plug on each side of the block but I'm not certain what they are for. To get them out I have to use a 3/16" X...

I have a 2006 JD 5225 MFWD straddle-mount tractor with a quick-detach 542 front-end loader. It has the dual mid-mounted SCV to run the loader (under the right steps to the operator's position). There is no other SCV either at mid or at rear. I would like to set up additional hydraulic ports so...

I changed the final fuel filter two days ago on my 5225. Then I primed the fuel system following the procedure in the maintenance manual: "loosen the bleed screw... ...Push the priming pump until fuel runs out smoothly". Then repeat the process. The engine started up, then sputtered and died...

My 13-to-16 year-old JD LX188 lawn tractor - with a 17-hp Kawasaki V-twin engine & a 48" deck - often loses power while mowing. It may run fine for an hour, but if I shut it off and try to restart the engine, it won't run. The spark plugs, engine oil, gas- & air filters are new. The service...

I recently bought a used JD 5225 with 542 loader from a local used-equipment shop. Traded in my '73 IH 2400 - needed to upgrade to a 4WD and a tractor for which I can easily buy parts. Bought the owners manual and maintenance manual, so I am on the learning curve. If you are the owner of a...