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    Oil & Fuel  mf 1240 fueling issue.

    So as I was doing some snow clearing a couple days ago when I noticed a slight hesitation driving back uphill. I figured it was time to change the fuelfilter so I did. Today I did some heavy snowblowing and near the end driving back up hill it REALLY bogged down up to the point where the engine...
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    Oil & Fuel  mf1240 fuel filter housing leak

    As I was changing the fuel filter on my mf1240 I noticed the fuel filter housing was slightly leaking. At first I thought it was the O ring which I was going to replace anyways with the new filter. After installing the new filter I primed the fuel and..... Fuel gushed out. I tighten the bowl a...
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    MF1240, overflow has coolant run out

    I went over everything on my new to me mf1240. I topped off the coolant a bit. As soon as I started it and it was warming up, the coolant started running out of the overflow hose. This hose runs straight to the ground. Since there is no overflow bottle like on a car I was wondering if this is...
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    SHUTTLE SHIFT, REDUCE POWER first?

    Hi all, New to tractors. Got a MF1240 in pretty good shape. Reading the operator manual it states to reduce power before shifting from Forward to Reverse. Is that needed? Sorry if this is a dumb question.
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