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I have a chance to purchase a JD 324 lawn tractor from a local dealer for $2200 used. It is a 2006 model with about 250 hours on it. It looks in good condition, and seemed to perform well on a test drive. Problem is, there will be no warranty whatsoever if I buy it. Once it leaves the...

We have a TC 33 DA 4WD hydrostat with front end loader. My husband asked me to post this for him: We have had a problem for over a half of a year now, intermittant, but getting more frequent as time passes. When we go to start the tractor, it often times will not start. The yellow light...

I have a TC 33DA with a front end loader, 5 years old, 440 hours. I was outside using it a few minutes ago, cutting high grass -- too high, but I have had surgery and it was the first day I could get to cutting it. Because I have had so much work go undone for so long, I was pushing it even...

My husband wants to get the service manual for our tractor, a TC-33 DA, 4 wheel drive, with a New Holland front end loader 14A. He checked with the dealer we bought it from, and they want $265 plus tax. Is there a cheaper way to get this service manual, in either book form OR CD/DVD form...

I was using the tractor today and all of a sudden, for no apparant reason, the RPMs dropped to the point that the machine was very sluggish. I was way out in a field with a loader full of mulch, so I dropped the load where I was and then slowly got the machine back the 300 or so feet to...

Our TC33-DA is four years old now and has about 350 hours on it. It is hydrostat tranny, 4 wheel drive with a factory installed FEL (14 LA). The tractor has been a great performer, except for one re-occuring problem. It seems that at least once a year, we have some hydraulic filter leak, or...

My husband and I were moving aged manure today in the front end loader of our TC 33DA tractor when it started to loose power for no reason that we could discern. I was able to dump the full load of manure and managed to make it to the farmhouse -- about 300 feet away from where it was loosing...

The TC33DA started shooting out lots of hydaulic fluid yesterday, and my husband thought it might be the filter seal busted. But he put on a new filter he had in storage today (we bought two at the same time) and it's still spewing oil all over the place. He has determined that the filter...

Please forgive me if this is a stupid question. But do they make a gizmo for the TC33DA that would take pine logs and turn them into garden mulch? If so, how reliable are they, and about what should they cost?

My husband is at work right now, but wanted me to post this hoping you all would have some kind of insight to help him: We have a TC33DA, bought in spring of 2004. It came "factory ready" with a FEL (14LA) already on it, and is a 4WD with hydrostat transmission. A while back, a little black...

The original motor for the Cub Cadet 128 (year of manufacture: 1971) was a Kohler 301, 12 horsepower engine. I was wondering if this engine could be replaced for the Kohler 301 in my Cub Cadet, without major problems: KOHLER 12.5 HORSE POWER ENGINE. IT IS HORIZONTAL SHAFT ENGINE. IT HAS 1" X...

I have a TC 33DA tractor. Da wifey wants to put about two hundred trees into our hard clay ground this autumn, so that means its time to buy a post hole digger and alot of Ben Gay ointment. What do we need to know when buying a post hole digger? Will our machine operate any new post hole...

I stumbled on to a great find: a Cub Cadet 128, 12 horses, built by International Harvester ca. 1973-74, in adequate running condition, for $50! It has a problem turning right (abnormally wide turn radius) but left turns are normal. Also, the engine smokes a little when you first fire the...

Well, my TC 33D has survived 30 hours of operation by my wife and myself. We're escapees from the city, totally green when it comes to tractors, so I guess that must mean that the TC 33D is built "idiot proof." In fact, we have not had any problems with Big Blue, other than the fact that it...

Please understand, my wife is very intelligent. She can do differential calculus or multivariate statistical analyses and reads mathematical and physics journals for recreation. But she is the most "un-mechanically oriented" person I have ever met in my life. The dealer tried to...