Recent content by MEMEMEME

My hoe has no crossover tube or check valve mounted on the X-brace and I can't get my old body twisted around in there enough to see if the fittings near the closed ends of the tubes are breathers or if they once hàd hoses on 'em. Don't want to dismount hoe to create space until ground dries...

Did you get this figured out and if so, would you please post your solution and photos? I have a '67? 4500 with the 755 hoe and have been dreading the day something goes wrong with the swings. That day arrived when a fairly significant leak developed suddenly (only upon swinging.to either...

Old guy (72) here in MT with 3.4 ac and a LOT of slope & snow. And rocks. Little rocks, medium rocks, bjg rocks. LOTS of rocks. Started out with an inherited 18 hp Sears garden tractor which my father (who grew up on a N. Dakota farm) had modified with an electric-over-hydraulic setup with...

I recently bought an old Ford 4500 TLB that had SEVERAL fittings which had not been greased probably since before the turn of the century. My secret sauce is to remove the fitting, use a pick to clean out any old hard grease I can, fill the zerk opening with brake cleaner and follow that with...

Will be needing to rebuild my hoe cylinders in the fairly near future and experiencing sticker shock when looking at the kit prices on eBay and Amazon. The ones for my old Case 530CK were literally one-sixth the cost of these a couple of years ago. I know these are larger cylinders but 6 times...

Hello- Lurked here and soaked up a lot on info already-thanks to all you guys who unselfishly share your experience and expertise with us noobs. Bought this beast last month knowing there was deferred maintenance to be done. So far have given the old gal a pretty good pressure washing...