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    oil for Ford 545D 4WD front axle

    Good advice. Thanks.
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    oil for Ford 545D 4WD front axle

    Hi, I'm getting ready to change the oil in the front axle on my Ford 545D 4WD tractor. The manual says to use Ford 134 oil. I expected the axle assembly to use 90w gear oil but it looks like I uses the hydraulic oil instead. Can you verify that for me? Thanks
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    Ford 545D PTO will not disengage

    I can't get the PTO on my newly acquired 1993 Ford/New Holland 545D to disengage. The tractor has the 8X8 transmission with power shift. I disconnected the linkage and moved the PTO lever at the trans. casing. The lever moves through the full range but the PTO continues to run. I made sure that...
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    Ford 550 Backhoe swing excessive travel

    Hey Guys, I just bought an old, 1975 Ford 550 Tractor, Loader, Backhoe with the 4-stick control. I had been using it for about 5 or 6 hours when all of a sudden, the swing started to overshoot a lot. It had been working OK before that but was really sensitive and somewhat difficult to feather to...
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    Options for replacing power steering hose and tube assembly on Ford 545

    Seems like any time I get into brush it ends up costing a lot in one way or another. Yesterday I broke a hose on the power steering cylinder for probably the third time. The Ford part number is D8NN3R762AB. Last time was about 5 years ago and the hose assembly was 40 bucks. Now it's 100. I never...
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    Loader  replacement option for ford 545 power steering hose and tube assembly

    Seems like any time I get into brush it ends up costing a lot in one way or another. Yesterday I broke a hose on the power steering cylinder for probably the third time. The Ford part number is D8NN3R762AB. Last time was about 5 years ago and the hose assembly was 40 bucks. Now it's 100. I never...
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