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    John Deere 4100 Engine swap, now no voltage what so ever, stumped!

    Hello readers, I am at a dead end. With warm weather finally at the house. I decided to swap engines from the 4100 gear driven ( rear end went out ) and the 4100 HST ( Middle piston went after a loaner used ether on it.) Simple enough swap. Both engines would crank and run. A few days ago I...
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    recently rescued John Deere M

    luck would have on a traffic detour I stumbled across a John Deere M 49 or 50?? Which my Pops has been wanting to get for 30 years. It was hiding amongst a few Allis Charms.. the owner was not a "Green" man has he said..but the M came with a lot of AC's! Now it's all mine after a .5 mile test...
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    John Deere 4100 HST shuts down when placed in gear.

    This is for a buddy who inherited a JD 4100HST at his new job. Who ever worked it before, for some reason pulled the safety wires off the prongs under the seat left side ( the Safety Switch and HydFluid level sensor ) and bridged the wires and taped them up. What he discovered was : The Unit...
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    John Deere 4100 Axle part again!!

    Some of you might remember I was forced by John Deere last Sept to pay out over $2000 to get part number AM880071. Well the new part was installed in November ( after surgery ) and I was calling in monthly to say something was wrong with the specs.. it kept coming loose from the axle. They...
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    For Sale Section

    Is there a section on here for selling only? Wishing to share one that is for sale for an old farmer
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    JD 4100 Radiator repair

    apology for the delayed reply.. I didnt get the email alert that someone had replied.. so to sum up what has transpired. the compound used that was suppose to be water resistant and usable up to 1000F..well some water got splashed on it about an hr before we re-installed it and the stuff just...
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    JD 4100 Radiator repair

    ok 3rd attempt to show what I have done to repair the radiator
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    JD 4100 Radiator repair

    details: 4100 was overheating.. which was odd since I had it flushed back in DEC. I look inside with a endoscope and see the tops of the corp tubes were clogged up. Thus took it out and that was it for the night.. let it drain over night and check the bottom. However a family member thought they...
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    Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

    yes I need to do that, but I will have to wait until I can run across some heavy rubber flap... especially after what I did today... yep.. I held out for almost a full 24 hrs.. but in the end.. I had to make it so it would also work on the FEL.
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    Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

    Finally get to add pics to this awesome thread. Over the summer I found a sweet deal on a JD Blade for the 4100,, complete set up...It did awesome for our first snow a few weeks ago.. so much so a neighbor who handles the property management of the local food lion about a 1/4 mile away asked if...
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    Pivotrim Weeder Head LEFT THRTEAD NUT

    going full desperate here. Lost the nut to my Pivot Trim weeder head. AWESOME item with the right line. It takes a left threaded nut and no one in my area carries them. I googled all week and had no results except to purchase a new one. Anyone out there have one and the means to verify the...
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    John Deere 4100 used or after market rims for R4 tires

    Seeking replacement rims for the front of my 4100 so I can mount 23X8.50-12 Deestone 6P Super Lug Tires AG DS5241. The current rims are the narrow factor tires for AG
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    JD 300 series assistance please

    As noted in a post a month back I lucked into 2 314s for free... Finally got one back together and mowed for awhile.. but as I returned to the shed oil started pouring.. it was the seal behind the flywheel. Installed it yesterday, ran for a few mins..all was good.. went to mow today and nada...
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    HELP!! 314 engine placement

    I started a thread a few weeks ago regarding two 314's I lucked into. Honestly surprised that no one bothered to look. Since these are suppose to be in high demand!! 1 had a non original engine bolted to the frame and did not use the factory mounts. The other, better conditioned one was fully...
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    Lets see your Deere

    Nothing fancy... but I acquired this two 314's over the past few weeks ( one today ) First one was free, Original owner was unable to finish...sold to a friend who into traded it to me for welding..was missing a PTO...so I rounded up the second one today for $300. Had the deck, seat and PTO I...
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