Recent content by Steve HEF

I just replaced a brake rod seal on the 3930 at work, dumped all the trans oil in the process. Brakes worked fine before I did the seal, now I have nothing, pedal drops to the floorboard with no effect. I guess at this point I can assume the brakes utilize the hydraulic fluid to work? I refilled...

I have two tractors at work, a Ford 2910 and New Holland 3930, both are 4x4. The 2910 I believe is a 1981 model. The turning radius on this thing is ridiculously wide, I've never used a tractor that is this bad before. The 3930 will turn in half the radius of the 2910. Both appear to have very...

The place I work has an old Vicon CM216 mower that is in disrepair and I'm selling it off as surplus equipment. I've been trying to do a little research on it to answer questions that might come up from prospective buyers but am coming up empty on a google search. Nearly all the info I do find...

I'm running a 3930 with a finish mower and am winging it on engaging the PTO. It's live and I've found at about halfway of throwing the PTO lever there seems to be a clutch. What I've been doing is to raise the RPM just a couple hundred above idle so the machine won't stall, then ease the lever...

I have an under utilized machine at work, a 1981 with less than 300 hours which I want to put to better use. It currently has and OROPS with canopy, I'd like to put a factory cab with heat on it to use in less than optimum weather, plus winter months. I'm not having much luck finding anything on...

Hi folks, new to the forums. I'm in charge of maintenance at a local town and have 3 tractors in the fleet of equipment, a 1981 3930, a 1980 2910 and a '78 Ford 445. The 445 and 2910 both have the fuel tanks leaking at the seam, the 3930 has a plastic tank. The dash area looks the same on all 3...