Recent content by urbantech

I guess two of the general attitudes of much of society today are rudeness and intolerance. Some people don't know how to spell perfectly, and sometimes people turn to a forum of experienced users, as this is supposed to be, to get an informed opinion, as the OP has done. In my opinion, such a...

Rats make good target practice!

I think you left out the step "I get private contractor's bids". The insurance company is never on your side.

I bought a pdf service manual that combines several models and turns out is just scans of the paper manuals. I'm sure it's in violation of copyright and being sold repeatedly. No searching, just have to scroll to the information, just like reading a book.

Draining the hydraulic oil tonight. Wanted to get this done last week, but work is in demand. The stuff is the color and nearly the consistency of a butterscotch milkshake. I have 35 gallons of fluid to change it all. I was thinking of trying to heat it and get the water out, but I'm not sure I...

I haven't had time to do anything. Finally done working a little earlier today. Planning to put new oil in with cleaner and look at the hydraulic fluid again. I'm wondering about draining and heating it to evaporate the water. Seems like the water would come out pretty quick if it was heated in...

Thanks for the chart. I'll look at the engine when it's light and stops raining.

Thanks! Ah, so the description from the seller was the backhoe model, not the tractor, and the 755 tractor was made from 79 to 84. He was sure it was an 80s model tractor, but he's just an employee and was probably tasked with getting rid of it. He had to ask the general manager if he could...

Thanks. So I'm right in it being a 5400?

Hi all. I bought an industrial loader/backhoe from a local meat packer last week that was advertised and sold as a 1980s Ford 755 for $4500. It didn't take me long to figure out with a 3 cylinder diesel it's not a 755. It took me days to understand where people were saying the ID numbers are...