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Anyone have the Worx 40v hydrostat portable power washer? Wondering how far up it sprays. My wife uses a thing to wash the outside of her bay windows that requires prewetting and then spraying of the window with water to remove the washings. Can barely reach it with a regular hose nozzle and...

I should have changed out the o-ring near the end of last season when I noticed a little bit of air in the clear plastic suction basket lid. The pump was a little slow to get going every time this season so far, and last night it really took a while. So, called the pool place and ordered a new...

I somehow managed to lose the key fob to my wife's Mazda3 from my fanny pack. Ordered a new one from Amazon for $37. It looks just like both the fob to the MX-5 and the 3. The 3 does not employ a real key when its fob battery goes out but does have a key for the glove box, doors and trunk...

I had not heard about them at all, but I saw a Silverado Hybrid this morning. How many other pickups come in hybrid? Guess no all electric ones yet? Ralph

Saw my neighbor clearing everything underneath some trees between our properties. He says this new 4052 is a Lamborghini of tractors. Ralph

For those of you with B2301s or B2601s, what does your tractors have on the driveshaft from the engine to the HST/differential? Seem to never hear about a busted U joint on Kubotas vs. quite a few on JDs. Ralph

I cannot get decent okra nor corn from my raised beds. Used to grow both about 7' tall down below in that 2 or 3 feet of topsoil. After CHF, had to give up the big garden and put in raised beds. Too much effort to weed and to take gobs of mulch down to the big garden and to quickly clear it...

Anyone have a Gallagher Portafence fence charger and use it with an external 12v battery? My rechargeable D cell batteries do not last long in it. They want up to about $35 for an adaptor kit to use a 12v battery. Don't think I need to spend this to get the adaptor kit. Just need to know...

I removed the Frontier bush hog's blades today and sharpened them. Put them back on. The first bolt did fine. It apparently slid into the slot and tightened up fairly quickly. The 2nd one obviously did not go into the slot just right, and I ended up with a few rounds of very tight going...

I just switched to my bush hog yesterday. Since I have some fairly tall autumn olives, I was looking at getting the deck to raise higher than when I normally had it set for. The JD 2025R has a number of different holes for this. So, I positioned the pins so that the lower lift arms would lift...

My old Zareba solid state fence charger finally quit working. Got to be 10-12 years old. Had some earlier ones that seemed to work the way old automotive ignition systems worked, and had to send them away for reconditioning about every 6 months. Then the solid state (e.g. electronic) ones...

TSC has tiny models of the 2025 with FEL. Bought one for my kid, whose picture is shown. Ralph

High winds. Woke up on generator power. Wife said it came on about 5 am. It's our 12 kw Isuzu diesel generator from Central Maine Diesel outfit. Our friend, Darryl, ex electrician from Ohio, did the install right at the end of 2012 when I was recovering from CHF. My wife was his chief...

Recently, I decided to take up a couple of our deck boards to check on the gutters underneath. Our handy man, when he replaced the deck boards, put roofing rubber between the joists and sloped it so that it drains into a gutter that then flows to a rain tank underneath. I wanted to vacuum out...

There's a discussion going on in the Miata.net forum about PCV system. Got me wondering what our newer tractors have. Turns out our JD 2025R just has the old draft tube. Not even sure where it is. Will have to go out there and look for it. Anyone ever routed the thing to the air cleaner...

I posted this on the miata.net forum, but so many of you seem to be almost superstitious about oils. Here's a good site that explains about engine oils. https://www.minimania.com/Motor_Oils..._Misunderstood He pretty much says those bar charts in our owner's manual are wrong for putting an...

The B2301 was a new model when I bought my JD 2025R. I looked at a B2301 after having a rotten experience with a JD 1025R but when with the dealership I'd been with and that was so close by. Just wondering how your B2301s are doing. In a spreadsheet comparison, it beat the 2025R. Ralph

My MacKissic TPH-122 had been running slightly rough, a tad out of balance. So, I decided to remove the top chute and the hammer assemblies to figure out why. One of the grooved pins holding one of the 4 shafts in place had come out. That caused that shaft to go out a bit and hit something...

This one: NorTrac 3-Pt. Snow Blower 50in.W Intake, Fits Tractors from 16 HP to 30 HP, Model#?BE-SBS50G Ralph

In messing around with possibly removing the foot pans on my 2025R, I turned the knob for the underbelly mower to the "install" part? Is it any problem with leaving it there? Cannot seem to get it to move now. Do not have an underbelly mower. Ralph

Somehow, it just hit me. I'd put a piece of rubber (well, neoprene or synthetic rubber) tubing on the overflow/breather on the belly tank of my diesel generator. Would a dobber plug this off? Or would the diesel smell deter him? What to do? I put the tubing on it because I overfilled the...

Our 2010 VW Jetta TDI was bought back by VW on December 22nd. Right after getting the notification and selecting a buyback in September, we bought a replacement car and parked the VW, to keep it safe and to ensure that the mileage stayed down within what I submitted. I'd researched what to...

Anyone use/bought one of the wireless cameras? Pearl has one where the camera is a license plate frame. it transmits wirelessly to a small LCD screen than is mounted freely inside the car. The license plate camera has a solar powered battery in it. Not sure what the LCD screen runs on...

Anyone else have their ignition coil on their Honda HRR216 go after only 3 years? Wouldn't start for the wife today. She ran the battery down then went to pull start. Started but then quit after just a little bit. I checked for spark with an old timing light. Did not light up. Guess the...

Got a Kobalt grass whip at Lowes yesterday. LOTS more power than our 18v B&D one. Needed it to attack the stilt grass. Doesn't jam and ball up on oriental bittersweet like the B&D does. This one joins my Kobalt mower and chain saw. This is our week of replacements. Wife's computer went...

Who has changed out the hydraulic oil and cleaned the suction screen on their 2025R? Was thinking I needed to remove a rear wheel to get the lower 3ph bar out from in front of the cap over the suction screen access. Looking at it with my SIL this morning, this bar appears to be shorter than...

About time to do the 50 hour service on my JD 2025R. Like my 4010 before it, one wheel has to be removed to get at the suctions screen. The 3ph bar is right in front of the cap for the screen. Gotta remove a wheel to pull the 3ph bar out. Did it 3 times on the 4010 because the filter was...

I don't know why I didn't immediately move my JD 2025R's ROPS lights to the inside. I busted the amber signal lights on both sides. So, while getting stuff for the 50 hour change, I bought new assemblies. They're now $85 each vs. $56 I paid when I bought them for my 4010 (essentially the same...

I FEEL GREAT! Got my heart doctor to take me off metoprolol. Feel great for first time in 3 1/2 years ago when I was diagnosed with afib and put on it. From the start, the **** stuff made me weaker and fatigued. My wife noticed the difference right away when put on carvedilol (at MUCH lower...

I had one of the hydraulic disconnects on my FEL hit by some brush. Apparently the collar was pushed back, and it came loose. My FEL would not go up or down. Fortunately, I had it up a ways while pushing a limb to the side. I just curled the bucket tip straight down, to get more of its...

My wife got up this morning and found Windows 10 installed on her computer. She didn't know what to do. I got on it and clicked Next and then Declined the installation. It restored her Windows 7. Anyone know how I can contact Dell or maybe Microsoft, whomever did it? I tried Dell contact...

Your discs (only need 2) are too far apart. I made raised rows with each disc right behind the rear wheels, which are right at 4' at their outer edge. Ralph

I'm wondering about some maintenance recommendations. In checking out my JD 2025R vs. a Kubota B2301, I found that Kubota had no cleanout of the hydraulic suction screens as recommended by JD @ 50 and 250 hours. Also, JD (and my Isuzu diesel generator) recommend changing the anti freeze every...

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We stopped and visited with some friends today. He has a JD 2210 with FEL and belly mower. During our conversation, he asked me whether I'd have any trouble with the air cleaner on my tractors plugging up and causing bog downs. I told him, no. Wondering if anyone has ever had this problem...

I have this picture on my computer. Almost wish we'd had it turbo charged and kept it, with the VW problem going on with our 2010 Jetta TDI. Drove it for 25 years. Ralph

JD was having a 12% off sale on filters. So, I took my unused filters from my lemony 1025 in and checked to see what other ones I needed for the 2025. Both use the same fuel bowl and air filters. The 2025 does NOT have the underfloor in-line filter that's such a ***** to get to on the 1025...

Anyone done anything to disable your standby generator in case of a house fire? The home inspector came by with our solar panel contractor, to do the final inspection. She cited them for not putting the building's input (from the solar panel) at the bottom of the panel in the house. She said...

Here's a picture of me moving snow on my JD 2025R. This snow's too deep for the back blade. About the 3rd time I could have used a good snow plow or snow blower. Not sure it would push a very big snow plow in this stuff. Maybe I should have kept my Gravely and its square chute snow blower...

Below are pictures of the two push button PTO shafts that I have. The one that has a very prominent button in yellow color is about 2004ish vintage. It's very easy to use and goes onto the PTO shaft like a greased pig. The other picture of the black end is the new one for my bush hog...

I found a use for some of the document holders. The top to the one from the tractor will hold my Thermos. The bottom to the one from the bush hog holds my fire extinguisher. Ralph

I'd like to write OSHA a note about their ROPS requirements. Anyone have a snail mail addy or email for them? My wife insisted I put mine up on this new JD 2025R because it doesn't go above my head like the folded one on the 1025R did. Well, I did and then promptly decided to back it up into...

Anyone used any ICE additive in their Toyota AC system? I bought a container of it about a year ago. The Tacoma's AC seemed anemic, but tested okay. Just haven't injected the ICE yet. It supposedly changes the surface tension of the oil in the AC system so that it effects better heat...

I've declared my 1025R a lemon and have verbally told the sales person I'll take the 2025 I looked at this week. I also looked at and collected information on the Kubota B2301. It wins about 19/11 in comparison against the 2025, but with it being a new model, my having to get my 1025 back from...

I located the operators manual online for the 2025R, but it leaves out the low idle speed spec. What is it? The one I tested was at 1300. Ralph

Can't find it by searching. Can anyone tell me whether the JD 2025 has that FATAL design underfoot fuel filter? I'm ready to trade my 1025R in with its factory assembly problems, including now the can't-stop-it-from-leaking oil filter. Want an 18-25 hp tractor without the underfoot fuel...

Does Kubota have a 17.5 hp B series? It advertises it, but the websites don't show any of the lower-than-23-hp models. Ralph

Looks like Hyundai may be serious about giving us a small turbo diesel pickup: Hyundai Santa Cruz Pickup Truck Revealed: Diesel-Powered and Super Rad ? News ? Car and Driver In a Motor Trend update, they say maybe next year. It's a Brat-sized (still kicking myself for not getting one in the...

Anyone else experiencing oil filter leakage on their 1025R? I remember that I had to give the filter another little bit of rotation when I changed the oil @ 50 hours. Now, it's leaking again @ 115. I gave it another bit of rotation using a leather glove this time and cleaned up everything...

Here is my email to the sales person at John Deere here in Charlottesville: Tomorrow morning, I'll be making my 3rd warranty call on this 1025R. Never had any on the 4010. 1. Loose heater hoses, factory fault. 2. Loosening throttle positioner. Factory left out 2 washers. Actually this...

Does anyone have a circuit diagram that shows what a run capacitor on a heat pump does? I can understand a start capacitor but have no concept of what the run capacitor does. Ralph

I took the blades off my Frontier RC2048 bush hog this afternoon. This cutter is a much more refined one than the LX4 I had before it. First, I had to buy another socket, a 42mm one, to big the bigger nuts on this cutter. I lowered the cutter onto two jack stands left over from my car repair...

I'd finished blowing off debris and checking fluids and just took the tractor down the hill a bit and then back up. It sputtered as it was turned to go uphill a bit. I released the hydro pedal and throttled it back to idle briefly. Then revved it back to about 1800 rpm and went slowly up the...

Decided to plow the snow about 7 o'clock last night instead of waiting until this a.m. Good thing. Driveway is frozen solid with the little bit left on it this morning. The lights on the 1025R are tremendous. It has the 2 front head lights but also two very bright lights at the tops of the 2...

If you want to see how oil viscosity changes with temperature, here's a good site: C:\Users\user\Documents\Car Stuff\Viscosity_temperature_oil_plots.png Below is a plot when I put in -40 as the minimum temperature (-40 is same in F or C). At 1,000,000 Cs, no oil will flow. These will all...

Gotta admit that R4s are better forward and backward in the snow than R3 turfs. R4s nor R3s turn in the snow worth a ****. Need individual rear brakes for that like my 4010 had or a JD 2025. R3s turn better on grass. R4s aren't worth a **** turning in grass, but they won't tear up the grass...

Anyone used hand warmers for deice/degel of diesel fuel filters? Think these things get only about 100 F. Would think they're ideal for warming up fuel filters to deice or degel them. Particularly for the newer underfoot prefilters that JD and Kubota have slapped into the fuel lines, these...

The other day, my wife went to start our Tacoma. The battery wouldn't turn it over because the beast had been sitting in the cold garage for about a month. From prior experience, I know that it takes 12.3 volts to work the starter on the 2.7L engine. The voltage was 12.18. All I had to do...

Has anyone replaced their old 18v DeWalt tools with the new 20v lithium ion ones? I can replace all our 5 tools with 5 of the new ones for $438. Looks like. About time. Our DeWalt 18v ones date back to 1994. Biggest problem with the old 18v ones was the way the batteries click in and out...

Anyone gone through exploring the various walkbehind mowers lately? I did this recently, thinking my JD 14SB had finally given up the ghost (but found a simple fix to it later). Came to the conclusion that Toro probably makes about the best walkbehind for the price. They're about 2/3 the...

Can someone tell me whether BCS and DR Brush Mower have wheel brakes? Ralph

I just checked the oil in the Isuzu 12.5kw generator. It's still bright and clear and to the top after nearly two years. Think it still has less than 20 hours on it. It ran for quite a while recently during a power failure. Wife was even able to run the dryer on it. That circuit is...

Comcast cut off my ESPN and ESPN2 usage as of June 11th. There was an audit done, and it was found that I was getting the sports and entertainment package for only $22/mo. They said the price was going up to $55/mo. to get it in the future. We said "no". So, now I'm still looking for how to...

When running the bush hog for a short time this afternoon, the 1025 keep losing speed. I kept shoving the throttle farther and farther forward (it seemed). Did not want to stay near the PTO speed. It's not like it wasn't getting fuel, e.g. cutting out. It just would not hold the speed. The...

JD, if you really care about safety, you'll round off the ends of the FEL leading edge. I was working around it yesterday and leaned over and poked a hole in my forehead. Called my handyman who happens to have a heavy duty grinder. He came today and rounded off those corners. Took him less...

JD is plain nuts. Why did they design a foldable ROPS that is too tall to fit underneath normal garage doors? For this reason, I've kept mine folded. It's above my head even folded, but I keep bumping my head on it when working back there. So, I'm thinking about taking the top part off and...

My 14SB walkbehind's blade brake started to slip a bit at the end of last season. The replacement part is $150. Don't mind spending the money but wonder how long other stuff lasts like the differential drive, for instance. How many have replaced the blade brake assembly and had rest last...

I'm up to 51 hours on my 1025R and have gotten the filters and hydraulic oil for the 50 hour service. Any pointers from anyone who've done this? Does that hose come off easily to remove the hydraulic suction screen? Guess a normal filter wrench will remove the spin-on filter? I've jacked up...

Anyone replaced their underneath, in-line fuel filter on their 1023 or 1025? Anyone know why JD put this fuel filter there? My 4010 only had the in-glass fuel filter similar to the one that is downstream of the in-line fuel filter on the 1025. Never had a fuel filter plugging problem. I'm...

We got about 14" here and then another 4". The 1025 with R4 tires is essentially the same in the snow as the 4010 with turf tires. Think the R4s in front are tougher than the turfs were. Had one of the turfs come off its rim during one of our 2009/2010 snowmageddon drops. I didn't miss the...

I bought a solar battery tender and am currently using it to maintain a spare utility battery in the carriage house. Have the panel mounted on the sunny front of the carriage house. However, it makes sense to use the solar panel for my standby generator and to save the plugin one now on the...

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I just went through having to recharge the battery on my generator. The battery tender I had on it went out. I wonder if anyone has used some generator monitoring equipment/gauges to put on my inside electrical ATS panel to monitor battery voltage and generator load/kw. Having trouble finding...

How many have newer diesel engines, particularly tier 4, who are still getting smoking on cold startup? My 1025 still smokes and shudders a bit, even a little bit of blue smoke like my 4010 had, on cold startup, and it's not really cold here yet, only down to the mid twenties. Whereas, my...

The steering cylinder attached to the left tie rod on my 1025 is leaking. Should be covered under warranty; I'd think. Got a note to call JD service on Monday. Been leaving small hydraulic fluid puddles underneath the cylinder when I park it. Wonder if anyone else has had this problem on...

I replaced the bolts that hold the side panels in place on the 1025 with pins. Here are some pictures. Ralph

The blade engagement/clutch is slipping a bit on our 14SB walk behind mower. Anyone have any idea what the price is to replace this thing? Can I just get it welded in place? Any problems starting it? One other problem is the cable to drive system is down to one strand of wire. The dealer...

My Suzuki (Sno Cat made) 4 kw electric start generator is for sale at $300. It served us well, but we now have a 12.5 kw whole house diesel generator in use. Got the Suzuki out of the basement of the carriage house on Halloween day when the gate people were installing the gate in the driveway...

Has anyone lowered their idle speed on their 1023 or 1025 or 1026? I don't like the 1,575 rpm idle. My 4010 originally came with the idle set at about 1,500. I changed it pretty quickly to the 1,000 indicated in the owner's manual. The owner's manual for the 1025R says 1,575. Think it's...

Anyone in the industry who knows what has happened to B5? The local Exxon station has dropped it. I liked it because I think the 5% bio probably kept my tanks cleaned out. Ralph

I got the oil, fuel and air filters for my 3CE Isuzu diesel generator. Maybe some of you can cross reference these to see what alternatives I may have next time. 150-5-86401515-0 "Genuine Isuzu oil filter" 150-5-86401510-0 "Genuine Isuzu fuel filter" 010-p822686 Donaldson air filter. Know of...

Have any of you super chlorinated your well? I participated in a Virginia Tech well testing that included a check for bacteria in the water. Have Coliform but no e-coli. About 2 to 3 years ago, I went to a person's house where super chlorination was demonstrated. I thought about doing it and...

This isn't directly related to tractors, but the solution could be if someone has a tiny diesel leak to fix. I refilled the 60 gallon belly tank on our Isuzu diesel generator last week. Today, I noticed some diesel had leaked out. The fuel level had gone down in the standpipe to down near...

My new 1025 and new Frontier bush hog has been very difficult to get the PTO shaft to slide onto the tractor shaft. Last time, I put the usual bit of white lithium grease onto the PTO shaft, but I also put a little bit of Fluid Film on the inner part of the PTO shaft that goes to the bush hog...

I bought this 12.5 kw Isuzu diesel generator because of its low fuel consumption and price compared to other similar models. However, the usage over the year has been ridiculously low. I topped it off today. It's used only 2.5 gallons. The hour meter shows 14.6 hours. Don't recall what it...

Is there any other way that any of you know about to get replacement filters (air, oil, fuel) on my Isuzu diesel generator other than from where I bought it? Had a **** of a problem finding the serial # to give back to the people I bought it from. Finally found it as raised numbers on the bell...

Anyone else have one of the newer JD subcompact or compact model tractors? My 1025's owner's manual lists the idle speed as 1575 rpm. My 4010 had its idle speed in the manual as about 1,000. When it was delivered, the speed was set at about 1,500, but I later adjusted the throttle cable and...

You can get them for about $80 at TSC (old price; don't know current). The carryall is one my counterbalances, especially if filled with about 1/3 to 1/2 full of mulch. I added a pallet to bottom and some sides. Back has a folding section. Ralph

We've had a 12.5 kw Isuzu diesel generator in service since last November. It feeds into a Gen-Tran 200 amp panel with load management and a transfer switch. The generator was around $10,000 from Central Maine Diesel, the wiring of the panel and all was about the same, near $20,000. Operates...

Here's my latest. I did a review of it in the reviews area, also in the operations forum.

How do I post this under the Reviews? Review of 1025R I just finished bush hogging with the 1025R and 48" Frontier bush hog. This bushhog/1025 PTO setup is a HUGE improvement in starting up the bush hog. It starts up without the slams and bangs of the LX-4/4010 PTO. Those slams and bangs...

One thing I haven't done yet on my 1025 is to mount the MacKissic chipper/shredder. Do any of you know whether it has a seat disconnect switch to disarm it for use with the chipper/shredder? On my 4010, a switch was there underneath the seat that one could pull up on to disarm the seat cutoff...

I no longer need my old JD M soil ripper/disk hiller, actually a tool bar that allows both, converted to 3ph. Haven't used them since 2004/5 when I went no till. Used the soil ripper to rip up my 50x75 garden plot and then the disk hillers to make raised rows. Then quit using the setup...

My JD 1025 arrived today. Attached are a couple of pics. The new seat is the main thing I like about it. Not so sure about the R4 tires. They don't seem to have as good side grip as the R3s on the 4010. Maybe it's the wet conditions we have that are fooling me. The 4010 suffered total...

Morning from central Virginia. Still waiting to hear from JD about my 4010 hydraulic failure. Thinking it is likely the pins or attachments for the U joint between the engine and hydraulics/differential like happened on another ByNet member's 4010. I crawled under there and looked at the U...

I started my bush hog on the 4010 this afternoon. Got a grinding noise in the differential/hydraulic area below the seat. No hydraulics work at all. The universal joint between the engine and the differential/hydraulic area is fine. Gotta be inside the thing. Got hydraulic fluid showing on...

When removing the 3ph shaft in front of the hydraulic filter or when manipulating the turnbuckles, make sure that they can always be tight. I somehow turned one end of the turnbuckles on my 4010 and ended up with them not being able to fully shorten or tighten up for a while. Ended up...

My Lawnboy 10323's drive belt became like a wet noodle and wouldn't drive it. So, I got a new belt and replaced the old one. It's quite a job, pretty much what I had to do in replacing the drive belt on my 1993+ish JD walkbehind. I had to pretty much remove the engine. The rough order of...

I was doing a routine chipper blade changeout to get the blade sharpened with general checkover. Removed the belt cover to check things there and found one of the 4 bolts holding it in place gone. Found a replacement bolt. No problem. One of the screws holding the flapper in front of the...

I bought an oil extractor from the DR folks. Best I can figure, it's a Pela (they sell MacKissic chippers this same way). Needed the oil extractor to change the oil on my generator because I made a mess the last time just draining the old oil onto the ground. Worked great for that, plus for...

This maybe goes in the safety area, but it'll probably get more attention here. Took the tractor down the hill this afternoon to mow my trails. In going down the back hill, the back end started to slide to the right. I hit the brakes. Still more sliding. Fortunately, it finally stopped. I...

The parking brake is off, but the flasher keeps going on my 4010 CUT. How do I remove that black plastic panel beneath the steering wheel that I supposedly need to remove to get to the parking brake switch? Neither the owners' manual nor the maintenance manual on CD tell me how this thing is...

I ran the left front tire off the rim again. Did it when the tractor was nearly new. Got it back on and put Slime in both fronts then. The problem is that these small front tires (typical on 2305, 2210, 2205, 4010, etc.) don't seem to hold air too well. Just before going out today, I checked...

After my experience in finding little wax globs near the bottom of the fuel tank, I'm gonna change from a mostly no additive (for the tractor; never did in our car and am prohibited by warranty to do so on it) to additive at every fuel makeup. There's NO WAY to retro dissolve globs of wax by...

I gave into my wife's suggestion to use off road diesel because it's cheaper (only 4 cents/gallon at Exxon). I'd been using B5 in my 4010. I put a couple gallons of the off road into the 3.75 gallon tank. A couple times now after running for 30 minutes to an hour, it has shown symptoms like...

Spent a couple of hours clearing our turnaround area this afternoon of more than 18 inches of snow. Had to use the FEL mostly. Got stuck a couple of times when I went too far to the side, over a 4x4 one time. All I had to do was put the bucket down and curl it up to get out. Fine with turf...

I changed the engine oil, filter, fuel filter and air filter. It was all a breeze compared to stumbling efforts before. The fuel filter was especially easy. Got a deep 12mm socket and attached a U joint and then long extension to the U joint. The 12 mm came out with no binding and went back...

The 5w-40 oil will be picked up by the oil pump quicker on startup than the 15w-40 oil. BOTH oils will be more viscous on startup than in operation. Getting oil to the upper valve train on startup is one of the main reasons why synthetic oil almost eliminates the wear up there but also gives...

Many oil formulators, incl. Castrol, buy their base oils from Exxon, the largest lube oil manufacturer in the world. They may or may not purchase the additive technology as well. Castrol develop their own. You'd be better off if you used a 5w-40. This is available diesel rated. Ralph

A guy who used to work for me in lube processing area quit and went to work for another company for a while. He's back in the fold now and reported some research the other company did. He said they compared some taxi fleets running dino oil vs. with Mobil 1. The ones with Mobil 1 showed no...

The battery showed up dead in my 2004 tractor on Sunday. I took it out yesterday and went to the battery place where I've bought the last few batteries. There was another guy there who also had a tractor. He was saying 5 years is pretty good because he's cranking his tractor more and often...

Found on Smokstak - antique tractor and engine web site: Machinist's Workshop magazine actually tested penetrants for break outtorque on rusted nuts. Significant results! They are below, as forwarded by anprofessional machinist, Bud Baker.They arranged a subjective test of all the popular...

Attached is a picture of my new pickup, a 2005 Tacoma access cab, 4 cylinder, 5 spd. Best news was I got it for only $10,500 with my 1996 Tacoma as tradein. It was a 1 owner with 45,000 on it. Dealer had replaced all 4 tires, ground all the metal parts of the wheel brakes and serviced the...

I'm wondering who has installed PV(photo voltaic) panels or shingles on their tractor garage or house? I'm thinking about replacing about half the shingles on the south-facing roof of my carriage house. Cost will be about $6,000 and will yield about 700 watts or so, approximately 6 amps at...

This is not strictly a tractor question. I had the trans and diff oil changed in my pickup after 12 years and 150k miles. Now, the transmissions seems stiffer to shift. One of my bowling buddies says he gets better mileage in his motor home after changing to Amsoil synthetic in its trans and...

This probably applies to the 4010 and 4110. The arms on my 3ph lift arms have 2 holes that the lift arms from the hydraulics can attach to. My came attached to the holes furthest from the tractor. The other day, I tried the putting the lift arms in the holes closer to the tractor, thinking...

Exxon shut down the very convenient station that my wife fueled up her diesel at. Now, about once/month, I have to drive it to the extension office where I volunteer once/week to fuel it up at an Exxon over that way. This, and having to take cans out about every 3-4 months for my tractor have...

I'm now on DSL. So, I'd like to restore those pictures that I did something to keep from getting here on this forum. These are the JD and Kubota ads. Someone told me how. Think I went into Tools/Internet Options and did something there to keep the ads from appearing. How do I get them back...

Turning Hammers on Mac TPH-122 This is a MUCH easier job than on the TroyBilt that I had. The 4 sided hammers in the shredder assembly can be turned until all 4 sides are rounded off. Performance is best with sharp-edged hammers but isn稚 bad until the leading edge of the hammers get very...

I changed out the hydro filter (and the oil, of course) today on my 4010. The O-ring was NOT supplied. You have to buy this separately. They also gave me the wrong filter. Had to make a quick run to change it out. Have kept the old filter in its box and have written on it that I need to buy...

Anyone know of a 3ph tine dethatcher that'll automatically eject stuff on the tines when raised? I bought a pull-behind one from Agri-Fab. Works good, but two problems: 1) can't back up, as the wheel assembly collapses and bends the attachment points; 2) have to stop, get off tractor and...

I stopped by JD to see if they could test the "igniter" that I'd bought a couple weeks ago, as it had spark but seemed to be off time. This is after I checked the valve clearances after it quit on me with some backfiring and black smoke. (Let it cool a bit, and it ran again for a very short...

I'm looking for ways to pull up Japanese Stiltgrass that's growing all over the place. It pulls up using a hand rake dethacher. I tried using a dethaching blade on my Lawnboy. It seems to cut the stuff more than pull it up. What might work on the tractor? Maybe a landscape rake? What price...

WHY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE SLOW-TO-LOAD MULTIPLE ADS AT THE TOP OF OUR PAGES? There are many of us on dialup connections. If you want us to buy your tractors, don't load up our screens with those slow-to-load ads. Was one by JD. Now, there's one by MF. Ralph

I had an experience today. Loaded some stuff into the bucket and drove the tractor off trail and dumped the bucket. Went to go backwards, and the HST pedals were all collapsed! Put it in gear, brake on and shut it down and looked underneath. A pin had come out. I went up hill, looking in...

I'm getting tired of stopping my 14SB and blowing into the fuel tank inlet with my mouth to get fuel to the carb. What's going on with this thing? I suspected a fuel supply problem; so, I put a see-through fuel filter into the line just before the carb. It would start to cut out, and I'd see...

The drive belt broke on my 1994 14SB. Since I bought the repair CD (for $75), I figured that I was well fixed to know how to replace it. The instructions are: 1. Remove engine. 2. Remove anchor bolt (this is the big bolt holding the belt anti-jump bracket near the engine shaft pulley) 3...

Why do we in the JD forum have to wait for a finky GC ad to load at the top? Ralph

A friend of mine came and said he had a problem with his 2210; he had thought that my tractor was a 2210, too. His MMM won't lift. How is it attached to the 3 ph on a 2210? He probably just lost a pin. Is it possible to lose one pin such that the whole deck wouldn't lift? I'd think it's...

Rainy today; so I went to the library to catch up on my magazine reading. In one of the magazines, there was an ad for a new Gravely. Guess they're back making them again. Ralph

I've located the engine and radiator drains, with the help of the owner's manual, and it's about time to do the first antifreeze change in my compact 4010 bought Nov 2004. Anything special anyone learned about doing this? They don't seem to point out a vent anywhere. Any problems refilling...

I noticed the new 2320s have 3 holes in the lift arms and lift arms connectors that have 3 holes each. This provides at least about 9 combinations of lift heights, etc. to choose from. In looking at the lift arms on my 4010, I find 2 lift holes in the lift arms on it. The arms that go up to...

Except for being delivered with a dead battery from storage for 4 1/2 years, this is the first time for the 1983 Benz diesel did not to start this morning. The glow plug light didn't light. It actually seems to want to start when running the starter; seems to fire on 1 cylinder, almost like...

No snow yet, and I've finished grinding leaves and brush with my MacKissis chipper/shredder. So, I put a newly ground ($5 only) chipper blade onto the Mac, parked it and mounted the ole LX4 brush hog again before servicing its blades. This was my first brush-hog-only work. I just cranked the...

I bought a JD 14SB self-propelled 21" walk behind mower on Saturday at an estate sale. It was practically full of fuel and looks very new. Started immediately, and I mowed the whole front yard. Then took the blade off and sharpened it. It hadn't been off in a while and was dull. Changed the...

I'm wondering how often you've sharpened your chipper blades. I've done mine once. It's starting to dull again after many hours. So, I ordered a new blade from the dealer. It's $57! This is for my MacKissic TPH-122. Thus my interest in knowing how many times you can sharpen them. The ones...

The only thing left of my Gravely stuff is the sulky. I've the original seat, but it currently has a JD-like one on it (complete with back rest). Also has a hitch U-bolted to pull a cart behind it. Has fairly new tires. I'm in central Va. Ralph (e-mail is ralph_1@juno.com)

A couple weeks ago, I saw my neighbor's 4310 being run onto a trailer with blue smoke pouring from its exhaust. It was returned today. Saw my neighbor walking back from getting the mail and asked him about it. He said it was something to do with the fuel pump. Replaced on warranty. Has 150...

I looked at some of the new tractors at our county fair still going on. One interesting one there being shown by Beverage Tractor was a TYM. It has beautifully labeled and seemingly well-positioned controls. Both JD and Kubota could take lessons on how to set their tractors up from this South...

My shoulder is acting up, and I'm on really strong narcotic medicine and aren't supposed to be running equipment or driving. So, she drove the tractor this afternoon. Just loaded one of my push mowers into the bucket and took it down to do some trimming around the garden and orchard. She was...

What\'s different in 2320/2520? I read Stoneham's summary of the 2320 and 2520 models. The main reason they say JD did these new models is to meet new Tier II emission requirements. They don't say what was done to the engines to do this. Otherwise, they seem very similar, almost identical...

Anyone have a GenPower unit that runs off the PTO? I did a search and didn't turn up anything on GenPower; so that's why I'm asking. Was at the local home show this evening, and a guy had a GenPower 10 kW unit sitting there for $1,650. It includes the PTO shaft and a quite long 240 volt...

Here's a side shot showing my carryall and bucket combo for moving mulch from my pile up near the house to my garden 100' below. I can move enough mulch for about 2 1/2 rows vs. 1 row that I used to do with only the bucket or in my Gravely cart. The rig is very well balanced, too, very stable...

I got the bolts off on my LX4 brush hog blades. Soaked them overnight with PB Blaster. One came loose with my Farmhand 1/2" drive impact wrench good for 550 ft lb. The other needed some help with a 6' pipe over the 3/4" driver. Wonder how many times you can reuse these nuts? They're the...

HATE it that forums won\'t return after a post Anyone else have problems with the forums not returning after posting? You have to go back to the general index and then reselect your forum again if you post even once to any of the topics. I also don't like the idea of including even more...

I called the old Troy Bilt 800 # and ordered some parts for my Tomahawk shredder/chipper. Got the wrong number of parts back, but the receipt showed the web site: www.ordertree.com I got onto this web site. There's a button to click if you know your part numbers (and you must because your...

I'd like to hear from those of you with smaller Kubotas whether you can use your PTO without being on your tractor seat or tricking the seat sensor. Ralph

A friend of mine stopped by the other day. He works at a place that uses Stoddard solution. He said it is apparently a cut between kerosene and diesel and was wondering about reusing it in a diesel engine. He was worried about keeping the same lubricity. I'm wondering if anyone has a...

The chipper on my MacKissic wouldn't do about 2" locust branches this morning. Thought it was getting dull from doing so many persimmon and other big branches. So, I did the little stuff and took it up to remove the chipper blade. The blade is non-reversable, unlike the one on my Troy Bilt...

I've a black button in the framework beneath the seat on my 4010 that normally gets depressed by the seat and allows the PTO to be used. It also will pull up. I've heard by some that this works the same as depressing it and allows the use of the PTO with no one on the seat. It doesn't work on...

I used my MacKissic on the 3 pt hitch of my JD 4010 this morning to do a couple piles of stuff. It worked better than either the MacKissic that I had for my Gravely and my Troy Bilt Tomahawk. Fed leaves better than the Troy Bilt, like the other MacKissic but still needed a stir with a stick...

I got my Frontier rear blade this morning. Was looking through the owner's manual and couldn't find a diagram that shows how to pitch the blade at the 15 or 30 degree angles they say it's capable of. Sent a note to the saleman. Anyone have a diagram or can easily explain it? Oh, also: has...

I bought the Field Guide to JD Tractors recently at Barnes & Noble. It's a nice book with lots of pictures showing the history of JD tractors from the Waterloo to 2002ish. They had a picture of a 4100 in it and said it was the smallest at that time, 2002. Anyone know when the 4100 and 4010...

Anyone have any advice on tips to help replace the shear bolt on my LX4? Should I disconnect the PTO from the tractor shaft? First time shearing the bolt. Luckily, I was just finishing up when I backed off the side of the trail and hit some large stuff that sheared the bolt. The PTO shaft...

My neighbor's 1970ish JD 820, 3 cylinder diesel, has been giving the men trouble who've been trying to use it for a while now. I replaced the fuel filters and the little old-fashioned stroke type pump feeding the injector pump for her. Still wouldn't work more than a few minutes before either...

As part of the 50 hour service, I decided that I should check the oil level in my LX4. I could put in a series of several curse words here to describe the miserable, tiny, soft-metaled plug that they installed up next to a protrusion in the gear box. Finally got the little devil out. Replaced...

What\'s the upside down cup thing underneath? Where I thought the hydraulic filter is isn't. Anyone know what the upside down cup thing is underneath my 4010? It's located beside the transaxle main drain. It's in the picture that shows the drains you have to remove to drain the hydraulic...

4010 50 hr service; what isn\'t told My 4010 owner's manual leaves out some critical information concerning the 50 hour service. These will probably be the same for you 2210 owners. Fuel filter: you have to remove the 12 mm bolt that holds the filter bowl assembly to the frame. THEN, you...

Yesterday, I was behind a car that came to a stop behind a tractor mowing the grass alongside the roadway with a regular bush hog. I noticed he had absolutely no guard on the back. He stopped the machine to let us go by. I thought the car in front of me had gotten entirely too close to the...

It was a dreary day around here. This afternoon, I spent part of the time assembling my newly green row maintenance machine. It's the old JD M soil ripper cut down to fit my 4010 but with some smaller disc hillers in place plus 4 of the chisel plows instead of all 7. Two plows are installed...

The lights on my 4010 ROPS are getting battered by tree limbs. One lost one of the bolts. The metal insert into the plastic of the light body was jerked out. The bolt plus insert apparently will go through the holes in the ROPS. It's lost somewhere. The parts lady suggested that I move the...

I moved some gravel down to my little stream, about 5' wide and about 2" deep. Put gravel on top of 5 PVC pipes 4" by 6' laid side by side with maybe a couple inches between each. Water is flowing nicely about 1/3 way up on each pipe. Figured 6' would be wide enough, as my 4010 is only 48"...

I bought some 16" disc hillers from Agri Supply (2@$30 each). My friend who gave me a soil ripper from his old JD M made some clamps to mount the disc hillers onto the 2x2 solid bar used by the chisel plows for the soil ripper. Attached is a picture of the disc hillers. In addition to the 2...

I finally got an excuse to get an impact wrench. One other thing I picked up during my recent bush hog experience was a flat tire on the front. Didn't really have a 1/2" drive socket to fit the lugs and was looking for an excuse to get an impact wrench. The Dorsey place where I bought my...

I decided to run the bush hog today since it had dried up a bit, and I had a bunch of trash around some black walnut trees that I'd cleared vines from. Seemed to have made all the mistakes. Guess you develop a check list for this after doing it a while. I took off the drawbar and soil ripper...

I need some hints from Trafford and anyone else who have done this. I had to leave my 4010 on the trail just below the house last night. It got in one spot and kept wanting to skid off to the side of the trail in the mud. I got some rocks and mulch and managed to get it back up here today...

I snapped the joy stick into float every time this morning scraping the driveway of the slush/ice. Don't know why the guy who delivered it didn't show me how to do it. The manual just tells you it's there, as does that emblem on the tractor fender, not how to "snap" it into being. Thanks...

I received a new "DR" catalog today. In it was a page or so on their grass collection equipment that is new to them (or at least I hadn't seem it before). It's basically at least 3 different sizes of little 2 wheel wagons that hitch behind the tractor with a mower in between to suck from the...

I first fired up the Gravely and used its snow plow. It left its usual approx. 1/8" of snow on the driveway. When I got to doing the turnaround area in front of the garage, I decided to try out the JD 4010 FEL. The Gravely's ag tires with studs worked well, but it was very dry stuff that...

I've looked at pictures of various bed shapers. They either use a couple discs or a couple plows mounted on bars and then maybe a leveler piece of metal in between. I've an old "soil ripper" that was made back in the days when they mounted all implements on 2" solid bars. You could buy other...

Ripper on a 2\" tool bar. A friend of mine has what's called a soil ripper with the tines mounted on a 2" tool bar. It was designed to run on his old JD M. He doesn't need it any more and wants to give it to me. It has 7 tines with huge coils, giving them spring, mounted on the 2" tool bar...

The "rockshaft" (e.g. 3 pt) does not seem to have a float position on my 4010. Think it's the same on 2210s. Directions in the manual when lowering the 3 pt are to run the rockshaft control down to where you want it and then return to the center position. This seems to lock the 3 pt into...

My wife reported that I had a puddle on the floor around my tractor when she went into the basement of the carriage house to the freezer there. Sure enough, there was maybe a half gallon of water (no smell) there. Mopped it up and moved the tractor back but positioned the rear wheels about a...

I was looking at the fuel filter on my 4010 and read the manual. It says to unscrew that ring at the top of the fuel bowl. Mine's tucked in there behind the FEL connections. Can't get one of those oil filter wrenches on it. How do you guys unscrew the thing? Looks like one might have to...

While siphoning diesel into the tank yesterday, I put the cups for the ends of the siphon on the fuel filler cap. Well, shouldn't have done it. Forgot when I put the cap on and dumped the cups into the tank. Went ahead and bushhogged about an hour or so. Think I should drain the tank and use...

Attached is a picture of my LX4 with a chain as the top link. I'll post another showing it being raised with the solid top link in place. Had some discussion on this in the Floating Top Link thread. Rather than bury it there, I've created this new thread. My LX4 was delivered with the hitch...

I lowered the hitch pins on my LX4 yesterday. It was quite an ordeal. First, I bought a 3/4" drive at the wrong store, Sears, at $50. Found them $30 at TSC. Second, I bought a 1 1/4" socket at Sears, about $14. They were about $7 at TSC. The 1 1/4" socket on my LX4 hitch pin nut would NOT...

Here's a picture of my new JD 4010 parked in the basement garage of the carriage house. The Gravely's upstairs, as it won't get up the hill from the basement in the winter snow. LX4 cutter is parked on TSC castors behind and to the left. The Gravely hog is that orange one to the rear of it...

I bought some chain at TSC plus some clip-type connectors. Two connectors are big enough on their small ends for my 3/4" top connector pins to go through it. Plan to use chain plus connectors for the top link on my brush hog. Will find a down slope to determine the maximum length of chain to...

I was in the Orsheln store in Ada this last week and saw some small U joints and sleeves. It occured to me that these might be good for the top link to let the bush hog flex up and down. Could put the pin through the U joint part on both ends, possibly with a bushing. One would just cut them...

The LX4 on my 4010 won't raise more than about 1" above its set position after the top link, etc. is adjusted to get it at the proper tilt. When the dealer delivered it, he could raise it quite high, but he had the top link shortened extremely to get it off the ramp from the trailer. Am I...

In the back of the 4000 series booklet is a picture and a few words about some ball and claw draft arms. Anyone have them? Cost? Which tractor? Looks to me like they'd just replace the regular draft arms and would be a whole lot easier to use than the standard, swivel-ball, ones. Wonder why...

One of two of you mentioned that you use the KK carryall with iMatch, after some mods. Can you describe what you had to do or post pics? Ralph

I tried something on my new JD 4010 that others of you may want to try, to learn more about how and when the glow plugs work. I've read some potentially misleading information herein. Here's what I did this afternoon: I connected a jumper wire to one of my glow plugs and then connected it to...

They delivered my JD 4010 with 410 loader and LX4 cutter this afternoon. The guy showed me most things and answered all my questions. Then I went back and tossed some mulch with the loader before heading down to cut grass on some trails. The cutter isn't as smooth as the one on the Gravely...

My dealer said that my 410 bucket comes off its lift arms with 2 pins. Wonder if I could have a bracket made that would latch into the same 2 points. The bracket could have a 4 square bolting in the middle on which to mount my 4' Gravely snow plow "snout" on which the snow plow is mounted...

A friend of mine has an old implement that was pulled by an 18 hp Farmall. I'd have to convert it to a Cat 1 3pt for my JD 4010. Anyone heard of/done this? Ralph

I searched the web a long time today, looking for a JD hat that is the British drivers cap style. NONE of the JD hat sites found by Google or Dogpile had a JD hat in this style. Anyone know of a source. My kid got the baseball hat the dealer gave me. Picture attached. Toothbar was shipped...

I guess they'll show me when they deliver my 4010, but I'm wondering how to put the 3 pt on float? Somehow, the bush hog needs to stay down whether I go up a little rise or down into a trough. Figure putting the 3 pt on float does this. Do you adjust it and then open the speed-of-drop valve...

I went to the local JD dealer this afternoon, since I didn't have enough time to drive far to get back to change to Mobil 1 in the car and then to a dinner at 4:30. Drove both the 2210 and 4010. The acid test was trying them on a steep little hill beside the dealership. The 2210 would not...

The local dealer advised me that they no longer maintain parts to the JD 820 (about 1970) injection pump. I wonder how long they maintain parts for JD tractors? Ralph

I went over to the widow's place and replaced the fuel filters on her old JD diesel (4 cyl direct injection). Checked the air filter. Looks as though somone put a new one in. Started right up. Decided to run the bush hog for a little bit to check it out. After about 5-10 minutes running, it...

I saw an X595 at the fair. It seems a better choice than the 2210, a HUGE tractor by comparison. Couldn't figure out the JD site to get info on it but found it by going to Google. It got me into the right JD site area. Offers an FEL and lots of other implements. No bush hog, but can buy a...

At the estate sale south of Crozet, Va there was a beautifully restored Ford 1700 with 1223 hours on its 2 cylinder diesel engine yesterday for $5,400. Ralph

The smallest JD is the 4115 (24 hp) with direct diesel injection (no glow plugs). Does any of the small Kubotas have this feature? The JD 4115 is about $5,000 more than the JD 4010 because of this feature and 6 more hp. Ralph

I can't figure out how to get the MSRPs on the johndeere web site? What's the menu item to get it? Ralph

Soimeone posted in the general buying/pricing about a 4210. One reply said the 4210 has a direct injection engine. Is the 4010 engine also direct injection? My neighbor's old 1950ish JD has direct injection. I'm astonished at how easy it starts. If the batteries/starter will give it one...

What\'s a 430? Saw the neighbor yesterday with his relatively new JD 430. Wonder what's the diff between this model and, say, a 4310? Think both are likely 30 hp. Think I'll get a quicker answer here than groping my way through the JD web site. Easier to find models in the Kubota site. I'm...

I've found that the both the BX1830 and B7410 have 18 hp diesel engines. What are some of the other differences between these? Think one might be the ability to go into a regular-sized garage door with one vs. the other. Can measure that. Or will the folding ROPS easily fold? Ralph

I tried various trench digging wording in the search and didn't come up with what I thought is what I want. So, I'll ask. One good tool for digging trenches is the Gravely rotary plow. You can also get a longer shank for it and use it to dig post holes. Since I have a rotary plow and am...