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My 05 5740C clutch started to slip slightly about 3 weeks ago in 3rd and 4th gears. After checking and most folks telling me it had a hydraulic clutch in it that couldn't be adjusted, and could only be replaced at a cost of $2500-$3000, I finally found my old Montana dealer who I bought it from...

I've got a 2005 5740C and it has been leaking hydraulic fluid for quite some time now. It's leaking hydraulic fluid from the black box under the right side step up, where the lines to the front end loader hook into this black box on one side and the hydraulic lines from the tractor itself hook...

I've got a 2005 5740C that's had a hydraulic leak since the day my warranty ran out. The leak is at the black hydraulic line junction box under the step on the right side. I have changed out all the "O" rings for the front end loader lines, both sides too, where they connect at that box, but the...

I was reading the thread about water well insulation with our coming major cold snap here in North Texas, and I was surprised that no one mentioned anything about our tractor diesel fuel as an additional note. I almost forgot myself, after checking and rechecking my well house heat lamps, pipe...

Although this may seem funny when you're reading this post, and I guess it really is kinda funny in some ways, it's causing me a major problem and I need some serious answers. We've had our female mule Maggie now for 10 years. She's a retired, trained, cow mule who has never given us a bit of...

I can't find my manual and I need to have my A/C system recharged with freon. In changing out the diesel tanks, I inadvertantly loosened the high pressure side of my freon line and let out all my freon. Now I need to have it completely recharged, so I need the pressure readings and also which...

As some of you know, on July 8, 2008, just about exactly a year ago, I repaired a leak in the fuel tank on my 2005 5740C. It was the standard reason these plastic fuel tanks begin leaking on the 5740Cs, in that the molded plastic tank has molded into them the place where the screws holding the...

Today is Saturday, December 27th. Yesterday afternoon, I went out to the barn to use my 5740C to go bring down a round bale for the cows and immediately noticed something was different. The entire underneath of the tractor was wet, from the front of the engine to one side of the rear tires. I...

About two weeks ago, I changed the oil and oil filter in my 5740C while at my buddy's place, while we also did his 4 tractors. I had been having a small hydraulic leak in one of the 3 hydraulic lines metal connectors coming off of that metal box looking deal under the right side step that has...

OK, a simple question for someone and YES, I've misplaced that booklet, written by the drunk Korean guy, that Montana called its "Owner's Manual" back in 2005!! How many quarts of oil in the 5740C? Thanks!!

Maka, I've got a 2005 5740C with the old, original, squared, FEL on it. I went out the other day to grease the various points in that FEL and found that one of my grease zerks had somehow come out and was gone. No one seems to have any for that old model FEL. I was wondering if you might have...

Last night was the first hard freeze for N. Texas so far this year. About 11PM I realized that I had forgotten to turn the wellhouse heatlamps on, so I went out with a flashlight to just plug them in. This wellhouse is only an 8'X8' metal building, with a wooden platform built around the tank...

While googling some information yesterday and generally just goofing off after I got what I really needed, I punched in my own name and what a surprise I got!! Under my name, among the other information, up popped my Unclebuck257 handle and the tractorbynet site name. Under that, it then stated...

We brought our cows back to our place yesterday from a two week grazing stay in my neighbor's pasture across the County Road. Now, my wife loves to mow in our 5740C, and this neighbor's pasture hadn't been mowed yet this year at all. Since the cows had munched most of the grass, leaving mostly...

The wife wants to plastic coat some things permanently, such as wildflowers etc, for the grandkids and I was wondering if any of you have had any experience with a particular clear drying, plastic, Marine clearcoat, varnish or sealant that might do the job. I say Marine type since I'm thinking...

Two Montana 5740C\'s and a Storage Shed That neighbor of mine that borrowed my 5740C and then bought one identical to mine for himself, called me the other night and asked if I'd come over and bring my 5740C to help him unload a storage shed he was moving out to his place. I did, and Bird has...

Last weekend two of my neighbors wanted to borrow my 5740C w/FEL, on different days to do some work and see how they liked the 5740C. Both had been shopping for new tractors and basically gone the shopping distance with all the other brands. The result was that one had his new 5740C delivered...

We live out in the country, 13 miles from the closest city, and two miles down a county road, off the two lane blacktop. It's nice, quiet and mostly all we hear are the cows, turkeys etc. This past weekend, we learned that about 400 acres, just real close to our property, had been sold to a...

Does anyone have any experience with replacing the underpinning for a doublewide? Possibly that fake brick or stone kind. Where can it be bought? How hard is it to install? Any suggestions for custom underpinning, maybe the kind you make yourself? I was originally going to have it bricked up...

For the past year it's really eaten at me that diesel fuel was running about 15-25 cents per gallon higher, most of the time, than gasoline. It costs less to make than gasoline and there was just no legitimate reason for it. I got into diesel F-250's years ago and one of the reasons was the...

A fellow and his wife bought 20 acres across the county road from me, and the stock tank on it won't hold water. I watched the men who dug out that stock tank about 2-3 years ago, and they did NOT take care of business when it came to the bottom or sides. They did not line it with clay, or even...

I waited at the dealer's on Friday, March 4th, for my Montana 5740C to arrive from the factory. I watched as it was unloaded off the 18 wheeler, kind of like being in the delivery room! You see, I had ordered it without ever seeing one physically, and having only seen pictures and read specs on...

I'm looking at buying an 8 foot Dale Phillips 3pt mower. I never heard of this company before and have only used Rhino heavy duty mowers for my pastures. I'm told that these heavy duty Dale Phillips mowers are as good as Rhino heavy duties and will do anything the Rhino will. Has anyone had any...

I've got a 97 L-2900DT, 4X4, with all the goodies on it, including the oversized rear tires, plus an LA480 Loader on it. It's got 740 hours and has been barn kept since new. The paint looks great and it's in excellent shape with obviously low hours. I've always changed the oil at 100 hours, and...