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Hi All - and Happy New Year! At 85 hours my Jinma 254T has developed its first leak - fluid dripping at idle speed from a joint in the hydraulic pump body. Tried tightening the (4) bolts a little, which seemed to slow it but not stop it. I assume there is a gasket - hopefully the one in the...

Hi all, My 254T has now done 65 hours of hard work, without any sign of a leak let alone any problems. Except it hasn't really! I've just noticed that the hourmeter is over-reading - a few carefully timed trials show that it is clocking one hour about every 30 minutes! The rev-counter seems OK...

Hi All, I need to use my Jinma 254 to cut brush on some fairly steep slopes - more than 30 percent. On these areas my steel-tracked Kubota minidigger will slide if the grass is wet and I use the dozer blade and bucket arm to give extra braking and stability. I do have experience of using...

Just a little something for other ex-pat Brits living in France: Remember that kerosene (US) is petrol (French) - the stuff like paraffin (UK) used in portable heaters etc. Also, hydraulic 46 or heavier is normally used in the warmer areas and is probably OK for summer use. Hydraulic 32 seems...

Hi All, I've just assembled my 254-in-a-crate over the weekend. It is factory stamped March 2005 and has the integrated instrument cluster with 5+2 rocker switches (labelled A-G). The manuals supplied seem to be older versions and have not been much help, so I have a few problems / questions I...