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I am struggling with an engine that is surging at all rpm's. It can be made to run smoothly by adjusting the choke almost all of the way closed. The engine as a 17hp kawasaki FH500V twin with 450 hours on the meter.. The first thing that I looked for is a vacuum leak in the intake and found...

I have been reading about why hydraulic pumps are noisy when the fluid is cold. I read about higher viscosity of cold fluid and cavitation often due to a clogged filter or other obstruction in the intake hoses causes the pump to draw air. My tractor has ~450 hours on it and runs great. I have...

I just removed the mowing deck on my X728 tractor to install the snowblower and there is no hydraulic power to the front hydraulics. I switched the stop valve over to supply fluid to the front implement and attached the front quick hitch and the hydraulics are dead. It does not lift and it does...

I have a John Deere X728 with Kawasaki FD750D 27hp engine. When I turn the key off at idle the engine naturally rotates a few last times before stopping but it makes a clanking or clicking sound duringthose last few revolutions. I had two dealers listen to the machine and they both tell me that...

Has anyone here removed an ignition switch from a 2009 X728 Deere tractor? You can not simply reach behind the control panel and unscrew the switch because the gauge cluster and other stuff makes it impossible to get to the back of the switch. I think that maybe the gauge cluster needs to be...

Does anyone here know how to remove the ignition swtich on the Deere x728 tractor? It looks as though I may be able to pry the plastic panel that it is attached to but I am afraid of breaking it. Otherwise it looks as though I will have to remove the steering wheel and and instrument panel...

I rebuilt my 47" snowblower and in hind sight I think that I may have done a dumb thing. The roller bearings at the ends of the auger shaft and sprocket shaft came dry of any lubricant. I assembled them dry buy now I'm thinking that I should have tried to pack them with grease. Does anyone know...

I had an idea that I thought was worth passing on to you guys. I replaced the blade on my 47" snowbower and it occurred to me that the old blade would make a nice second drift bar. Just cut it to length, smooth the sharp edges on the grinding wheel, drill a couple of mounting holes and paint...

Can anyone tell me what is the logic behind the instructions for adjusting the JD 47 snowblower skid shoes? They call the four height settings A, B, C and D. The owner's manual for the blower says that the shoes have to be mounted on the inside of the cabinet on the lowest (A) setting and...

I recently removed the rear fender section and footrest section from my X728 to repair the deck height adjuster. Now in hindsight it occurs to me that I may have been able to remove ONLY the footrest section to do the job. My question - Has anyone removed the footrest section alone without...

I recently removed the rear fender section and footrest section from my X728 to repair the deck height adjuster. Now in hindsight it occurs to me that I may have been able to just remove the footrest section to do the job. My question - Has anyone removed the footrest section alone without...

I have an X728 tractor with a quick front end attachment and am learning to use my 47" snowblower with it. I understand that I should use a lock out pin to lock the angle movement of the attachment when using the snowblower so that you don't damage the drive shaft. Not having a lockout pin I...

I recently restored a 47" John Deere snowblower and have a question on assembling the chute to the housing. The chute fits very loosely over the cabinet and I'm wondering if there wasn't a spacer of some sort used between the two parts. I'm thinking about gluing a thin teflon shim stock around...

This may have come up before but I have searched around and can't find anything on the topic of handling the three bag bagger for a JD X700 tractor. I am not a lightweight but I struggle to install this beast. I'd love to hear some ideas on not only installing but also storing this thing off...

The label on the valve covers of my x728 engine say that the engine family ID is 8KAXS but I can't find that family at the Kawi web site. Is this a JD designation? Can anyone tell me which Kawasaki engine family it really is? Thanks, Mike.

I am new here at tractorbynet and a new John Deere owner so bear with me. I've been searching out info here for a week or so and hope that you guys can help me with a problem. I just bought a slightly used -180 hour - X728 tractor with a bunch of accessories and I',m in the process of...

I am new here at tractorbynet and a new John Deere owner so bear with me. I've been searching out info here for a week or so and hope that you guys can help me with a problem. I just bought a slightly used -180 hour - X728 tractor with a bunch of accessories and I',m in the process of...

I am new here at tractorbynet and a new John Deere owner so bear with me. I've been searching out info here for a week or so and hope that you guys can help me with a problem. I just bought a slightly used -180 hour - X728 tractor with a bunch of accessories and I',m in the process of...