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Hey folks. I have a 2007 Mahindra 7520 which I've owned since new. Recently it started intermittently beeping while in use, typically about 15-20 minutes after starting it. I've done all the maintenance on it recently, it has new trans oil/filter, engine oil/filter, fuel filters, and recently...

I have a 7520 and it specifies Chevron 1000 THF, which is hard to me to find. I can't be the only one. What oil do you use in your tractor? I would love to find something reasonably priced that I can order online. Thanks!

My 7520 is acting up. It's 10 years old. One day after running fine the previous day I went to start it and it cranked and cranked but wouldn't start. Grey smoke coming out of exhaust. I tried a few more times and then right as I released the key (giving up), it started. Ran great. This...

Hi. I have a 7520 4WD that's 10 years old and has about 1000 hours. The right front is making a squeaking noise when rolling. It's worse when it's cold, and will sometimes silence after using for 15 minutes or so. But it's getting worse over the last several months. I'm 99% sure it is the...

7520 2008 with 700 hours. I have a couple intermittent issues that I think (hope) are tied together into one problem. Occasionally when I turn the tractor off, it will continue to idle. Not a normal idle, but a sputtering, low power idle. Seems to happen totally at random, and my solution...

So in all the recent work on my tractor, I decided to do some maintenance as well, and I cleaned the suction strainer and put on a new suction filter. I didn't see anything in the manual about bleeding the system after this. I assumed it would pull the air through until it got to the reservoir...

I'm tired of trying to find the very limited hydraulic oils that Mahindra specs for 7520. The engine oil is easy enough to find, but the list of compatible hydraulic oils are not available in my area. Specifically: 1. Chevron 1000 THF 2. Texaco TDH Oil Special Is there really a difference...

Doing some routine maintenance, and I have a complaint about the owners manual. There are a number of maintenance tasks listed that aren't referred to elsewhere to clarify what they are talking about. So it leaves you guessing if you are doing the right thing, or missing something. Anyway...

I have a Mahindra 7520. I had to remove the fuel injection pump to fix a leaking gasket. This pump attaches to the pump gear with a key and a tapered shaft, so it is easy to re-assemble, as long as you don't spin the motor or the pump when they are separated. At least, that's what I thought...

Hello all, have a Mahindra 7520 with 700 hrs on it, about 6 years old. Using it the other day and I noticed a diesel fuel smell, found a leaky gasket in the bosch injector pump. The leak was on a gasket underneath a plate that was facing the engine block, so I had to take the pump off to fix...

Hello all, have a Mahindra 7520 with 700 hrs on it, about 6 years old. Using it the other day and I noticed a diesel fuel smell, found a leaky gasket in the bosch injector pump. The leak was on a gasket underneath a plate that was facing the engine block, so I had to take the pump off to fix...

The oils that are specified in the owner's manual are not available locally for me. I had picked up a pail of chevron 1000 thf that I used, but I need more oil now. I have a NAPA dealer and advance auto close by. Is there something more easily available that I could get for this transmission...

My 7520 is about 6 years old now with 600 hours or so. At times while in use it will start beeping for no reason. It is coming from the dash, and is the same beep that sounded to alert for 50 hour service. It will start after I've been running the tractor for 10 minutes or so, and only...

I have a Mahindra 7520 (75hp) 4WD tractor that has been making a noise in the right front for some time now. (I've posted this on the mahindra forum with very little response, hence the post here). It started a couple years ago as a subtle clunk which each rotation of the wheel, but it would...

Hey folks. Have a 7520 that has been making a subtle clunk periodically in the right front for the past 6 months or so. I greased everything and checked the oil in the front hubs, which was fine. It was pretty hard to hear, so I figured I'd wait until it got more prominent before trying to...

I'm looking to get a 15' batwing rotary cutter for pasture maintenance. I will probably cut once per year to get the small cedar saplings and whatever weeds my cows and goats don't eat. However, I don't want to get something that I have to worry about breaking all the time. I will no doubt...

Hey folks. I've heard over the years of many people putting grease in their cutter gearboxes instead of the oil that is usually spec'd by the manufacturers. I assume the reason is that grease doesn't leak out as easily and resists water better. I wanted to get some input from people who have...

Hey folks. I have a 5' bush hog with a shear bolt. The input shaft of the gear box only has a 3/8" hole, not 1/2" like every other one I've seen. I break this shear bolt fairly often, and I'm quite sick of it. Especially since I have a slip clutch as well, so the bolt really isn't necessary...

Hey folks. I've got an JD LX5 cutter with a slip clutch. It started making a high pitched squealing noise whenever I would hit anything, like a sapling or thick grass. This would continue for about 30 seconds and then stop. It seemed to stop sooner if I disengaged the PTO, but it would...

If I take apart this suction strainer won't all the trans fluid dump out? How can it be cleaned without draining first?

Hello. My manual says to pack and preload the front wheel bearings but the pic shown in the manual looks like a 2wd. Does this go for the 4wd model as well?

Hello, My 3 year old 7520 is making a clunk/knock sound in the right front when I have the wheel turned either direction. It doesn't do it when it's straight or only slightly turned. It seems to do it more when it's in 4wd. The knock is variable with the speed the tractor is moving...

A friend of mine needs a tractor, and I'm encouraging him to look at Mahindra. I have a 7520 and love it. His budget is a little less, so he's looking in the 50hp range. No cab necessary, no frills, just a solid, productive machine. If you have recommendations and know the price, will you...

I'm looking for the lift capacity of this backhoe. Can't find it listed anywhere. Anybody know?

Hey folks, My 7520 is 1.5 years old, and works great but has trouble starting cold. The light on the dash that looks like a heater coil only comes on for a few seconds when I turn the key to on position, then it goes out and the green healthy light comes on. I try to start and it chugs...

Two questions: 1. I use a post driver on my 7520, and it works ok. My problem is that the top link (bar) of the 3PH has play in it, so when I lower the post driver and level (plumb) the ram, everything looks good. However, when I drop the ram, it's inertia actually lifts the driver slightly...

Hey guys, My 7520 which is 1.5 years old and has 112 hours on it started acting up today. Was bush hogging and noticed a drop in power, then it ran rough, spewed some smoke (?black I think) for a second, then returned to normal. Whole thing lasted about 15 seconds. I thought maybe...

Hey guys, My 1 year old Howse cutter quit working the other day, so I popped the front plate off the gearbox to look inside and found that the input gear is stripped. There was no oil in the box, but quite a bit of grease in the bottom. Question 1, why was there grease in the bottom...

Hey guys, I'm hooking a post driver to my 7520. It's a worksaver HD20, and the manual says that you can't hook the return line to the tractor remotes, I guess because they don't expect adequate flow to allow the driving ram to drop without resistance. The fitting for the return line on...

I live out in the sticks, and can't find anywhere to buy the antifreeze listed in the manual for my 7520. I can find low silicate AF's, but the manual states that additives for protecting aluminum are harmful to a diesel engine. I imagine most AF's have aluminum protectant. Basically, if I...

Hey all, I love my tractor. Problem is my dealer is horrible. My maintenance schedule says that I need to change the power steering filter element at 50 hours, but the manual doesn't show where the filter is. I asked my "dealer" and he told me it doesn't have a filter. Yet the...

Hey all, I have a 75204wd with loader, one heck of a lifting machine. Rated to lift 3900 pounds to full height from the pivot pins. I have an outdoor wood boiler that is going to be delivered soon on a pallet. It weighs around 4200 pounds. Do you think I'll be able to lift it? I just...

Hello all, Brand new 7520 4WD, 19 hours on the machine. I was bush hogging with it for the first time, had by ear protection on and everything seemed to be going well. I finished a section and took my ear protection off and heard a constant whine/beep sound. At first I thought it was the...

Hey all, Have a new 7520 with 511 backhoe. As I'm sure is standard, the backhoe hooks into one set of rear remote valves. I only have experience with a much smaller tractor/backhoe which was much smaller/weaker, but I must say I expected this one to be stronger. Of course, I was...

Question, I've been told that you can burn heating oil in a diesel tractor without any problems or modifications. Is this true? I just bought a new place and it has an existing heating oil tank with a couple hundred gallons of fuel. I won't be using this for heating as I have an outdoor...

Hi all, I've got my deal hammered out. I'm getting a 7520 with Ag tires, loaded at no charge, 4WD with loader, 511 backhoe, 6' HD brush hog, and pallet forks for right around $40,500 total. Sound like a good price this time? I'm meeting with the dealer next week to finalize...

Hey all, I'm taking the Mahindra plunge soon. I just need to decide where to jump in. I know I have to make up my own mind, but would like to hear some thoughts. Here's the prices I've been quoted. !Price Check! 5500 4WD with loader: 31200 6500 4WD with loader: 34900 6520 4WD with...