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Problem: Intermittent starting issue 4520 Symptoms: Key on, fuel solenoid pulls in. on move key to "start" Gages cycle and the tach gage starts "ticking" one a second increasing reading each time. No starter function. Tests: Battery above 12 Volts holds voltage during attempt to start...

OK, so it's a lame excuse to post a pic of my new toy, while staying "on topic"

Manual says (paraphrase) don't touch the air filter until the fault alert happens. I went on and changed it (Primary) without the fault. To say the existing filter was loaded is an understatement. I checked the restriction alarm and it worked. I'm thinking I should have changed it last year...

My solution to a dirt sifter. Lots of "dirt" but it has too much crud for the planting beds. I tried a sloped passive sifter, but it didn't work well. The sifter is mounted on the forks and allows me to process the dirt as fast as the wife can load with the 2305. I use the front remote to...

I have been working on a computer controlled watering system. It is working as designed. The wife unit decided to change from a soaker hose to a drip system in one bed. She uncoupled the soaker hose, and started installing the new system. Only problem: She forgot that the computer control...

Stopped work early to enjoy an Independance Day Bar-b-Que.

Had a new issue crop up today. Only happened once, and it was before any "beverages". While using the front loader, I was picking up some logs with the 4-in-1 and stacking them. The logs were at the limit of the fel for total load. As I was picking up the biggest log, 'something didn't feel...

After several requests for details and pix, here is my modification to add an electric valve as a 6th scv to my 4520 to enable a hand control. Basic concept: Using the power beyond I placed a solenoid valve in line to drive the 4-in-1 with a hand control on the main scv joystick. I used a...

Doing excavation for retaining wall last weekend. Wife wanted fill dirt. Never had to deal with the pile. View from 448 BH seat

Greetings: I bought two hydraulic pumps at an auction (as part of a lot). They were in original boxes, which have had moisture damage. Problem is I can't find any information on the net about these. The company names produce returns, but no catalog/web site etc. From the shaft size I...

I had heard that you shouldn't try to teach your wife to drive. I now know that includes tractors. Oh well, practice makes perfect.

I mentioned in my previous post about a fan guard on ebay; I got a lot of PM's about it. It was there: item 250553273141 Nothing posted now. Don't know if the seller plans on making more... CT

Showing the wife how to check fluid levels. Checking the engine oil is a PITA!

New 2305 for the wife next to my 4520. Second pix was just to see if it would even pick the 4-in-1 up.

I have been promoted to Assistant Fire Chief and Training Officer for our Volunteer Fire District. Been doing the emergency thing since 1985. One of my goals is making a tractor rescue prop. We go out a couple of times a year on some sort of tractor incident. A dedicated rescue prop will...

OK not exactly a CUT issue but the following was forwarded to me. I have no other information.

Anyone know of aftermarket midmount blades? I specificly have a JD 4520 that I would love to fit a midmount instead of a 3pt or front blade for road maint and construction.

I wish JD had the same BH for the 4x20 that the 110 TLB has. The 4x20 is larger than the 110 but the 448 hoe is smaller. 90% of the time it is just fine. I knew it wasn't a full size hoe when I bought it, but since they (JD) makes a stronger hoe for the same general size I wish they had...

Had BH on for a couple of months. It appears that I left the rock shaft at full up when I last mounted the BH. I am suprised that it help pressure as long as it did. The BH mount wore a large flat spot in the top of the pin. I had to do some file work to get the 3pt linkage back on. One...

Friend was over and saw me hook up the back blade. He has a tractor and thought my way was slick. So I thought I would share. First, don't get me wrong: If a QA works for you then fine. I just have had bad luck I guess, and don't use one. With my hydraulic blade weighing nearly 1000 lbs...

Hi gang: Lower pivot has become impossible to grease. I have removed the zerk and it is not the issue. Has anyone disassembled this pivot and can offer suggestions? I have been using JD grease, so hardening should not have been the issue, leaving me with a grease port / relief that has...

Greetings: I have been unable to find a source for a tool, perhaps someone out there knows where... The tool was shaped like a large slipjoint pliers. One side was slotted and slipped over the catch ring on male hyd couplings. The other had a boss that pressed on the ball seal on the...

So, looking at projects for spring, summer and beyond,I think I need a grapple for the 400cx loader on the JD 4520. I have a 4in1 bucket, but it just does not do tree limbs well. Also I want to be able to lose some of the dirt I built up when making the debris piles last fall. Anyway, looked...

I was looking and wishing at attachments. The child unit wanted to know what I was looking at. I told him a "Brush fork" and how I needed one. He went running to the wife unit saying we had to have a "brush fork". The wife unit soon appeared saying she would supply a brush fork. ...handed me...

Background: have 4520 with most toys except mmm. have brand x riding lawnmower. Riding lawnmower is on last legs. Wife wants new, and wife wants smaller version of 4520. I'm thinking 2305 as most of it's job will be mowing. She needs short-small to muck out stalls and fit below trees in...

Building a dump bed for the new(er) truck. Old bed was the standard hoist style. I want to use a front mount cylinder instead of the old hoist to lower the bed height. I thought I knew what I wanted, but after asking two suppliers near by and getting blank looks I thought perhaps I was...

Blading just fine, and then it seemed too loose. Sway bar mount had "issue". Now the weld looked just fine but it lacked >any< penetration on the channel and the result was it tore the half the mount off. Now tearing the channel in two pieces is not a lightweight task. It also pulled the pin...

The further adventures of the 448 back hoe by Cidertom The cast: Service tech played by the service tech Service manager played by the service manager DTAC played by someone with their head up their *****. We last found Cidertom with a slow motion 448 hoe with no power. The intrepid service...

Greetings: 4520 working ok, shut down for lunch and on return tractor no start. I don't hear the loud clack of the fuel solenoid pulling in. Check pilot relay: OK, visual check wiring: OK. Try again to start: starts fine. Happened again once. This was twenty or so starts ago. Talked...

I may have missed this earlier but according to jd John Deere Compact Tractor Attachments and Accessories they figured how to connect the pto as well. Since I have exactly one item that it will work on, I don't expect to add it to my wish list any time soon.

Digging out the last tree root wad... doing nothing extra, I was just digging and it came up out of the hole this way. Had to finish hacking out the roots with the FEL. Rod is $200, new cylinder is $500 ouch either way.

Greetings: Had a small "honey do". Remove 5 75+' sequoia trees from behind the house. Bid for bringing cat out and removing was $1200. So 4520 and the 448 hoe got the job. Dug around the roots, attached cable and tractor pulled them over. The root wads in pix are around 8-10 feet across...

After reading a lot of posts here, I thought I would throw in my observations. Posts about a particular brand being crud, or good or great, need some reference about use. Most attachments give a HP range, but that is only part of the story. If you use attachments wayout on the edge, don't...

I just noticed something about the 4th/5th ports on my 4520. I have been using them for a year and just noticed the behavior this week. With the selector switch set for 4/5, it only functions when the direction control is in gear. I found no mention of this in the diverter manual. Is this...

Perhaps I am missing something, but the following has happened a couple of times now. Log in. Get greeting and in following page I have "welcome back, Cidertom" start thread, or reply to existing thread. Get editor window. Type message, click post. Get error screen the says you must be...

Wife wanting small amount of dirt, pulls up with riding lawn mover with tow cart.. Fills bucket on 4520 with this clay dirt we have. Dumps same in plastic cart. Adds to honey do list: repair cart. oh well...

Building kids playground. Bought 2, 27inch ID concrete pipes each 7'6'' long. 3 inch walls. The 400CX with 4 in 1 just wouldn't quite do it. I dropped some tare weight by going to forks and it was able to pick up the pipe. I have filled rear tires, BH, and about 250 lb of lead bricks in the...

Greetings: 4520 with power reverser gave strange (to me) behavior last night. While loading dirt, I forgot to downshift prior to hitting pile. B range, 4th gear. Well, the wheels stopped spinning, the engine lugged down, and I didn't have the clutch in. With a normal manual transmission in...

Greetings All: I seem to remember a post about this, but searching didn't turn up anything other than my other problem with hyd hoses on this bucket. This is more of an FYI to 4in1 owners than anything. Check the top hydro fitting where it enters the cylinder. Mine has a large hex shaped 90...

While spending a lot of time today using the backhoe, I got to thinking about the posibility that something would go wrong, and though the gages would show it, I wouldn't be looking at the gages. There is an alert symbol on my 4520 that is supposed to get you to read the display. Has anyone...

Got handed this url for a "how not to operate a tractor on ice" Notice that none of the tractors are Green, therefore the sanity of the operators is suspect at the start. We JD owners would never think of getting on an icy, empty parking lot and sliding our equipment around like a bunch of...

Faced with a large pile of old steel gutters that had been stripped off the house before I got it, I was wondering how to get them under 3 feet the max the local recycle will take. The 4 in 1 bucket on the 400cx FEL chomped them fairly well. Wife operating the valve, me feeding we broke up the...

I goofed and got distracted by the 6 year old, I only pulled one pin and tried to dump the forks off. Now it's a real pain to reattach anything. On examination it appears that the bar that links the two knuckles is broken loose on one side. But not entirely... so the two knuckles are at...

4520 that just underwent the Pump Spring "PIP". The tractor seems to still have normal HP but the following has changed. 1: Idle now at 1200-1300 instead of 950; 2: on every throttle increase I get a large puff of black smoke. Even no load increases. This happens hot, cold and in between...

Equipment: 400CX FEL with a JD 4 in 1 bucket. Problem: During use, the lower cylinder pivot area fills with debris packing in around the hydraulic fitting, causing the fitting to break. Discussion: Had one break, had one damaged. Thinking about some sort of guard that will hinge to allow...

Greetings: When I dismount the bh I have the bucket flat as instructed, which produces the correct angle for remouning. Problem is that the hydraluics bleed down and the bucket curls allowing the unit to lean too far back. If I don't use the BH for a few weeks I have to back in and hook up...

Greetings: I have a 4520 that according to the manual should have grease fittings on the steering cylinder. The tie rod has fittings, but the cylinder does not. I have not chipped away the paint to inspect, but I don't even see a plug to remove to install them as per the pict. Does anyone...

Greetings all. After several seasons of replacing shear bolts, I purchased a slip clutch drive line for the cutter. Before I go pester the shop over at the dealer.... The manual I have shows the slip clutch with indiviual compression springs and gives the adjustment distance for same. The one...

Just back from the parts counter. Found out that JD has already used the 4520 model number. OK, so the parts guy caught it, but if you just asked for an oil filter for a 4520 you might get something very different than what you wanted. Of course this says something FOR jd, they still...

JD released announcement on new tractor. with a YANMAR engine. Perhaps the jd-yanmar split on CUT engines was premature. http://www.deere.com/en_US/newsroom/2006/releases/common/2006_15feb_3203compactutility.html

Spent some time this last week building / rebuilding some roads. With the added HP of the new 4520 over the old 4300 moving the base rock ( 3"- crushed basalt ) is a snap. The 4 in 1 performed as advertised. Now the down side. The self leveling FEL does not have as much roll back as the...

Replaced the 4300 with a new 4520. Loved the 4300 with a few exceptions, just got a much larger place and needed more HP and more lift. Wife kept asking for projects that needed .* and she sold herself on us needing the larger tractor and new attachments: 448 backhoe, 4-in-1 bucket, pallet...