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Well, as things go, you end up with going with a totally different plan. I was able to find s set of angle cylinders at Fulton Mower Salvage in McConnellsburg, PA. Drove to there place on my way back from the Carlisle Swap meet and picked the cylinders up. This place has tons and tons of Deere...

CANCEL: Found a good set of angle cylinders. Looking for a set of angle cylinders for a Deere 390 front blade. Or a complete blade. Contact me with what you have and price.

Aborting the plan to remove the angle cylinders from the mold board frame. Going to repack them right in place. Those cylinder pins ARE NOT COMING OUT. We even placed a bolt and threaded sleeve between the pin and boxed in area where the cylinders are pinned to the mold board. 3/4 ratching box...

Deere 790 front blade Hello, everyone. It has been years and years since i have been on the form. I have a 790 front blade that has served me well. Very well over the past 27 years. Could not ask for a better and more and durable blade. I have done a lot of dirt work and plowed miles and miles...

Yes, 4x30mm. My son uses McMaster Carr a lot and i've bought from them before also. Thanks for the info! Sincerely, dirt

The Deere couplers were $33.00 each. $1.50 ea. for the roll pins. I did drill one collar for a larger drift pin encase i have to put it back together to plow snow before my parts arrive. The collar seemed to be pretty hard metal. Sincerely, dirt

Do you happen to have a source for 4mmx3mm ss spiro loc pins?

I'll look those up. I was going to replace the stock drift pins with stainless pins. I have never seen or heard of spriroloc pins. Thanks for the info. Sincerely, dirt

I will inspect the entire drive system for the intermediate shaft today. Trans stub splines, front diff splines. I went ahead and ordered new intermediate shaft and the two splined collars with roll pins. From looking at the shaft and collars main concern now is the stub shaft on the front diff...

After closer inspection i ordered new collars, roll pins and splined shaft. I'll also inspect the spline shafts on the transmission and front differential. The collar on the trans end had absolutely no wear. The collar on the front diff did have wear on both ends. So, that will or may be a...

Yes, you are correct. One roll pin was broken.

Just went out and punched one roll pin out and disassemble the intermediate shaft and two collars. One of the roll pins was broken. Which allowed enough movement for the 4wheel drive to disengage. There is some wear on one end of the shaft and one end of one collar. I think once its reassemble...

Yes, i'm a big believer in left handed drill bits and always keep various sizes on hand.

Thanks Thanks, for the quick reply. The weather has been bad the past few days and we got about 8 inches of snow. While plowing the 4wheel drive kicked out several times. I will try and drive out the roll pins and inspect the splines on the shaft and collars. Thanks for the insight. Just went...

I know the cause. Just not the fix.

My 3520 keeps kicking out of 4wheel drive. I found the problem, but have not determined what the fix is. Seems the splined slip collar moves and lets the shaft slip out of position far enough that the 4wheel drive doesn't work until i crawl under the tractor ann physically move the shaft so it...

What do you have to do to replace the o-ring on a 455's brake linkage where it goes into the transmission case? Do you have to remove tranny or can it be done in place? Dirt

If you like to track your vehicles mileage stats, here is a pretty cool site. fuelly.com Sincerely, Dirt

Anyone use loctite Freeze & Release to help break loose frozen nuts? Errrr........and not the frozen nuts you get from plowing snow in Zero temps. I was just wondering if anyone had tried this product on nuts they couldn't get loose with a wrench. Sincerely, Dirt

The Dura-Grader looks like it does a great job with minimal effort. Probably one or two passes and you have it. The one thing I do like about it is, it works the material towards the center of the road and minimizes lost material along the edge. Good results can be achieved with a landscape...

Can I use Deere's Low viscosity hystat oil to deep fry my turkey? If so.............will it taste OK? Sincerely, Dirt

If anyone is looking for a project blade? I have one available. Check out the TBN classifieds or email me at dirtworksequip@aol.com. I'd like to see someone here put this to good use on a custom blade project. Loader mounted or other project. Then they could post their pics and build here on...

I spilled my coffee.

Does anyone know if a grille guard that fits the 3x20 series will fit on 2210 tractor? Thanks! Sincerely, Dirt

Heres a modification I did on the 3rd valve front kit on my 3520 that I think cleans up the loose hoses left hanging on the rear of the tractor when you unplug the hoses of the front kit from the 3rd rear hydrualic ports. This mod may or may not be compatible with a backhoe attachment installed...

It's that time of year. The snows have melted and its time to start cutting grass. Don't forget you can use your backpack blower or regular leaf blower to blow all that stone you windrowed off your road into your grass back onto the road. Beats raking. Sincerely, Dirt

I have a chance to pick up some AG wheels and tires for my 3520. Would any one here be interested in purchasing the Unverferth 4 inch wheel extensions I have. I would be asking $400.00 plus shipping. Not sure if the Ag wheel deal will go through, thats why I have the feeler out. The Unverferth...

Anyone with 3X20 or 4X20 cab tractor might want to check the cable that keeps the rightside door from opening too far. The cable eye broke on my 3520 which allows the door to open too far and this breaks a piece out of the back of the hinge. No big deal as the hinge still works okay and...

For anyone that was following the hydraulic angle landscape rake project thread I had, here is the latest.When I originally did the hyd angle on my landscape rake I really didn't think too much about ever spinning the rake 180 degree's as I had only used it two times in 12 years of in the...

Has anyone installed a Power Beyond Kit on a cab 3X20 or 4X20 tractor? Just curious of what kind of time it takes for the install? Sincerely, Dirt

How do I determine what is the best stroke length to use for adding hydraulic angle to my rake? Should I go with a stroke a few inches more than what I determine I actually need? Thanks, Dirt

I was hoping that someone could make a quick measurement on there 3X20 tractor for me. I am trying to determine if the rock shaft is bent. The measurement I need is from the inside of the left rock shaft to the inside of the right rock shaft. That is shaft to shaft just above the bolts. The pic...

Just a heads up for anyone with a 3X20 tractor and it may apply to other Deere models also. While checking out my 3520 for more damage from the accident it was involved in, I detailed almost every inch of the engine to see if I could detect anymore damage. I only found one hose clamp on the...

CRUNCH! I was out plowing today for my wife to get to work.It's a steep hill about 1/2 mile from the house. Sometimes the State Road doesn't get to it until later in the day. The State guys always thank me for clearing the snow off the hill and making it passable for vehicles. Well today I had...

Are the 3000 series Filter Paks listed on eBay a good deal at $119.0 or are the cheaper at a Deere dealer? Includes 2 oil filters, fuel filter, transmission/hyd. filter and air filter. Thanks, Dirt

Anyone out there have anything like this on their tractors? Soucy Track

For anyone that installed the vertical exhaust on their 3x20 or 4x20 tractors. You may want to check your exhaust and take steps to prevent the problem I had. Mine has been idle for awhile and when I went to remove the exhaust stack to open the hood I just could not get it off. Pulled and...

Here are install pics and discription of adding rear wheel weights on my JD 3520. Below pic: Bare wheel and tire. http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q259/dirtworksequip/JDbarewheel.jpg Below pic: Slide the starter weight into position. The three holes in the wheel will line up with the three...

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q259/dirtworksequip/4in1invw.jpg I keep telling my wife its cheaper than hours and hours of physiological therapy. So far she's buying it. Sincerely...

Here are some pics of what a JD 455 w/54" deck, turf tires with chains,rear wheel weights and a couple of suit case front weights will do. Below pic: Backside of pond dam. http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q259/dirtworksequip/P1010045.jpg Below pic: JD 455 cross slope mowing...

I have a Cat 287 tracked skidsteer for sale and had a guy come look at it today. He gets in it to run it and you can usually tell when someone gets in a machine if they are familar with it or not. I could tell that he was. He knew where everything was. He ran it around a little and I got his...

I was ordering a 4 in 1 bucket for my 300cx loader the other day and got to talking to the salesman and he said that Deere came out with 4 inch wheel extensions for the 3x20 series tractors. I am assuming that they will also be available for several other models. I had bought 4 inch extensions...

Any TBNer's in the Kansas City, MO area? I'm planning on driving out Tuesday to attend a Richie Brothers Auction and was wondering if anyone here might also be there. I'm from West Virginia and it will be about a 13 hour drive...

With the weather getting nice I decided to clean up the stone that I windrowed off the road while doing snow removal. I am always careful to not get carried away with pushing the snow to far off the roadway,because no matter how careful you are you are always going to get some stone with the...

Here's how I spent the 4th of July,1992 with a few friends. We didn't eat any hotdogs that day, but I'm the weiner on the CAT 935 with water about to run into the filler neck on the fuel tank. Believe it or not the CAT 941 would not pull me out. After getting unstuck I spent the following two...

How many of you TBN'ers would be willing to pay for a device that you could attach to your tractor and use it to unstick your stuck tractor using the power of your tractor for about $200.00? Sincerely...

Has anyone been in a situtation where they needed to use the steering brakes on their JD ehydro? I was trying to cut off an ice coating on a blacktop road today with the 390 front blade on my JD3520 and breifly tried to steer with the left brake because I had the front tires slightly off the...

Obed, here are some pis of a road currently under constuction. Pic #1 is of a properly graded subgrade. That is pitched to drain. Although not done yet. I wanted to give you an idea of what it should look like when almost done. When finished it should not have any tire or tread marks. And should...

I'll explain the technique that I use for maintaining a stone road. First the equipment I prefer is frame mounted front blade with a landscape rake on the rear. I also have a serrated cutting edge on the front blade that works great,but a regular cutting edge will work fine. Some people prefer a...

Even though the winter has not been bad. At least around here. "Think Spring" This is the best picture I've ever taken. Red water lily on small Koi pond. http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q259/dirtworksequip/COUNTRY%20AIRE%20ESTATES%20POND%20ROAD%20BUILDING%20AND%20OTHER/redwaterlilly.jpg

Does anyone have or have any experience with a Cat BR172 brush hog on a skidsteer?

OK guys and gals, see what kind of method you can come up with to move this rock back away from the water about 10 feet so I can reset it level in the same postion it is now. Problem: ROCK approx. 8 tons. Equipment available: Caterpillar 287 track skid steer (4.5 ton ), Caterpillar 308CCR...

Maybe someone with more brains than me can help me figure out what and why I am having some dificulty in downloading my photos into photobucket? I go thru the whole process,but only some of the photos download. Do I have to wait a 1/2 hour to upload 6 or 7 pics? Also one of the post I made with...

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Anyone know how I can keep from loosing all the hyd fluid in the tank while replacing a non pressurized line? Can't kink it because of wire inside.Open to any suggestions.

Talked to my fuel distributor today. He gave me a pamphlet on fuel. Q. Is all diesel fuel sold at gas stations and truck stops in the USA now ULSD? A. No. At present the EPA requires only 80 percent of the highway diesel fuel manufactured in the USA to be ULSD. Consumers may still find some LSD...

I was out grading up a road today and went to set the cruise control and error code 05 came up and the cruise function did not work. Shut it off and restarted. No code. Pushed the cruise switch and code came up again. I finished what I was doing and then looked in the manual.Err 05 Brake and...

Deere is coming out with a new design iMATCH that has the capiblity to hook up the implement AND the PTO shaft without getting off the tractor! I guess it has a guide on the tractor and the implement ,plus a lever you throw to lock the shaft once it is in place. Dealer didn't say when it would...

One of my complaints about the cab tractors is you can not see if you are spinning your rear tires very well. I installed the external mirrors and adjusted them so that now I can see what my rear tires are doing. You can also see any rear implements fairly well.

Was out grading up a slag roadway into a housing development and had rain,sleet and snow all within about 1 hour. So, RAIN SLEET AND SNOW A CAB IS THE WAY TO GO! It was truely beautiful. I didn't feel any of that cold damp weather. When I got back to the house my wife ask if I heard the thunder...

Is there anyway to incorperate some kind of delay or reostat into a standard one speed wiper to make it an intermitent wiper?

What kind of hours is anyone getting out of their R4 tires. Fronts & rears?

Are the JD horn kits for the 3X20 cab tractors a beep or honk sound?

Are the 3000 series JD's prewired for the rear wiper kit and horn?

Will disconnecting the tractors battery clear the computer?

I just installed the JD cruise control upgrade on my 3520 and can not get it to work. I followed the directions to the letter. What am I doing wrong?

Removed the right consol cover in preperation for the cruise upgrade. What are the two other unused plugs for? Rear wiper? Diverter? ??????

Has anyone adjusted their brakes so that the parking brake has more holding power? JD 3000 or 4000 series.

On a past post someone stated that they had their tractor back to the dealer to have the front seals replaced. Twice! They went on to say that they had dug a pond and ran it in water. A freind of mine had his struck in a small creek on his property over the weekend and guess what. Front seal is...

If anyone is interested in installing the JD vertical exhaust kit on their 3000 or 4000 series tractors I just did it on my 3520. I can email you pics if you send me your email address.(have not figured out how to post pics on forum yet) Its an easy install-less than 30 minutes. pros: gets...

I purchased an engine block heater for my JD 3520 and cannot get the threaded plug out of the engine block. Any suggestions?

Has anyone installed a vertical exhaust kit on their 3000 series tractor? I don't like the dust that the stock exhaust blows when you are working. And when you are working in front of the tractor when its running you are breathing the fumes.Just wanted to know what it took as far as...

All the JD iMatches I seen have the two handles to release and latch the implement. The Deere literature my son picked up shows an iMatch with one handle. Is this a "new improved" version? Looks like the one handle version you could work easier from the seat. Does anyone know the difference?

After trying to blow air thru the return & supply fuel lines. I decided to remove the fender deck and see if I could get to the fuel lines where they entered the tank. Once I got the fender deck off there was easy access to the fuel lines. I was able to blow air thru both lines. Telling me the...

Can anyone give me specific instructions on bleeding air from fuel lines on a JD 455 lawn tractor. I have tried everything I know and it runs OK for awhile and then starts acting up again.

Is anyone familar with JD's front 3 pt hitch that will accept front blade, snow blower or power broom. I was wondering what all it takes to mount on tractor?

Does anyone have any experience with using wheel extensions? I just purchased a JD 3520 w/cab and have scared myself twice in 20 hours of use.(rollover) I was thinking of extending rear wheels by 1 to 1.5 feet. I had a JD 870 for 10 years (2200 hours) Not that I had never been in a bad situation...