Moving loader up without starting engine.

[BufordBoone]

Why can't you just remove the bucket?

From my original post: The Front End Loader is down on the ground (nothing attached).

The bucket is not attached.

 

[BufordBoone]

Double tap.

 

[zzvyb6]

Can't you just pull back the stick while it's cranking? The starter ought to have enough grunt to slowly move some oil thru the lines. Or is the motor stuck ?

 

[Jaylegger]

Can't you just pull back the stick while it's cranking? The starter ought to have enough grunt to slowly move some oil thru the lines. Or is the motor stuck ?

I was thinking the same thing. Or has the OP thought about using a jack with control in float.

 

[BukitCase]

Uh, guys; very first sentence of post #1 - "My L5740 won't turn over."

Glad to see I'm not the ONLY one that misses stuff like that :laughing: ... Steve

 

[Jaylegger]

Uh, guys; very first sentence of post #1 - "My L5740 won't turn over."

Glad to see I'm not the ONLY one that misses stuff like that :laughing: ... Steve

Have you tried using a jack.

 

[BufordBoone]

Have you tried using a jack.

Yep. I jacked it a little way up and it seemed to hold for a while. If it comes down to having it towed, I'll probably use the other tractor's FEL to pick this one up a bit and/or just let the tow truck driver do the cable under the loader trick mentioned earler.

 

[BufordBoone]

After putting the loader in float, I used the loader on the M7060 to raise it up and get some jack stands under it. I'll be making a couple of braces out of angle iron tomorrow. I'll strap them to the cylinder rods and then get the tractor taken in to the shop.

Thanks for all the advice.

 

[SPYDERLK]

Uh, guys; very first sentence of post #1 - "My L5740 won't turn over."

Glad to see I'm not the ONLY one that misses stuff like that :laughing: ... Steve

You use correct terminology. - - Some people use "turn over" or "crank over" as start, so it always has to be verified to be sure what is being described.

 

[BukitCase]

Thanks; in a few of my "past lives" I taught electronic equipment repair, re-wrote manuals on imported video equipment, did phone troubleshooting before resorting to expensive service calls, etc - it taught me to avoid sentences like "throw the horse over the fence - some hay" - my "smart-a**" side also wants to add that, in some steeper places on my land "not turning over" is a GOOD thing (more correctly, not overturning maybe??) :laughing: ... Steve