My New YM2000 - Questions & Comments!

[saintroad]

Well, I bought the relatively small bullet and got my first Yanmar, an older
green painted flat panel front (71-75) YM2000 model. The 2-cylinder in-line
diesel is very strong and starts instantly. All fluids were clean, clear &
electrical, tranny, hydraulics, PTO work great. The price was right at $2300.
I do need brake linkages but that is not a biggie. Got an email into Hoye for
those parts. I do like that this tractor has a nice piece of railroad track welded on to the front bumper frame. Should help a little with the counterweight! Overall, not a bad tractor IMHO!

Thanks to mark777 and others for the fine recommendations & advice! Great guys!!!

Questions:
1. Hard to tell if my unit is a Vietnam reconditioned or just early Japanese model. It does have some rather interesting dark green (not lime/pea green I have seen) and yellow paint on the rims and green & yellow decals. HM says
975.5 but I am sure that might be 3975.5, or worse! Any good ways to check for reconditioned?

2. I need to locate a used tiller for this unit. Found one in northern MS, (I am in southern Louisiana) but that is just too far (450 miles!!!) Any dealers in LA, MS or TX have any decent prices on Yanmar used tillers? Unit I found was the 13xx and 14xx units for the tillers. Please advise & thanks!

Previous owner gave me all shop, service and owner manuals, so if anyone wants anything scanned or emailed, just let me know! I got most of my questions answered from the archives of this forum and other boards. Excellent topics & answers to questions that I would have had to ask!!!!

 

[sls]

Hope you enjoy your YM. Had mine a little over a year and it is a work horse. Check w/ Oloh Farm Equipment 601-264-5820. Mike (owner) is honest and easy to work with. They have yanmar tillers and everything else you would need for a 2000. Located West of Hattiesburg.

 

[Jagmandave]

That looks like a nice tractor, welcome to Yanmar ownership!

I don't think I'd worry about whether it's a recon or not, just used it and enjoy it, it's that old there's are bound to be things come up from time to time to be fixed.....

 

[saintroad]

Hope you enjoy your YM. Had mine a little over a year and it is a work horse. Check w/ Oloh Farm Equipment 601-264-5820. Mike (owner) is honest and easy to work with. They have yanmar tillers and everything else you would need for a 2000. Located West of Hattiesburg.

Gave em a call. They only carry new tillers (King Kutter) 4' @ 1175.00 and 5' @1375.00 -- little too much for me. Anyone else know anyone in LA/MS with used tillers?

Thanks!!!!

 

[LMTC]

I must admit, I am curious about your manuals, as a green 2000 (or actually, just a 2000, as the later reds are technically a 2000A) differs in some critical aspects from the later "A" and "B" variants. Very few folks I have encountered have the parts book for the green 2000s, and I have never seen a shop or service manual for them.

Nothing wrong with the tractor, but if you order parts and don't have the correct parts book, a few of the parts you get will likely be wrong.

The color scheme is not OEM, but it doesn't document who did the repainting. Did you remove the headlights, or were they already gone?

 

[mark777]

saintroad,

After your detailed description of the tractor and it's condition, I don't believe (IMHO) it to be reconditioned. Someone obviously repainted it JD yellow and green (pretty good looking from here) and replaced hood decals. I tend to agree with Jagmandave...just use the heck out of it and enjoy.

Sorry, I don't have good tiller connections in LA-MS

Mark

 

[mark777]

Wayne,

I seem to recall that the plate or casting numbers were 2TR20AX...Is that early model green or later red? I was assuming it was red just for the lack of externally mounted headlights.....

Mark

 

[LMTC]

Wayne,

I seem to recall that the plate or casting numbers were 2TR20AX...Is that early model green or later red? I was assuming it was red just for the lack of externally mounted headlights.....

Mark

The picture posted has the hood and front sheet metal of an early 2000. You can see the indented area where the headlight(s) would have been. Obviously only serial numbers will tell what series it is....or what series the engine is for that matter, as we have seen mix and match. We have more than once seen an engine OTHER than a 2TR20 variant on a 2000 chassis. Guess what happens when you ship the customer the engine parts they asked for for their "red 2000."

 

[Gizmo36]

I like the paint job on your Tractor. That is a good looking tractor just get out there and play and have fun on it.

 

[greatrandini]

Very nice looking unit. I think it maybe an early compact-tractors.com unit?