Hello, I am a new member to the forum but not new to it as I have been lurking over what seems to be questions asked repepeatedly so I did not want to add to the noise initially. But I have come to that place I assume many members came to in their diy tractor weekend warrior efforts where scratching my head and pondering logic has led me to dead ends. So here I am, adding to the noise and hopefully someone will be helped by the questions I ask and the answers we give that will lead them to tractor enlightenment.
Thank you all for the things you have steered me toward as well as the mistakes you saved me from making while digging through this forum.
In 1984 my dad bought this tractor brand new from the local dealer. Had a YFL800 loader on it, a bush hog mower and a back blade. I was 13 at the time and since my dad was in bad health, I became the sole operator of the tractor for the first 10 years. I was the youngest of five, and once everyone left the family farm one family member used the tractor at their rental store as rental equipment. During those tumultuous years (for the tractor), the original one was thrown off and swapped out with what I can only assume is someone else痴 scrap that was either hand built or at least the mounting brackets were fabricated outside of a factory. During this time, in the name of theft prevention, the tractor was assaulted by cans of grape purple while the wheels received the brunt of the abuse with fluorescent pink/orange paint. I can稚 speak of this period without tearing up.
Since the inferior loader was installed in the mid 90s, neither the clutch pedal nor the brake pedals have been able to be fully engaged due to the placement of the undercarriage bracket. The tractor was then moved to NC where my mother had a place in the mountains after dad passed away and she needed it to smooth her driveway and roads surrounding her property. Many ill-informed and inexperienced users sat in the seat over the following couple decades. Once, I visited her and as customary, I fired up the tractor to grade her roads smooth and I discovered the clutch had become stuck to the flywheel and he brakes were at zero. As in no brakes not even a scrape when pressed. No doubt someone had done a solid day痴 work with the brake locked down. Her property is mostly on an angle so the process of scraping the roads with no brakes and the clutch permanently welded together was interesting. She then had it 途epaired by a local individual in her small town that told her he was a Yanmar expert. He expertly substituted the hydraulic filter for a NAPA Gold motor oil filter that was choking the lift hydraulics.
She has sold the place and I have inherited the tractor now and I plan to pass it on to my kids (still in school) after I restore it here and there as I use it on my property.
The original backblade and mower are long gone now but the bumps and bruises are still on the tractor. Shortly following its arrival, a friend of my mom痴 was painting her car for her and offered to paint over the horrendous grape/neon graffiti that was still clinging to it.
She quickly accepted his offer but, being female and not keen on colors, she neglected to consider that he was painting her car a light metallic blue/periwinkle shade that certainly was an upgrade to its current state, did nothing for the tractor痴 looks.
So that痴 me and that痴 my tractor and that痴 why I知 here. It needs a little of everything from someone who cares about it and hopefully I知 capable of bringing it back to its original state and possibly even locate an elusive original fel for it. Very glad to have this forum available because it seems like no one around here even knows what an 80s Yanmar is, let alone have the ability to offer proper advice on maintenenace and repairs. I do have the original operation manual and a service manual as well as the original bill of sale and a few other pieces of paper that came with it.
Thank you all for the things you have steered me toward as well as the mistakes you saved me from making while digging through this forum.
In 1984 my dad bought this tractor brand new from the local dealer. Had a YFL800 loader on it, a bush hog mower and a back blade. I was 13 at the time and since my dad was in bad health, I became the sole operator of the tractor for the first 10 years. I was the youngest of five, and once everyone left the family farm one family member used the tractor at their rental store as rental equipment. During those tumultuous years (for the tractor), the original one was thrown off and swapped out with what I can only assume is someone else痴 scrap that was either hand built or at least the mounting brackets were fabricated outside of a factory. During this time, in the name of theft prevention, the tractor was assaulted by cans of grape purple while the wheels received the brunt of the abuse with fluorescent pink/orange paint. I can稚 speak of this period without tearing up.
Since the inferior loader was installed in the mid 90s, neither the clutch pedal nor the brake pedals have been able to be fully engaged due to the placement of the undercarriage bracket. The tractor was then moved to NC where my mother had a place in the mountains after dad passed away and she needed it to smooth her driveway and roads surrounding her property. Many ill-informed and inexperienced users sat in the seat over the following couple decades. Once, I visited her and as customary, I fired up the tractor to grade her roads smooth and I discovered the clutch had become stuck to the flywheel and he brakes were at zero. As in no brakes not even a scrape when pressed. No doubt someone had done a solid day痴 work with the brake locked down. Her property is mostly on an angle so the process of scraping the roads with no brakes and the clutch permanently welded together was interesting. She then had it 途epaired by a local individual in her small town that told her he was a Yanmar expert. He expertly substituted the hydraulic filter for a NAPA Gold motor oil filter that was choking the lift hydraulics.
She has sold the place and I have inherited the tractor now and I plan to pass it on to my kids (still in school) after I restore it here and there as I use it on my property.
The original backblade and mower are long gone now but the bumps and bruises are still on the tractor. Shortly following its arrival, a friend of my mom痴 was painting her car for her and offered to paint over the horrendous grape/neon graffiti that was still clinging to it.
She quickly accepted his offer but, being female and not keen on colors, she neglected to consider that he was painting her car a light metallic blue/periwinkle shade that certainly was an upgrade to its current state, did nothing for the tractor痴 looks.
So that痴 me and that痴 my tractor and that痴 why I知 here. It needs a little of everything from someone who cares about it and hopefully I知 capable of bringing it back to its original state and possibly even locate an elusive original fel for it. Very glad to have this forum available because it seems like no one around here even knows what an 80s Yanmar is, let alone have the ability to offer proper advice on maintenenace and repairs. I do have the original operation manual and a service manual as well as the original bill of sale and a few other pieces of paper that came with it.
