Recent content by crazyjncsu

My fuel cutoff stopped working the other day. It happened after I pulled some relays, fuses, etc ... I also shorted across the 3a diode trying to start the thing, which worked, but turns out the only issue is that it was in gear (duh) which wouldn't flip the safety relay. Anyway, I'd like to...

Video here (1:42): GC231 dipper lever won't center - YouTube The dipper level won't center when moving one direction (it centers back from the other direction) ... Also when moving in the bad direction, it moves past the range where it activates the dipper to the point where it stops moving...

Pump shaft: Gear: Trying to do a bit of a visual inspection of the pump vanes: The mystery bearing: I'd like to get the pump tested, but I'm not sure how to go about that. It would seem from the lower pressure overall and the much lower pressure when warm, something is wrong...

I finally am getting around to this. I've been using the tractor for other stuff over the last months and didn't want to tear it apart and lose usage until the winter. I'm trying to pull the pump. I got off the floorboard, but nothing looked obviously like a pump: I was researching, and I...

I checked quick disconnects and checked several fittings for hoses I had recently replaced. Everything seemed fine. I removed the suction filter bolt. The suction filter had become detached, and was kind of floating around in the chamber. It looks like the previous owner had broken it...

I've always felt the entire tractor was a bit slow/weak, but today the front loader was a huge disappointment. I was trying to do some grading, and the loader just wasn't able to lift much of anything. I couldn't even empty a bucket full of dirt from pushing, which made the whole exercise very...