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I had a leak around the flange that controls the down speed of the rear hydraulic lift under the seat. In the manual they call this the cylinder head assembly. When the cylinder head assembly comes off the cylinder sleeve and piston came with it. I took the retainer ring off the outer...

I have a 2008 Foton 254. It has a dual clutch. About 4 years ago the PTO clutch gradually stopped disengaging. I tried re-adjusting it so the the gap was slightly tighter but it didn't help. I ran it like a single stage clutch as I use the PTO only for snowblowing. The main clutch is...

I was blowing snow first time this year and twice it popped out of the 540RPM PTO gear under full load. I have the service manual but its so poorly translated that its unclear if I can remove the PTO gears and the fork from the rear of the tractor or do I have to jack up the cab and remove the...

Right now my heater core inlet is connected at the thermostat housing and the heater core outlet is connected at the bottom of the rad. To me this doesn't seem right that the flow at the outlet of the heater core would have to pass through my rad to get further cooled down. In the winter when...

My snowblower has a manual lever to adjust the up and down of the chute. I want to install a small hydraulic cylinder. I would need about a 6"-8" stroke but what size bore should I use? If you have any links, i.e. ebay, to specific cylinders that would do the job it would be appreciated...

I was wondering if anyone has modded their tractor's rad fan to install a fan clutch. I noticed the incredible amount of air being moved needlessly and robbing useable power and was thinking of modding my fan to include a fan clutch.

I've got a KM385 (EPA) The engine has about 300hrs on it and the heads have never been torqued nor has the valve lash been checked. I took the valve cover off and measured the valve clearance and found 5 of measuring between 0.020" to 0.024" but one exhaust valve had 0.028". From what I read...

I found these 4 little magnets on the sump side of the oil strainer. Strong little buggers too. My question is this normal that these magnets are free to roam inside the strainer. They seem to all stick to the cover, at least that's where I found them when I took the cap off. When I found...

On my tractor I have the shuttle shift option. I took the 1-4 gear shift lever off and removed the top cover of the shift box (located on the right side of the transmission and also has the High/Low range lever too) and I was it half full of stinking water. I assume the water got in over time...

As some of you may know I am in the process of going through my tractor with a fine tooth comb. I am trying to learn how the hydraulic system works in order to diagnose the reason why after the oil gets warm that the relief valve in the stabilizing diverter valve start to make a loud bypassing...

Now that snow season is over I have the time to go over my tractor with a fine toothed comb. I have the cab off to access the tranny cover(s) to fix my shuttle shifter and I thought it would be a good idea to check the clutch while I have easy access to it. I was reading through the service...

I have my cab off to fix the shuttle linkage issue I was having and I was looking at the clutch linkage and noticed that on the clutch linkage there is a rod that connects to the transmission right where the rear differential mates with it. I can find nothing in the service manual other than...

I have a hard time getting the tractor to go into reverse using the shuttle shifter. I have no problem with it popping out once its in but sometimes I have to cycle the linkage to fwd position then reverse a couple times. I took the access plate off inside the cab and the linkage right at the...

I'm in town at the crappy tire and I just remembered that I should pick up a replacement inline radiator pipe heater because mine is leaking. Can someone confirm the size? I think its 1-1/2" but just want to make sure.

Can I just remove part#5 and part#4 and slide the rear wheel off? I want to get at the brakes to inspect and rattling noise while driving. They haven't been checked since they were new most likely. Gyazo - c186edcf2c78aefab09ce614bc9bedbe.png